The day from Vigo to Redondela was an easy and quite lovely 16 kilometres. Leaving the city was easy and actually pretty—so different than our arrival. Although a fair bit of the day was on asphalt there were woodsy paths as as well. And at least the road section was well marked as a shared path.
We’d bumped into Richard from Switzerland yesterday by our hotel—he’d had a sick day earlier so even with our rest day our schedules hadn’t diverged. We were happy when we connected again today as we left Vigo and spent part of the day walking together. We came across a pop-up stand run by a young girl: fruit, drinks and a stamp for your credencial, all by donation. I guess this is common on popular caminos but the first we’d ever seen.
We also met and visited with a couple from California, Kelly and George, folks that Richard had met along the way. They had all started in Lisbon and so had had the experience of a heat wave for the first two weeks of their camino, followed by the rain storms. Although the rain was tough, we were glad to have missed the heat wave.
It’s at Redonela that the two variants of the Camino Portugues converge so it felt busier and the albergue (A Casa da Herba, €55 with a shared bathroom) was expensive for what it was.
We had been lucky during the day with little rain but that changed as we headed out to stock up on groceries. At least the grocery store wasn’t too far and we were glad to be able to replenish all our snack supplies.
It poured through the rest of the late afternoon and early evening so instead of exploring we opted for a rest. I had blisters starting, probably form wearing thin socks while my other pairs were wet. But at least we were back in good spirits and through our day of conflict.
We met up with Richard for dinner and had a good meal and visit together. We learned all about his various careers and more about Switzerland. It is a lovely feature of walking when you can get these chances for connection.
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