It stayed hot for a long time last night but a couple of beers before dinner made the sunset over the ubiquitous wind generators seem picturesque! A little bit of a sleep in today and then a car ride to our start today at Oliveiroa, skipping about 11km of the track. Oliveiroa has many horreos – corn drying sheds that first appeared in Cantabria as big square wooden structures and have changed size, shape and building materials as we’ve move along the coast.
We got away about 9am – nearly missed the first turn just outside of Oliveiroa where about 30german peregrinos were singing a hymn before setting off! We walked through a great high path through valleys first to Logoso and then Hospital where we had coffees and short breaks. From Hospital to Cee there are no shops so we bought a bocadillo to take away (para llevar!) tongonwith some fruit we had already bought. Again a very nice walk to our first break at Santuario de Nosa Señora San Neves (with the Germans) but a very dusty and monotonous road from there past our second break at Ermita de San Pedro Mártir. The descent into Cee came on suddenly with great views to Cabo Finisterre – our first view of the ocean since leaving Ribadeo about 11 days ago!
The descent into Cee was very steep and hell on Alison’s knee but we made it!
19kms today, 884 in total and back on the coast!
A bit of surgery required for Al’s blisters and she’ll need to renew the tape on her knee tomorrow as well!
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