Young at Heart

I found myself blasting out the Bluebells classic today as I climbed over to ponte Oliveira.

As Billy Connolly famously reminded us there's no bad weather and yes it's a fat suit I'm wearing.

The rain has stopped and I was about to get my first Estrella Galicia of the day and it came with bacon and eggs.

 When in Rome and all that.

when I finally arrived at my destination for the day I found that the end of the world was not called finisterre but "Jackie has fallen off her golf buggy and it's run her over, get yet arse home".

Finisterre naw, finish now and finish we did, the end of ma world and the start of a new camino, care worker camino with a very unhappy patient in a lot of pain. Lack of mobility is something that hits us all hard. We are great at being lazy and hiding on the sofa or lounge on a sunbed but when its enforced, its different gravy and definitely not tasty. I'll be back out in September and October when I hope to get a full camino done but also balance hospital appointments and the allotment produce. I spend all year trying to grow stuff and the best months are when I disappear on camino!

all's well in casa victoriano

Happy birthday Simon - I'm having cake!

I lost all my postings yesterday as it was too big and I was in a WiFi blackspot I guess.

I've stopped at casa victoriano and then the albergue at Santa marina and WiFi powerful!

The going was good to fast this morning and the wave goodbye was followed by road walking 

It was due to rain so I scuttled along the trail.

Past the fountain at O cornado and I was bombing along.

It was like I was trying to keep up with Chelsea on the canal.

If yesterday was 3km max per hour this was 6kmph and the markers suggested so.

We move off road and back on regularly 

Rain did eventually slow me right down.

Torrential it was.

I took a bit of shelter and found another fountain

Just before we join the main road again for casa victoriano at 9.52

That was a quick 10km.

vilaserio - watching the washing dry

Nothing excites or raises the spirits more than watching the washing dry on Camino. 

One wee beer and it's dry.

Just wish I had more washing.....

Negreira to alto de pena

It's a beautiful way to spend 2 hours mostly walking through forest and not a huge amount of up and down but enough to make it 2 hours for 5-6km.

Leaving town at 9.10am I passed my new favourite bar that serves outstanding food.

A very understated chef delivered food of excellence.

The price just felt so ridiculously low. On my bank statement it said £31.41 and that included a bottle of Ramon Bilbao.

I sat on the back balcony overlooking the river until a monsoon forced me one table more inside.

Was that the reason I paused at the bottom of the hill taking pictures.

It was certainly the reason I stopped at the top of the hill!

I carried on into the forest about 9.15 and it's set high above the road.

After half n hour you join the road.

I tried to find the bar but not that hard. I saw empty bottles in crates but no signs and as the weather was good I thought carry on.

A dog kindly ushered me through and out of town.

15 minutes later youre back in the forest and it's lovely.

Bird song fought with my tinitus and bird song won 4-1.

Then you emerge into a wee town and you think ah, yes, this water is ok to drink and the bar is just here.

Next thing you're down for 10mins and up for 15 and you're at the bar.

What an oasis

It's on the hill so breezy too.

Perfect place to type.

And dry a sweaty shirt.

the last allotment watering

Yes it will be 8 days until I see all my plants again.

I sowed more courgettes and peas yesterday and gave them a decent soak.

The beetroot also got a third sowing so hopefully no slug damage.

I say damage but my courgette was feeding a family of 9.

I'm not religious but that does seem a bit too many mouths to feed. On the other hand the birds aren't Buddhists so when I moved them to the path they swooped in and had their fill. I've hidden the new showings of beets in a box.

So Santander flight leaves 15:40, Mexicana gets a visit again, first time since Stu was up the road in the hotel and I was in a 40€ room - 10 years on its only 36€.

I went for a haircut but it was rammed so I jumped the 24 down the road and managed to get the same driver on the way back proving 20 mins for watering is plenty. I also moved some of the tomatoes onto my shelf behind the glass so they'll be thirsty or dead on my return.

The weather forecast has been tough on guessing Galician clothes to pack and I've gone with it's hot so the rain will warm you up.