This was a long morning ride through the Galician countryside, passing from village to village along mostly off-road tracks. There were some stony mini ascents and descents along the way before we ended up with a good downhill at the village of Portomarin. This was an original Roman village with a Roman bridge that was relocated when they built a dam and reservoir. The remains of the Roman bridge were moved stone by stone along with the church onto the hillside above. The result is an old church building surrounded by a very planned but pretty village around it, where we stopped in the square for lunch.
The afternoon started with another long and predominantly uphill road which seemed to go on forever. This wasn’t the most beautiful part of the countryside, and with hot sun beating down onto the tarmac it was fairly hard going – although there were flatter bits to break it up, which I appreciated. However, the ride improved and we started passing more and more walkers along the way as we got closer to Santiago. The day ended in Palas de Rei, with a comfortable hotel room, and a good meal in a courtyard restaurant.
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