Today was a much more enjoyable day than yesterday which had felt more like a penance. Our route was long with plenty of ascent and descent but it was less crowded and through pleasant countryside. The student groups were less ebullient than the weekend days. There’s certainly no running backwards and forwards with excitement any more. Like the rest of us, they have found the comfortable, steady pace to keep going all day. There seems to be lots of people who come for the weekend.
Our distance was 29.1 km which is getting towards our limit of what is an enjoyable day’s walking. Overall we’ve come down about 160 m but that involved some noticeable ascents with a total of 550 m.
We started the day with a splendid breakfast, one of the best we’ve had this year, and then the pleasure of walking quietly along a wide track between mature trees.
We have missed being able to visit churches along our route but this one was open. The door carving is in granite which would have been so hard to produce. The inside of the church was plain but beautiful. The old wall paintings were quite something.
It was very good to get to the 50 km marker. We’re getting there.
We very much enjoyed the storks and their nests as we walked across the Meseta. One of the books said we wouldn’t see them in Galicia. So it was a real pleasure to see them again in two different places.
It was enjoyable countryside as we approached Arzúa but the successive ridges were draining our spirits. For the last climb, we met an American mother and daughter as we began going up. Our conversation kept us thinking about other things and we were soon at the top with no difficulty.
Two more days to go.
Julian and Beryl's camino 
I am loving your updates thank you Julian and am glad you are both feeling better.
Your pictures are stunning – everywhere is so green.
Good luck with the next few days!
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Amy, thank you. I’m very pleased you’re enjoying the blog.
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