The day started rather dismally, it was raining, and we had an early start with a long day ahead of us. So after the standard Spanish breakfast we put on our rain jackets and headed out.
On leaving Negreira we took a wrong turn and ended up on the wrong path. It was a nice little path following a stream, but it was in the wrong direction, a few other pilgrims ahead of us had been turned around by a local and given the correct directions so we followed them for a while.
Most of the day seemed up hill after hill after hill. Alto de Cruz, was the first at 400+metres, the big one, Monte Aro at 500+metres was towards the end of the day. The views looking back towards Negreira reminded us of the Pyrenees.
It rained on us once, heavily, and we donned the ponchos. Fortunately it did not last long.
There were not many opportunities to stop for a coffee today, generally 9-10km’s apart. Following a guide book, we took a wrong turn searching for a cafe at Portocamino to take a break. Probably added 1-2km’s to an already long day. We couldn’t find it and a local helped us with directions back onto the correct path. Not sure about following guide books, some of the information conflicts with what we can see, and common sense. The best advice is just follow the signs and stay on the path.
Most of the country side was cow pasture and corn fields. Most of the path was rocky and muddy, either going up hill or down dale.
Both of us felt it today, and were glad to make our accommodation. Our accommodation is about 3km of the path and they came and picked us up and will drop us back to the same spot in the morning.
Russ and Jan's Camino 