The enormous lounge kitchen is wasted when you arrive late and leave early but next time I will stay longer! One was a twin room and the other a double bed.
Breakfast for us is usually just coffee as we like to stop further up the trail but we had a bit of sandwich bread toast and the coffee was lovely
We ventured down the road back towards Oliveiroa.
We were on the road for 10 minutes and as it was January the low sun at my back blinded the drivers. We changed sides and before long we were ofd the road and walking towards Ponte.
No cafe but no worries as we were good for another 30 minutes and we soon arrived for our second breakfast. The town had three cafes and restaurants but we got diverted to the one that was open as they clearly share the duties off season.
The route had been effortless as it's all very flat but that would change.
The bridge at Ponte Olveiroa was a bit tricky getting over as it's a main road and not exactly room for two cars never mind a pilgrim but we survived to see the cartoon mosaic at 10:21.
One more bollard with km information arrow randomly placed offered my favourite reminder that we were on the right lines.
After arriving at 11 and leaving our cafe at 11.33, we started climbing into wolf land.
Climbing and climbing but what goes up does come down.
As you climb that view just gets so good.
The countryside is beautifully woody, great views of the water all around and we just keep walking.
Suddenly we arrive at a pueblo, its 12.25 but no cafe as it aint a town.
Well it was more a cafe restaurant albergue O'lagasa. I'm just looking at the O again and I'm thinking O'logoso now!
It might've been closed but the bronze boots looked too good to ignore.
Climb the hill a bit further and finally you arrive at the last cafe for 15km before Cee.
Stock up at O'Castelino, you'll be glad.
It was 1.15pm when we arrived and 1.30pm when we left.
When we thought about it we were a bit confused as we thought we had already walked a long way and it was still 15km.
We strolled over up and down the road, left at the roundabout, crossed over and out into a field again away from the three cars. This is what is so amazing on the way to Finisterre, the lack of traffic. Its beautifully remote and yet still connected.
We arrived at a cross then a wolverine after 45 minutes.
This where you can split for Muxia or Cee and Finisterre.
We took the path to Cee and the views are superb.
The walking is pines and so effortless. It was now 2 hours since we left the last bar before Cee so we took a rest looking at the water and the trees.
Another hour's walk and we were at Cee. 3 hours after leaving the last bar we were walking down to Cee and by 5pm we were in the town.
This was a winter's walk at 12 degrees and I cant imagine being out for nearly 8 hours with only 2 breaks in June.
It will however be lovely to see the views, wear shorts and feel the heat when we return in April and June.
We were on an easy day we'd thought of only 20km and yet we'd been out since 9.30 and even with two half hour breaks it dodn't add up too well, but then we laughed. It was sunny.
It was Janaury and we were having it off to be here in Galicia.
As we came into town the clock struck 5pm and the locals were watching someone high on a crane clearing a drain. I was thinking how good a day that was. As the birds flew, it probably was only 20km but my legs were saying something else and it was lovely.
We wandered into town and found our digs. The code worked the key worked and the apartment a Lobeira was a lovely oasis in an otherwise dank local street.
We went out and up the stairs past the Larry hotel, along to the main drag for cars then left down past Gadis to the square with bars. We sat in one and got some food and drink. Life's easy as a pilgrim and it doesn't get easier than this.
Thanks for another great day.
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