Planned distance of 31km
July 20th
The day started off chilly. The imminent threat of rain again, so everything had to be covered up. Fortunately the rain never materialized and the covers soon came off. The camera lost of shyness and came out to play.
The day dragged out for ever, we only arrived at he the albergue after six. The reason for this will become apparent shortly.
The mist soon burnt off and it was rather warm and pleasant day. Some road and some paths. Thankful for no mud. Yay.
Our route joins the Frances (800km route from St Jean Pied de Port) at Melide. Melide is also known as the Pulpo capital of Spain. Pulpo is octopus and not squid. We all decided that it was required to have some Pulpo for lunch.
We arrived at the Pulpo restaurant and we ordered a few plates, potatoes and pimentos Padron (salted fried peppers). I thought it would be gross, but was actually surprised (not 100% sure about the texture). It was delicious. Next we popped in for some ice cream. Homemade ice cream in a cone.
The last 9 kilometers was a killer, the sun and it kept on and on. The mileage just seemed to never go down. Finally we arrived at out destination, but before we checked in we wanted to dip our feet in the little stream we crossed.
The albergue was nice, and the first one to offer eggs and bacon for breakfast. Yay. Guess what I had for breakfast.
Fluit fluit, my storie is uit.
Some pics of the day
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