Negreira to Olveiroa

Today I had had a really good sleep and left at 6.15am. As I walked out of the hotel a local with his stick was just walking by and insisted on walkking with me (it was still dark). He was not going to Finisterre but just on one of his regular walks to A Pena (8km each way). I wasn´t that keen initially on walking with him but he just kept matching my pace and walking silently beside me and after 10mins or so I found I was really enjoying his silent steady companionship. The whole vibe was reminiscent of yesterday - quiet and steady.

I stopped for breakfast and he gave me a hug and turned around. no sooner had I sat down than chatterbox Dave from Sydney arrived and plonked himself down. he it seems was also determined to walk with me and was company of a very different kind. and I found I liked that too. Found out a bit more of his story than when Nell had been with us and as always found when you get people talking authentically about things they care about it is interesting no matter what. he walks blimen fast but I found we matched one another easily and the miles flew by.

About 1km from Olveiroa was an obviously lunch and stopping spot but because he was wnting to get into the only albergue before it got full he wanted to carry on. I stopped and it was a great place. Ended up sitting with 2 English women who were only walking the Santiago Finisterre section during a week off work. It was helpful because they had a bus timetable from Cee to Muxia, and also because they warned me that it was a difficult to get the compostela for Finisterre. You needed to get at least two stamps per day to show you really had walked it as so many people with otherwise full credencials just bus this last piece.