13th June - Mino

We walked around the Ria and over a 116 arch bridge into Pontedeume. Bob's daypack was falling apart so we found a Chinese Bazaar (our preferred stores for cheap goods) where he bought a new pack. Then it was up, up, up to the church of Santiago which was closed, but we were able to get a sello.
Up, up and up we went again until we crested the ridge above the town.

Our destination today was Mino, about 9 km away. We knew about the hill out of Pontedeume but didn't expect another Kilimanjaro beyond the golf course. It seems that the Camino paths have to go as high as they can before they drop down again to virtually sea-level.
One thing we have learned is to be prepared with food and drink as there might not be anywhere to stop for either between places. This is not like the Camino Frances with cafe bars almost every 5km.
Marlene had developed ugly blisters but I think the Compeed I bought her in Cabanas might be doing their bit and she coped with the long ups and equally long down hills.
We stopped for a picnic in the playground opposite the church and were a bit perturbed to find condoms in the playground!
When we artived in Mino we discovered that the Hostal Brisa was 2.2 km out of town up hill on the N165. We decided to take a taxi. The Hostal owner, Monty, reminded us of 'Ramon' in the movie The Way, eccentric, forgetful and, as the afternoon progressed, he became completely drunk!
On first indpection the rooms looked comfortable but the net curtains were in tatters, the bath towels threadbare and the hook for the towel in our room fell off as soon as Finn hung it up.
We ordered dinner for 7pm and at 8:30 pm Carmen (the wife) arrived back from the supermarket and started cooking! I gave up and went to bed. The others ate after 9pm.  Finn woke me at mid-night with painful reflux. I wasn't surprised after having eaten a large potato tortilla before going to bed.

12th June - Cabanas

We met downstairs before 8am to leave the bags and have for breakfast. Today would be a longer day so we wanted to have an earlier start.  We ended up leaving at about 8h4
Today we passed lavederos, horreos, and many typical Galician crosses. We walked through some shady forests, and up and down hills with the 'water' of the rias visible at times.
Gail had been dreaming of sitting on the beach in Cabanas or swimming in the Hotel Sarga swimming pool. She and Marlene went ahead of us to get to Cabanas while it was still hot.
When we arrived we found that our hotel was on the town side of the rail line so we went under the train subway and soon arrived at the Hotel.

Finn and I walked down to the beach,  found Gail and had a drink at the beach hut. Finn did a double take when a young lady with pert breasts strolled past, naked but for a teeny g-string. At dinner he teased Bob abiut what he had missed!
 I only had long sleeve tops and was suffering in the hot weather so Gail and I went to the Chinese Bazaar in the main street where I bought a new t-shirt with short sleeves.
During dinner we watched the opening ceremony of the Soccer World Cup.