SpainGaliciaSantiago de CompostelaParque de Bonaval42°53’5” N 8°32’25” W
September 15, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Leaving Santiago de Compostela this morning. I am heading toward the ocean. This should take about 5 days. I left the Loop Inn and found my desayuno (breakfast). Tarte de Queso sounds like cheese butRead more
SpainGaliciaNegreiraLogrosa42°54’33” N 8°43’43” W
September 15, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Beautiful walk out of Santiago. There were horses and goats grazing, fields of corn, canopies of grapes, picturesque horreos (miniature granaries), and groves of fragrant eucalyptus trees, someRead more
SpainGaliciaBriónAmés42°53’26” N 8°40’8” W
September 15, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
The guidebook said a hill after the coffee break. It didn’t say that it went on forever! The only good parts: shade and mostly soft path. There was even some logging. After the hill, the walk wasRead more
SpainGaliciaBriónNegreira42°54’35” N 8°44’5” W
September 16, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I am getting ready for day 2. I forgot to add the maps, so will add those here for day one and two. Plus a couple of photos from Negreira.
SpainGaliciaBriónNegreiraPazo do Cotón42°54’29” N 8°44’18” W
September 16, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Just leaving Negreira there is a lovely detour on a dirt trail along the river. Very quiet and peaceful. The only problem was that I got lost 🧭. The trail was not well marked. At first it was okay,Read more
SpainGaliciaNegreiraPena42°55’56” N 8°49’7” W
September 16, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Fortified with caffeine and carbs, I continued past fragrant eucalyptus groves and pungent manure in barns and on fields. More manure. This is quite an agricultural area, lots of corn, cows, someRead more
SpainGaliciaMazaricosSanta Marina42°57’27” N 8°55’34” W
September 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Just the two of us in the albergue, Nancy from Belgium and myself. 24 empty beds in the room. We had an excellent pilgrim meal for 12€. We were on the road before 8:00, just before sunrise.
SpainGaliciaMazaricosGueima42°57’45” N 8°58’28” W
September 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We got a lesson in Spanish agriculture this morning. Not like combining back home. They have a single machine that cuts the corn, grinds it up, throws the works into the following truck and leavesRead more
SpainGaliciaDumbría43°0’18” N 9°6’45” W
September 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
More farming lessons: they put the corn harvest in pits, drive over it to flatten it, then put plastic over. Good cattle feed. Corn seems to be the primary crop in this area. Corn ➡️ cows ➡️Read more
SpainGaliciaDumbríaHospital42°58’24” N 9°4’3” W September 17, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
I stopped for lunch, the bocadillo con bacon y queso was great! I saw Patrick and Roseanne from Idaho once more, but they will be heading to Fisterre at the junction. A bit further on was the junctionRead more
