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| The Camino crossed an unusually high Roman bridge |
The rain
was bouncing off the roof of the albergue as we got out of bed this morning.
Fortunately it had eased off to a light drizzle by the time we were on the
road. We walked half a kilometre to Ma Jose for breakfast along with David and
Yvonne and then set off.
Much of the
morning's walk was downhill into a river valley which we crossed via an
unusually high Roman bridge. The paths varied in quality with some quite uneven
and stony. That caused a problem for Pauline as early in the day she found her
boots were still hurting her toe. She is now walking in her trekking
sandals and, given her medical history, is unhappy on rough downhill terrain
without ankle support. Today we walked the final 7km, almost entirely downhill,
on the road, and in bright sunshine. We expect to walk much of the remainder of
our Camino on the road, to be sure that Pauline enters Santiago under her own
steam.
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| Someone offered to take our photograph |
Two or
three weeks ago we decided to eat in an albergue which had a microwave oven, as
most had until then. We bought a couple of meals to put in the microwave and
then had lunch in a local restaurant. We ate so well, however, that we decided
to skip dinner. Since then we have been carrying two microwave meals, looking
in vain for a microwave in every albergue we came to. At last we have found one
and will be eating in tonight.
We will be
eating in again tomorrow as there are no services near our final albergue. We
will not, however, be relying on it having a microwave.
Unusually
for the villages of this Camino the church in Bandeira has a 7:30pm Mass on
Saturdays, so we were able to go to Mass before dinner. Bandeira is something
more than a village.
The only
other person staying in the albergue tonight is David from Australia.
922km completed, 33km to go
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| Interesting colours along a forest path |
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| One of the larger horreos along this camino |
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| When we weren't in a forest we passed through pleasant countryside |
Next: Stage 50 - Bandeira to Outeira
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