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Weather: raining, low cloud, 12º C
Mileage: 220 Km; Total 1,105kms
Today we had always planned to go out to the west coast and visit some of the fishing villages. It would have been better if we had done this yesterday and visited Santiago de Compostela today as the low cloud prevented us from seeing the coastline and villages at their best.
Our route took us through a number of villages including Porto do Son, Noia, Muros (where we had lunch), Cee and then back to our lodgings. This region of Galicia is known for its fish and along our route we saw many mussel barges.
As well as the issue with the weather the tide was out. This did nothing to enhance some of the villages that did not have beaches, as it looked more like they were mud flats with the boats lying on their sides. Where there were sandy beaches they looked good, although it did not look like the water would be very deep with the tide in.
The trip back from Cee was interesting as Billy took us on some very narrow back roads; much more interesting than highways. On some of the roads we came upon more people on the Camino. Even though the end point of the Camino is the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostelo many of the pilgrims continue on to Fisterra, the original final destination of the journey.
Something about where we are staying. The Casa Grande do Bachao is an 18th century villa with 12 bedrooms all with ensuite. There is a separate house for the owners and there is a corn granary or horreo (mentioned yesterday). All the staff are very friendly & the service is excellent. We ate here the first night for convenience sake and the food was so good we have eaten here every night since.
To get here we turn of the main highway through a small (unnamed we think) village and along a single lane forestry road with a steep drop down one side. Every so often there is a place for a vehicle to pull over should we meet anyone coming the other way. We struck similar roads in Scotland although not on the side of hill like here. Thankfully so far we haven’t met any traffic.
The forest is a gum tree forest and it has been felled in places. The main use is for pulp and charcoal.
One other observation is the large amount of what we think is Broom on the hillsides. It is certainly prevalent in the north western part of the country and is in flower at the moment.
Mileage: 220 Km; Total 1,105kms
Today we had always planned to go out to the west coast and visit some of the fishing villages. It would have been better if we had done this yesterday and visited Santiago de Compostela today as the low cloud prevented us from seeing the coastline and villages at their best.
Our route took us through a number of villages including Porto do Son, Noia, Muros (where we had lunch), Cee and then back to our lodgings. This region of Galicia is known for its fish and along our route we saw many mussel barges.
As well as the issue with the weather the tide was out. This did nothing to enhance some of the villages that did not have beaches, as it looked more like they were mud flats with the boats lying on their sides. Where there were sandy beaches they looked good, although it did not look like the water would be very deep with the tide in.
The trip back from Cee was interesting as Billy took us on some very narrow back roads; much more interesting than highways. On some of the roads we came upon more people on the Camino. Even though the end point of the Camino is the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostelo many of the pilgrims continue on to Fisterra, the original final destination of the journey.
Something about where we are staying. The Casa Grande do Bachao is an 18th century villa with 12 bedrooms all with ensuite. There is a separate house for the owners and there is a corn granary or horreo (mentioned yesterday). All the staff are very friendly & the service is excellent. We ate here the first night for convenience sake and the food was so good we have eaten here every night since.
To get here we turn of the main highway through a small (unnamed we think) village and along a single lane forestry road with a steep drop down one side. Every so often there is a place for a vehicle to pull over should we meet anyone coming the other way. We struck similar roads in Scotland although not on the side of hill like here. Thankfully so far we haven’t met any traffic.
The forest is a gum tree forest and it has been felled in places. The main use is for pulp and charcoal.
One other observation is the large amount of what we think is Broom on the hillsides. It is certainly prevalent in the north western part of the country and is in flower at the moment.
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