9/5 Monday Castro to Fonsagrada 21km

Last night we chatted to Wendy, a classical singer from Holland. I enjoyed fish and rice for dinner followed by a chocolate and almond ice cream!

In the morning, I was awake at 6:45, just in time to see the sunrise. Breakfast with coffee and muesli which was a treat. Heike drank coffee and headed off without anything to eat as normal. I’m sure I’ll see her tonight.

The morning light at 8 am was just glorious as I headed off on a long continual climb, for about two hours, to well over 1000m and more wind farm territory. At 10:30 I took a snack on top of the ridge.

I met Viviana here, from north of Rome and now living in Lisbon. She had started early this morning from Grandes but was walking at a similar pace so we walked and chatted together for an hour as we entered Galacia and then found a cafe at Barbeitos.

The cafe served very good ham in the bocadillo. Refreshed I continued alone after a chat to Wendy who arrived as I was eating.

I was surprised there was only 6km to go so I must be walking well after resting yesterday. The sun was hot after lunch and the last stretch up to Fonsagrada was very steep, climbing 300ft in a km.

I was fixed up and clean in the Albergue by 3:30pm so will have plenty of time this evening to stock up on food and toiletries. No food in the albergue but Heike has a recommendation for a restaurant in town from our Spanish friends that we met at Cornellena.