Camino Primitivo Sep 13

Sep 13, Arzua to Pedrouzo

19.5 km, 4 hrs

We left in the dark at 6:30 this morning. Found a great breakfast stop a km down the road then set off on the Camino about 7:15. The sun rises here about 8am. As with yesterday we have no clouds and hot weather again. Long sleeve shirt and shorts are enough even at this early hour. Soon we saw the beautiful rays of the sun

As we walked through the woods a couple of Spanish owls were hooting. So magical!

We passed a Bar with words of wisdom posted and then another with more than one customer

The Camino today has become a highway of people. The paths and trails are wide. We are passing people and others are passing us. There are many bicycles and even a few are going to Santiago by horse back.

Because this is a short day we arrived at the Mirador do Pedrouzo at 12:30. It’s lovely to stop early and have a rest afternoon, then a terrific Spanish lunch (paella, etc) before a break and head off to the local church for another pilgrim mass at 7pm.

The number of Pilgrims attending the mass must have been 200. It was astounding to see so many!

We’ve hit the hay early as we plan to walk under tomorrow’s moonlight and see the sunrise shine on Santiago.