Day 57 - Ponte Ulla - 20.8 km

Weather: 10 - 15 degrees: rain predicted all day.
Clothes: the same - it’s not that cold

Wet weather blues
I had a pretty good nights sleep last night (but not long enough) in my solo room and softer bed. The municipal albergue beds can be extraordinarily firm, even for me.
But I woke up feeling blue because of the weather - specifically rain.

Things are rarely as they seem.
As it turned out the rain was fine and misty and the temperature was warm. It wasn’t so bad.
I planned to stop at Dornella and arrived at midday. However the hospitalaro tried to convinced me to do another 8 km to Ponte Ulla. He is having some problems with the heater in the dorm and the temporary gas heater has to be turned off at 9.00 pm. And there is no food at all in Dornella. Dinner is served at the albergue at 8.00 pm - too late for me. It is a lovely albergue in a quiet rural setting but after a rest and further chat I decided to go on.

Today was a day of small villages, timber plantations and timber harvesting, and again country lanes.
I got to Ponte Ulla around 3.00 pm and had a rich and filling lentil soup before searching out the albergue.
I even thought about walking another 4 km to O Outeiro but then decided against it. It’s 20 km to Santiago so it seems I will be there tomorrow - 8 weeks and 2 days.
The albergue here is fine - a Bar / Restaurant downstairs that opens at 7.00 am. The only down side is my solo room has no window. ☹️☹️☹️ A reminder of my first hostel in Sevilla but this one is half the price.
However the bed is soft with blankets and sheets and there is a heater that works. I lay down as soon as I got in and fell asleep for an hour. A relaxing and restful evening ahead.

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