Walked today: 7.7 miles
Walked Camino 2019: 367.3 miles
On our ride this morning from Casa Nova to Castromaior, we observed another mass of pilgrim humanity pouring out of Portamarin onto the Camino. Most were coming from the town and not the Camino leading into town, meaning that our starting point will give us a six mile lead and a less crowded Camino today… we’ll see.
We continued walking from our finishing point from yesterday and Jim’s initial preoccupation was the fog. As we walked up the steep hill approaching the “castro”, miraculously the moon appeared through the clowds, the fog quickly lifted and to our left was the castro, finally. It was a sight to see. Jim dropped his backpack climbed up and down three mounds that encircled the settlement that lie in the center of the remains of this 2300 year old Celtic and later, Roman, fortification. From the top of the highest and most interior mound he was able to see the view he had missed in 2015 and 2017 (the tiny white dot slightly above center at the start and end of the video is Linda):
A closer look at the settlement layout, building sizes and placement 
suggested this was primarily a place for safety above anything else.
Jim triumphantly, but carefully eased down from the castro mounds, retrieved his backpack and we were once again on our way.
The rest of our walk was rather uneventful. 
We walked on paths along small farm roads 
and secondary roads through several small villages 
with one or two albergues, but nothing significant.
We made two stops, 
one for breakfast and 
one for OJ.
We had chats with pilgrims from England, Vancouver, BC, Venice, Italy
Our final stop was for for the afternoon and night, 
Hosteria Calixtiño in the hamlet of Lestedo.
We had a full lunch which featured another Mencía wine and Arzúa cheese/quince jam then snacked for supper. We read, relaxed in the afternoon and blogged and read in the evening before calling it a day.
Jimandi 