Despite it being almost 20km today we made good time and arrived in O Pedrouzo mid afternoon on another hot day.
As it would be a longer day, we were out of the doors before 0700h, walking in the dark with head torches on. It was a small descent out of Arzua through woodland before the first hill to Pregontono. There were samplings on the way that reflected the torch, giving a eerie view.
We stopped in Pregontono for breakfast as dawn broke. Fuelled up, we continued up the last of the fairly steep hills of today’s journey.
The kilometres flew by and it wasn’t long before we reached the bottle bar ‘Tia Dolores’. But to our disappointment, it is closed, all the bottle sculptures gone, all that remains is an empty yard. Twice now we have been scuppered, no wax stamp and now no bottle bar.
We passed a wall that had philosophical questions and quotes on posters, one of which resonated with me and pretty much sums the Camino up.
We continued on over the next 3k stopping for a drink at Boavista. Then on to A Brea for lunch. From there it was 5km into O Pedrouzo, to the albergue next door to the Pensión we stayed at 1 week ago.
For dinner we headed to a Mexican restaurant that had wax stamps! The Camino provides! A little gem of a place with really tasty food.
Although it’s only 20k to Santiago we are going to split it into two days, hopefully our journey into the Galician capital will be less crowded this way. Lavacolla tomorrow.
Stu's Camino 