Through Sarria and onto Velei

Today was the first day our cell coverage was non-existent for more of the day. Even where we ate lunch in Sarria, coverage was spotty.

We walked about 18 k today, most of it along the Rio Sarria, through a remote, agricultural valley, on windy trail and empty country roads.

We had a steep walk to the top of the hill in Sarria, where we had a quick lunch, at an outside table on a sunny plaza, until a fast moving rain storm blew through town. The waiter and bartender quickly help everybody move indoors. The bartender said something like "Welcome to Galicia" and shrugged his shoulders

We walked onto the hamlet of Velei. We have 110 kilometers to go to Santiago.Read more