Going to be difficult to concentrate on this blog as we are in a noisy bar watching the Spain v Chile match. But trying hard here with the multi tasking. We left our shed early with the day still overcast. We had diverted about a kilometre from the Camino to stay overlooking the lake so finally saw the restored town of Portomarin in the morning and it was worth seeing. The restored buildings looked just right. But huge numbers setting off in the morning and w...

Sorry the blog is a day late as no wifi again. The pic is me in Sarria, the only town we went through as the rest was all countryside with some shade thank goodness. Galicia definitely has a smell which I can only describe as cowsheds. It's really small time farming with lots of dairy. Apart from the puplo which I may try once more the local speciality is veal. Not the milk fed stuff that has such a bad reputation but they obviously kill the young male cattle f...