Fillobal to Pintin

Walked today: 2.1 mi. Camino2023: 245 mi

On our way out of Fillobal, Jim sleepily wished this pilgrim a buen Camino… who merely responded “ugh”
even with our 7:15 start, it was not very light with the low hanging clouds and the deeply worn/eroded and tree lined path.
awesome views abound, even as we near the bottom of a 2000 foot descent begun yesterday morning from the Galícian mountains.
the path was lined with very old chestnut, oak, and pecan trees, some still thriving and bearing fruit even with exposed root systems.

After Fillobal, there were two hamlets, that contained a microcosm of contrasting structures of different time periods separated by several hundred years.

The first hamlet we passed was As Pasantes,
Very old homes/barns were consistently mixed with the relatively new. Many of the older buildings were still used or lived in.
the old mixed with the new
looking back on an As Pasantes farm with an ancient storage unit still in use.
the second hamlet we passed was Ramil….
…the site of a very old chestnut tree. The “new” growth is only a hundred years old…
…while the irregular growth at the base is over 800 years old!

We stopped just outside of Triacastela for breakfast. We then called a taxi to take us to Pintin.

Jim briefly chatted with two gentlemen, Jose and Francisco, from Brazil who had started their Caminos from Leon. It was the second Camino for Jose and the first for Francisco. When they asked Jim’s name he told them it was Diego (James) but not Santiago. They then reintroduced themselves as Jose, not San Jose and Francisco, not San Francisco. We all, then, laughing, wished each other a buen Camino.

San Francisco, Santiago & San Jose

Linda has been struggling the last several days with what she thinks is a UTI. So we decided to cut today’s walk down from nearly 9 miles to a little over two in order to get her to the medical clinic in Sarria… just a few miles from Pintin.

Once we arrived in Pintin, we checked in, got some lunch then took a taxi into Sarria and after a short hour wait got Linda tested, confirmed her diagnosis, got a Rx, stopped at a pharmacy to fill the prescription and headed back to our hotel, all in a 2.5 hour time-span.

We were able to do this so efficiently due to the help of Núria, the daughter and member of the family that owns and manages Casa Cines.

On a Sunday afternoon, Núria arranged to get a taxi in less than 15 minutes, who spoke some English, to take us to the clinic, wait for us, then take us to the only open pharmacy in Sarria and wait for us to fill the prescription, then bring us back to Casa Cines.

The Casa Cines family have welcomed us into their home for each of our 5 Casinos. And last year we stayed here 3 consecutive days to provide a base for our taxi/walking hopscotching, when other places to stay were not to be found. We are staying here 2 nights this time for the same reason.

Linda is feeling much better already after getting some antibiotics into her system.

eggs, peppers and ham for Linda – pizza for Jim.

We had dinner in the Casa Cines dining room and retired early to get going early tomorrow morning so we stay ahead of the forecasted 91F high.

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