Monday, 24th of June 2013.
Another brilliant day, coolish early, but heading to mid 20's. A bit over 21km to walk today so an early start .... walking through farm lands and green pasture lands, its well treed and gentle down hill nearly all day. There are towns every 2-3.5km, A Pousa is the first just under an hour into the walk, then Salguairos just a half hour along, then Ousende another 45 minutes , Pereiras and then Castelana where we stop for coffee and snacks .... we have been on the road for almost 4 hours, we have covered about 13.5km ..... its around 11.30am.
Sitting on the side of the road enjoying coffee and roll filled with cold meats and salad, we ponder how lucky we are. Enough banter its time to move on, still another 8-9km to go .... Redoredo, then Seixalbo and we are on the outskirts of Orense and what is a largish city ..... no sooner here than wishing for the serenity of the country side. The tranquillity and green is gone, my brain is struggling again, too much to take in, decisions to make, feel a brain overload.
We stop at a bar and I slowly consume a very large beer, and nibble on a huge plate of mixed tapas .... food, drink, memories of doing this flood back and I am very relaxed, even with the hustle and bustle going on around me. We are at a table on the footpath at a small bar, the sun is shining, there is but a slight breeze ..... there is only the two of us (Pam and I), she reminds me of my sister and is about the same age at 70 or there abouts. So after lunch its of the the Albergue ... by the time we get there its full, so of to the Hostel just down the road ... have to go a bit more upmarket and end up sharing a twin room with en-suite ..... it appears that there is some show or festival or something going on in town? The guy was talking so fast missed what it was, as we are both tired after today's walk decided to have a rest day here (only on the track a few days and having a rest day)?
Clean up, do washing, siesta, then a late leisurely diner and back to room .... room is not big and Pam snores, are well thems the breaks. So huddle  on the balcony and catch up with Blog and emails.