Day 3 walking - Palas de Rei to Arzua

Having enjoyed a delicious family meal in Palas de Rei the previous evening we awoke to serious heavy rain on Friday morning. First stop was breakfast at the Bar Britania where we planned our proposed rest stops throughout the day. It is  around 20 miles to Arzua so we decided our main lunch stop would be at Melide. My youngest saw a weather forecast that suggested the rain might stop by mid afternoon and thankfully this proved to be true. Much of the walk on this day is through woods which is lovely, however the rain was at its heaviest when we were on the very exposed path before Melide and combined with the low temperatures it was tough going for a while. As always the short stops for coffee, cake and the great hospitality of the local people made it all doable. After lunch our little group set off again and those who had stuck with me in the morning sped ahead and left some of the others to keep me company for the second part of the day.

setting out after breakfast in Palas de Rei

following the shells!

outside the church of Santa Maria

sun has came out at last

crossing the stream

exhaustion!

onwards

walking in the woods

getting closer

Onwards from Melide in drier weather through the woods and eventually intersecting the main road again near the really lovely little church of Santiago at Boente. Another delightful walk through the woods with some steep uphills before eventually entering Ribadiso. The scenery around this area is very beautiful indeed and is good compensation for the long ccontinual climb upwards to the town of Arzua where we were stopping for the night. It is safe to say we were all absolutely exhausted and had barely enough energy to eat that evening.

The last uphill of the day into Arzua

beautiful scenery all around

We are there!

arriving in Arzua