The next day was even cooler, with a forecast for highs in the 60s and chance of drizzle: more typical weather for this part of Spain. That's O Cadavo in the background.
One of the attractions of walking at this time of year is the flowers. Whether cultivated or wild, they are everywhere.
Foxglove is very common here.
As we walked into the village of Vilabade, it started to drizzle, so we stopped to put on our rain shells.
The village turned out to have a wonderful church, dating originally from the 12th century but mostly from the 15th. Inside were some faded frescoes, and wonderful carved sculpture above the altar. The top sculpture is a large one of Santiago, aka Matamoros (Moor slayer). If you look carefully, you can see him on his horse with raised sword and a couple of Moors below.
This is a long stage (30 km), but after a small village at 8 km (where we bought food to carry with us), there are no more villages with food or stores. In the village of Gondar, at the halfway point, some enterprising soul decided to address the pilgrims' needs with these vending machines. There was a good assortment of candy, cold drinks (including beer) and coffee. Even a change machine and a bench to sit on.
We were lucky to have cool weather this day: although parts of our route were on dirt tracks through the woods, much of the time we were on pavement. The roads were small and very little traveled, but the pavement is hard underfoot, especially on hot days.
We cruised up the last climb into the city of Lugo late in the afternoon, and found a great room in a little hostal. Partway through today's stage we passed the 1000 km mark. We took this picture on top of the wall which surrounds Lugo's old town.
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