Camino do Mar - Stage 10

A short stage today from San Andrés de Teixido to Cedeira. We woke this morning to rain. Driving rain that was coming down at 45 degrees. So we took our time with the excellent breakfast at Casa Rural San Andrés de Teixido and waited for a break in the weather before leaving. It was the perfect choice. We had a tiny bit of rain as we left town but stayed dry the rest of the day! Suffice it to say, we’ve been incredibly lucky.

The trail went up out of town on the GR55. A rocky and somewhat mucky trail that looked more like a horse trail than a GR. It climbed steeply up to Miradoiro Chao do Monte before veering off across a field of gorse, a beautiful looking plant at a distance with yellow flowers, but is thorny and spiteful when you get close.

The trail followed the contours of the ridgeline, high over the ocean but with very few good observation points. We chose to deviate from the official path and down to Cedeira via a series of backroads rather than do the full circumnavigation of the peninsula because it was already late (due to our late start) and the path was narrow, wet, prickly, and was reported to have sparse views.

It’s Sunday, so everything is closed in town tonight. Which means we’re eating gas station gourmet pizza for dinner! Fine food and wine to end the day 😉Read more