Day 46

Sarria to Ferreiros - 15 kms
26 May 2019

It's good to be back on the move again. We've felt like that after all three of our rest days - it's good to be walking again.
The pilgrim path was crowded today, it could be in part because we started out half an hour to an hour later than we usually do but most of the extra pilgrims will be the ones who started at Sarria. Because of the different walking paces we were able to walk mostly on our own though. When we arrived at Ferreiros where we're staying tonight - which is just an albergue plus cafe/bar out in the middle of nowhere - there were two empty buses, their passengers filling the cafe and it's courtyard to overflowing - thankfully the buses and their passengers disappeared after a while.
Our walk today was uphill from Sarria with a few small dips down along the way - in all we've come up about 230m. The walk was part on road edge and part on pathways and once again we walked through the middle of small farming settlements. What was surprising was that for much of our walk we were in the clouds - they must have been very low as we're only at 675m. The sun did win through and it was a warm afternoon.

Walking out of Sarria...

...over the medieval Ponte Áspera - which translates as Rough Bridge due to the coarsely cut stone.

Today was a day of horreos - grain stores. They are protected now - some date back to the 15th century.

The big green leaves in the foreground are of the brassica family. The leaves are used in a Galician soup together with potatoes and dried white beans - very nourishing.

Farm machinery at its best...

Some horreos in Galicia have two symbols on top - one is the Christian cross and the other is a pagan symbol. Both are to protect the food inside and to ask for future good crops. Apparently when Galacia became Christian many farmers put the cross on top but kept the older pagan symbol 'just in case'.

We stopped for morning tea before the settlement of Morgade. This farmer was working next to the cafe ...and it was hard work!

This is Pappy's house - he won't have much room but he will be able to lie down, and you know Pappy likes to live up high so he should be happy don't you think Girls? Also the bricks have small holes in them so Pappy will have plenty of fresh air ...could be cold in winter though.

Caught eating almond chocolate  ...now sporting knee braces, the height of fashion on the Camino.

A wee church on the way

At Ferreiros we're 100.746kms from Santiago.

Casa Cruceíro - our cafe/bar where we'll have our pilgrim's dinner later.