Ribadiso

I'm a little frustrated at this point in that I spent an hour or so with a beer by the river and in a cut and paste erased almost the complete blog for today. I was  instructed after I really screwed it up that I was only me click away from restoring it all. Well stupid is what stupid does.

So here it goes again. 

Most of us have a similar cold now. Guy's cold which has been going on as mine has for almost two weeks has developed into a deep cough mainly in the morning. Anyway mine had got to point where I had a small fever yesterday which broke last night and today I feel great today.

We started at 7 today under a canopy of stars and a sliver of a moon . As the day progressed it got into the upper 70's and a bit muggy from all the rain there has been recently. The land and little hamlets we passed through have been stunning to see particularly at our speed.

We leave earlier than most of the other pilgrims but stop often for coffee etc. This allows the morning rush of pilgrims catch up with us. This has been most apparent since we passed Sarria where many more have joined the camino.

Lots of mud in places thanks to the receint rains.

The first stone bridge today

The second 

Partial group shadow.

From the almost 800 we started with, not much left to go.

We are definitely in the land of the Horreo's. They are everywhere big small, some wood but most of stone.

Even this look-a-like mail and bread delivery one.

We finally arrived .

At our dinner table tonight.

Some of the locals passing by our table.

After dinner as seems usual, I usually head back to the albergue to get ready for bed. At ten tonight Brian and a couple of others return laughing and say they just closed the bar down. In this little hamlet the bar/restaurant exists only for pilgrems and most of us don't stay out past ten.

A warm day, near 80, predicted for tomorrow.

Paul