Palas de Rei to Boente

21km in good weather with just a short shower of rain.

The weather forecast had been dire so we were expecting another drenching. Grateful it didn’t happen.

We had a good breakfast at a bar in Palas de Rei and put our heads down and cranked out 10km or so while the good weather was with us.

Stopped for café cortado and cake at O Leboreiro. Then pressed on expecting rain at any time.

By 14km we were in need of a proper refueling and had arrived in Melide so we stopped for a lunch of pizza.

Melide looks like a pretty busy center but we didn’t linger. A km or two beyond the town the rain started falling so ponchos were deployed.

But it rained lightly and only for about 30 minutes. Not enough to wet our feet.

Eventually the ponchos were stowed and we walked on to our destination of Boente. It’s a pretty small town. The pensión is very good. We will dine here too as other options are scarce,

There were lots of eucalyptus trees in the forests we walked through today. Some were quite old and large stringy barks.Read more