Thursday 1st June 2023
Distance 14km / 8.7 miles
Ribadiso da Baixo – Salceda
I woke this morning to discover more bites on my arm and some on my stomach too. It was a but worrying and I was concerned that this was going to spoil the final days of my journey. At this stage there wasn’t anything I could do so I applied more cream and took more tablets. I continued with my routine and sat beside the river and said Morning Prayer. Whatever else was going on this was why I was walking, it may have been a pilgrimage to Santiago but I was very consciously now walking with God.
I climbed the hill out of the village and was able to enjoy a beautiful sunrise over the valley. The colours of the sky just took my breath away, though maybe the steep hill had something to do with it.
I walked into the town of Arzua hoping to find a laundrette which Google told me would be there, Sadly on this occasion Google was wrong. I had gleaned from forums that the best way of eradicating bed bugs was to put clothes and bedding through a very hot tumble drier. I continued on through more beautiful scenery.
I had booked a hotel room for tonight and once I arrived there I got some breakfast and waited until I could check in. It was a good room with and en-suite bathroom. I could get my stuff sorted and the things which needed to be heat treated in separate dry bags. As the restaurant at this hotel was branded as a Pulperia specialising in Octopus I decided that this was the time to try it. It turned out to be something I wouldn’t have again and I was glad of the bread and wine which came with it. On principal I eat it all.
I only now had one more stop before I reached the end of my journey.