Trabadelo to Las Herrerias 10.5 km

It was a convivial evening at Casa Susi as usual, with everyone sitting down to dinner (but first giving a little speech about themselves and their experience of the Camino). I ended up giving a demo of Pacer Poles and their correct use, which Susi started filming for posterity! It’s on IG. (Look for Casasusi).

Susi’s meals are always tasty and unusual. She had a friend from Oz staying, who had been the sous chef.

We had a starter of beetroot hummus, Russian salad and couscous, followed by a lemon chicken and rice dish from Greece:

Starter.

Dessert.

We enjoyed plenty of local wine: two types.

I slept pretty well in the 10-bed dorm. In the next bed was a young woman from Denmark whose fluent English was as good as mine. How do the Danes do it?

On this stretch of the Camino, there are plenty of places to stop for refreshment, so I made good use of them. This hotel, which was also a truck stop, was number one:

They were selling all sorts of stuff, including a whole collection of hunting knives:

This was one of many ancient churches we passed. Every village has its own version, with the same bell tower:





The archway is a beautiful stone construction.

The next stop was Ambasmestas, which is the halfway point for those people splitting the way up to O’Cebreiro into two. (I’m splitting this demanding climb into three).

I was glad to reach Las Herrerias and my accommodation at Casa do Ferreira - La Fragua. I think it was originally the Blacksmiths:

View from my window, looking back over the slate roof down the valley.