Praia de Augasantas

3 Rest days in Ribedeo due to Easter weekend. No public transport, shops outside of town and most albergues closed!! It's a main holiday for Spaniards, so pensions and small hotels all full too. Plus - we are very tired, Pam's heel hurts and Mikes calf and feet have had enough 😴

Day 1 (Friday)- Weather awful, very wet, windy and cold. Went to watch the 'Stations of the cross' procession. The service was held outside the church and was quite small. It took 1 hour, but we were wearing packs and standing still, so it felt much longer!! The statues were dressed in robes, and their arms moved to bless everyone, so it was a bit creepy!
Hotel EO let us check-in early.
Went for a walk in the rain and met Frank and Carmella again at a bar; we sadly said our goodbyes as they leave the Camino today. They will return next year to finish it. Coffee and cakes for tea as everywhere else closed.
Back to hotel for the evening as it was raining heavily.

Day 2 (Saturday)- Pam had to see a pharmacist re her heel pain - support sock and CBD cream!!! I may like this solution 😂

Rain relentless today so we went to supermarket for supplies for the room. Had to trawl the town to buy a corkscrew!! Spent rest of day in our room, completing journal, watching Netflix and resting.

Day 3 (Easter Sunday)
The rain stopped for the morning - hurrah!!! Walked around the waterside to get fresh air - we are a bit stir crazy with so little activity!
Watched the Easter service procession - very good. Interesting that people are the same the world over. Mothers chivvying their children to behave, children in the procession messing about and being hurried to their 'positions'. Grandparents getting in the way of the procession to take photos of the show and officious men in gowns growling at everyone!
Made phone calls home 😍
Afternoon, heavy rain and wind again, so headed into the bar to plan our next stages on the Camino - yay, exited again!Read more