10-June-2016 Ribadeo to Lourenza 28km

We woke early and we on the road at 7.00am as we had planned. 4.8kms later we were having breakfast just outside of Vilela, the bar was on the far side of town, at first we thought we had missed it. When we arrived there was one lady just leaving, we ordered coffee, two more walkers turned up, we ordered eggs and cheese then the national Spanish cycling team turned up (seemed like it) must have been about 15 guys. Good thing we had ordered already.
The eggs were different, two slices of bread with the center removed and the egg broken into this, then cheese sprinkled on top, then grilled, it was very easy and very nice.
The walk today was very pleasant, the day had started out sprinkling lightly, we had put our Ponchos on, but taken them off again when we got to the first real hill. We left the pack covers on, but all in all it was about 20 deg C with a good breeze so good walking conditions.
We were making good time, at Villamartin Grande we had just come up a long rise when we saw a cafe advertised, this wasn't in any guide books but we thought it too good to pass up and dropped in for another break, our day now consisted of two more legs of around 5kms each.
After leaving this shop we were back to pounding the pavement, it felt like my boots had been filled with concrete, all the aches and pains were returning.
Made it to the next shop in San Xusto for another break. After leaving there the walk was back on dirt roads through a eucalyptus forest, we had caught up with Petra from a few days back and was talking to her for the last leg, which was downhill into Lourenza. We could see the town from about a kilometer out and it didn't take long to get there. We walked Petra up to the Albergue which had 3 rooms, a 4 berth, a 6 berth and an 8 berth. We went back to a pension, we had to phone for someone to come, they said they would be 20 minutes, about 15 minutes later another walker arrived, he also ran and was told about 20 minutes. She did arrive after the second 20, and booked us in, pretty modest place but private bano from 15€ each, it will do. There were only 2 more accomodation options and they looked about the same.
We had baths, did our washing in a machine for the first time this trip and rested.
Later we found a place that had Radler on tap, it was very nice, we had a bocadillo as well to stave off the hunger.
For dinner we bought some yoghurt, milk and muesli and had a breakfast dinner.