Vigo 28.4km (Hotel Compostela)

Phew…. We knew we had a big day ahead of us so we tried to head off early but with a combination of sunrise at 8.20 and breakfast starting at 8.00 we headed off around 9. Baiona, this morning, looked a picture without any rain. So under fine skies we followed the Camino route through the back streets of Baiona then into the countryside where we meandered through villages. We crossed a bridge with a shrine in the middle which has an interesting legend attached to it! Then on to our first coffee stop at Ramallosa. Not long after our stop we were walking through forests with quite a few climbs involved. After more winding around village streets and paddocks we stopped for lunch at our halfway point in Priegue for a beautiful calzone with beer and coffee. Putting our shoes back on we headed off for the second half of our day. We climbed up again through winding streets and then through a eucalyptus forest with stone paths and gravel slopes. We eventually hit the outskirts of Vigo which is a fairly large Spanish town, getting increasingly leg weary. Stopped for an ice cream around 3km from our destination but unfortunately I forgot to restart our route tracker hence the distance difference. Anyway, writing this sitting outside a cafe with a red wine and a coffee for Debbie thankful that we put a rest day in tomorrow by booking two nights in Vigo.Read more