At we leave Portomarin, a bit late after waiting for the pharmacy to open, the trail runs parallel to the river for a while. It was quite beautiful as the mist was rising from the river. Then the climb began. OMG the climb, after the steep descent into Portomarin, what goes down naturally goes up. There is not much I will say about that, except the countryside continues to be spectacular.  Stopping to take photos gives a welcome break.

The trail has been a mix of walking alongside highways which can be a bit daunting to unpaved tracks through the forests.

For a country that generally appears to function at a slower rate to what I am used to in Australia, when they get behind the wheel of a vehicle, that all changes. There are only 2 speeds, stop or death defying. I have been told they are considerate of pedestrians but I am not brave enough to test that out.

Our accommodation for the night was a BNB style and we had the whole house to ourselves for the princely sum of 21Euro ($34Aud) each.  There was nowhere to get an evening meal so we had lunched along the way and carried supplies which we picnicked on that evening. There is one other Albergue and a bar in this village and not much else. The bar didn’t serve food and wasn’t overly hospitable.