Rest Day

It’s a bit messed up when a seven mile hike is a rest day, but after a couple of long grinds this is indeed a welcome change of page. It also marks hump day so, assuming we make it to Olveiroa intact, we will officially be past the mid-point of this adventure.

First the good news. We did not smell cow poop all night and, after taking out about a dozen flies with an old newspaper someone left in the nightstand (perhaps for this exact purpose), our accommodations weren’t too bad at all.

We’ve been very lucky with the weather here as the forecast was for clouds and rain pretty much every day. There were a few hours in the night that it came down quite heavy but as we make our way out of Santa Mariña, it is another great day for hiking.

Olveiroa is a pretty standard stop on this trail and there are plenty of newer albergues that have popped up to cater to weary walkers such as ourselves. Not a whole lot else though so, after checking in, we need to cab it a few miles to the nearest town for some provisions (I suggested we just walk in but didn’t get many takers).

Tomorrow we’re back at it with another thirteen miler but the end is in sight!