Lubian to A Gudiña

(This entry is wrong. The mud climb was the next day.. need to do some edits)
We knew there would be a climb today, but we didn't know it would be an Epic climb.

We headed out of town, meandering through woods down to a pretty stone bridge over the river. I had heard there was a 400 year old "wolf catcher" near here, but we didn't find it. It's a hole/gulch surrounded by overhanging slate slabs and they put a lamb in the middle. The wolf jumps in and can't get out, and then they paraded the wolf around town before they killed it
Wolves are still seen in this area.. hope I see one!

Back to the climb. After the bridge over the river, we turned up a forested trail that got steeper... and steeper. Not hard enough, so they added a rivulet of water running down the middle of the trail surrounded by quicksand-like mud. At first we tried hopping over stones or taking side paths, but it was useless. We changed into our sandals and continued sludging upward, sometimes sinking ankle deep in the mud. We could see Big Foot's prints and a couple of placed where he had dramatic slips with his big ol' shoes. It just wouldn't quit.
We made it to the summit, Portela de la Canda, the gateway to Galicia, and continued with the descent. (Will clean this up and merge my two entries when I get home)Read more