Beautiful walk to A Pobra de Brollon

GThough we heard there was a heat alert out, we made it easily and painlessly to our next stop, about 25 km from Quiroga. The first 14 were essentially though a pine forest, steady up and down, with lovely views and great walking surfaces (dirt occasionally covered with pine needles).  

After about 16 km we came to the perfect rest stop, a tiny hamlet with a pretty old bridge and a nice grassy bank for sitting and having our sandwich. Very refreshing and beautiful. 

 

The last 8 or 9 started out very hot and kind of reminiscent of yesterday's end of stage slog, but after a few kms of sunny ascents, we got ack into the groove and were soon in the little town of A Povra. Reb had stayed in this little Hostal before and it is a friendly family run cafe-restaurant with a few rooms upstairs. The señora will wash our clothes (oh what luxury) and we are going to have a home cooked meal, so we are quite content. And, fingers crossed, Reb may even walk all the way with me into Santiago!!!