This morning I woke up without some pilgrim scratching in a bag. A Pensión is really a great place to stay after a night of minimal sleep the night before.
I set off alone this morning, it was cold, not a cloud in the sky. There were a lot of pilgrims leaving Palas De Rei.
At least the route out of town took me along beautiful paths in the forests. I bumped into Resi but she was taking a slow 25km walk today.
I had no intentions of being slow without a booking for a bed.
I walked through a town called San Xulián do Camiño, a typical Camino village with a 12 century church dedicated to St Julian.
I walked on to a town called Casanova, next to the Albergue I found the Sello (Stamp) table. I stamped my Camino passport and walked on.
I kept watching the way marks, its really become a count down to the end.
By this stage hunger had set in so I decided to stop in O Coto the first town in the province Coruña. I relaxed for about 30mins.
I then walked on in the forest over a medieval bridge into a very small Camino village called Leboreiro.
The path wound its way around the industrial area and into a forest again.
I suddenly realised I had no photos of myself for the day, I asked a Spanish pilgrim to take a few with my Camera.
I then crossed over the Ponte Velha Furelos medieval bridge into the traditional village called Furelos. I really liked this little village stuck in the 12th century. It would be a lovely place to stop if you had a planned Camino.
I walked on into the centre of Melide and found restaurants cooking pulpo apparently the town is famous for it.
It's not exactly something I would like to try.
I walked to the centre and found a brand new Albergue, so I checked into O Cruceiro, with only 6 beds per room. They have clean facilities and a washing machine.
I would not say Melide is a great town with its 8000 population. It has a typical business district.
That's my story for the day.
