Fisterra to Outeiro de Rei near Lugo(183km)

 We were woken up on Saturday morning after a great night sleep by Winnie politely asking to go out (with her quiet single bark), so it was my turn to do the quick Pee/Poo run with her before we got up properly, and boy was I glad. It was just after 7am and the light on the water was incredible. I wandered her down to the private beach at the bottom of the Aire and sat and watched the sun come up -just beautiful.

 

 

 

Chris and I then wandered down into town with Winnie for our coffee and croissant: 

 

 

 

We the chased Jack up to walk to the end of the land along the last part of the Camino de Santiago with the other walkers, many whom had covered miles with their backpacks and sleeping bags. Others drove straight to the end just to look at the view.

 

The end of the land or most Westerly lighthouse in Europe made for a great start to the day.

 

 

Once back we headed to our next stop in Outeiro de Rei. First heading up towards A Coruna, then across towards Lugo. The landscape her in Galicia is quite uneventful and I have not fallen in love with it. Mile upon mile of forested hillside with a few pockets of grazing for cattle mixed in, but agriculture here is mainly forestry, especially eucalyptus.

Once we reached Outeiro de Rei, we found the lovely quiet Aire at the end of a street of housing. It was quiet clean and had free water and electric hook up and picnic tables out on the grass in front. Unfortunately the only downside was that it had terrible internet connection as I was going to catch up on invoicing and my blog. Instead I laid out on the grass in the sun and read my book.

Winnie on guard:

 

We cooked Kebabs, new potatoes and salad for supper before a final walk and bed.

After a very quiet night, guess what! Chris and I walked to the local café for our coffee and croissant - you can pretty much find one anywhere 😂, even on a quiet Sunday morning.

Once we had got back and Jack was up, we decided to take the bikes to try and find the Dam/Weir and then the suspension bridge that were shown on the map at the Aire.

We had a lovely cycle ride and despite a few wrong turns we found both.

At the Dam, we saw 2 kingfisher hunting along the banks which is always a treat:

 

 

At the suspension bridge there was a beautiful tranquillity as the water bubbled along through the mass of white flowers covering the shallow water.

 

 

 

 Winnie was terrified on the bridge

 

All laughing at her expense.