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...

This photo was taken at seven this evening and look at the colour of the sky. So the heat wave continues but not quite as hot as before. We walked down the mountains into Gallicia proper today and it feels very rural with cows in small fields, the smell of silage and hay,and random chickens everywhere. We stopped for lunch in a lovely bar for gazpacho and our first,and maybe last, taste of puplo which is a famous dish of octopus cooked with a spicy paprika. Not ...

This photo was taken at seven this evening and look at the colour of the sky. So the heat wave continues but not quite as hot as before. We walked down the mountains into Gallicia proper today and it feels very rural with cows in small fields, the smell of silage and hay,and random chickens everywhere. We stopped for lunch in a lovely bar for gazpacho and our first,and maybe last, taste of puplo which is a famous dish of octopus cooked with a spicy paprika. Not ...

Determined to try and avoid the worst of the heat I set the alarm for 6. Roger really pulls a face especially as the bright light shining outside the room turns out to be the moon. It's light here until nearly 11 at night but darker in the morning. So we set off with the dawn at 6.45 and I even need my fleece to start off which I haven't worn in days. Roger doesn't manage to speak until we have had breakfast about an hour later and then we begin what is billed a...

We've been in some rural and mountainous areas so no wifi or blog for the last few days. However it's still all fresh in the mind. Friday 13th was the day I nearly gave up and caught a taxi halfway through. It was so hot and the pic is one of me for a moment in the shade. It was 26 kms and hotter than hot from 9 am. You can tell you are in trouble when you've drunk a litre of water and three cans of Fanta and still don't want to go for a pee. So I decided to ring...