Arcade 27.4km (Hotel Duarte)

With rested legs we set off from Vigo, which we loved, with wet weather gear on board after scanning the weather forecasts. We started climbing virtually straight out of our hotel through the main shopping district and up through residential areas to a level of around 200metres. On the way we checked out a fish market, where the produce looked so good, and had a couple of wardrobe changes and decided on ponchos for the day. Once we got to the top of the climb it was very flat, skirting around the side of the large hill for around 5km till we finally found a cafe where we caught up with an Aussie couple from Adelaide who we had walked with earlier. A further 5km of flat forest trail and we started dropping down suddenly into Redondela, where we stopped for lunch at a Spanish Irish pub. Food was good and we got out of our wet shoes for a while. Finally found the Camino Trail again and we had around another 7km of walking ahead and the rain wouldn’t leave us alone. Fellow pilgrims were in good spirits and the weather bought out lots of camaraderie. Checked into hotel and started the drying process, ponchos hung and newspaper in shoes ready to go again tomorrow.Read more