The owner took this photo as we left Rectoral de Lestedo at 6:45.Palas de Rei is not a favorite. We’ve stayed here once, stopped for breakfast 4 other times and inspite of all the pilgrim traffic, maybe too much, the barkeeps and pilgrim housing keepers tend to be short, indifferent or just plain negative when interacting with us.… after a relatively quiet walk to Palas de Rei, about mid-way through town, the pilgrims began feeding from a multitude of overnight accommodations into the Camino so that by the exit from town, the Camino was loaded.Exiting Palas de Rei with most of the pilgrim surge ahead of us by now.A van loaded with pilgrim gear for supporting a group of pilgrims walking, some with only a stick. We’ve noticed a larger number of families walking the Camino since Sarria.A mom and two young girls passing us.Construction on this part of an autovia exit? seems to have stopped since we first viewed it 2015. It does provide nice shade, though, when it’s hot.In San Xuluan, two contrasting hórroes (used to store grain and other food crops in winter to keep dry and away from varmints)… one very old and the other relatively new.a seriously impaired pilgrim walking the Camino on crutches
We stopped at O Coto and had lunch and rested after 8 plus miles and then continued on to Melide.
nice even path out of O Coto on the way to MelideIglesia de Santa María de Leboreiro
The Iglesia de Santa María contains an image of the virgin that legend says was found in the nearby fountain when light and a pleasant fragrance emitted. Villagers took the image to the church, but that night the virgin went right back to the fountain. After a few days of back and forth, the locals made the tympanum and dedicated the church to her and the image finally deemed to stay put in the church.
Tympanum of Santa Maríastatue of the Virgin that kept retuning to the fountain until the parishioner’s dedicated the church to her.15th century wall paintings inside the Iglesiamounted just outside the church was a model of a “palloza”, a traditional thatched roof house built by Astur tribes of pre-Roman times.after Leboreiro, a medieval bridge into Disicaboa very strange tree that has fascinated Jim everytime we walk by it… today he documented it into a photo in our blog.tree lined path along an industrial area outside Melide. An apparent warehouse fire recently destroyed the building leaving only metal racks and ash. The tree damage indicates the fire was confined to the building behind the fire scorched trees and brown leaves.here the path continues along an industrial park of mostly warehousesmore wall murals, this one of a beekeeper
Our room in Pension Orois was larger and newer than the last two visits. Walking the extra miles today got us to our room to checkin at 1:30. After chores, we napped then went to a favorite, Bar Garancha.
Padrón peppers, pulpo (octopus) and Tortilla Espanola
Tummies filled we went back to our room and called it a day. 5 days to Santiago!
Jimandi 