Camino do Mar - Stage 11

Rain! After dodging the rain successfully for so many days we finally had a solid morning of it. However, we also managed to find covered bus stops during the worst of downpours so we didn’t get terribly soaked.

The morning started with road walking along a fairly busy section of highway that wasn’t enjoyable at all, but afforded some interesting sights like a boat somehow moored in a river it didn’t seem it could possible escape.

Thankfully, the clouds parted and the path veered away from the highway, down to Praia de Pantín where we ate lunch at a granite bench under blue skies overlooking a half mile strand of beautiful beach. Fun fact, Praia de Pantín is a great surf beach and home to the World Surf League Pantín Classic each November.

After lunch we contoured up and around the peninsula overlooking the cliffs of the coast under sunny blue skies with puffy, photogenic clouds. Off in the distance we could see Faro de Punta Frouxeira and Cabo Prior.

Compared to the morning, this section of road walking was glorious, showing just what a difference it makes to be where traffic isn’t.

The path dropped us into Valdoviño where we walked along the waterfront on a nice esplanade before taking a wooded path along Lagoa Da Frouxeira and finally another short section of highway walking.

The second half of the day was great, making the rainy morning melt away in the mind and reminding me that it’s only takes a couple minutes to completely change the entire frame of the day.Read more