Combining two days in this post…WiFi has been slow…..
What a different walk it was on Thursday! We started out in A Guarda with the fog and ended the day 19 kms later in Villadesuso still in the fog. It made for a mystical walk along the coast. Started out along the water, but after that all the way till Oia the trail is either on a parallel path or bicycle path next to the road so the sound of the ocean was masked and the fog showed us only tantalizing hints of an ocean view. Loved the little town of Oia and the walk through fields to Villadesuso. We saw more pilgrims today and the way was very well marked with distance markers.
After a wonderful (late!) evening visiting with new found friends Tanya and Jessica, we were glad we had a short-ish walk on Friday. Going on the Senda Litoral we did 17.6 kms from Villadesuso to the lovely city of Baiona. And the sun was out all day! We started out on a footpath by the ocean, then alternated with bicycle paths next to the coastal road, with lots of wild blackberries 😋. There are a variety of food trucks in Baiona!
A lot of what our walk looked like! Such a different beauty.
Close to where we started on Thursday morning at 161.06 kms to Santiago. Our distances have been longer than those shown by the markers because we have been walking along the coast.
Old time wash basins where village women used to wash their clothes
A stick cross we saw along the way
We believe stone structures like these along the coast were used for trapping lobsters.
A stone chapel along the shore
We saw lots of houses built to look like boats. This has been our favorite so far.
Always wanted a shadow photo!
A pilgrim left their boots behind….wonder what tales those shoes could tell!
An unusual wind vane on a house built into the hillside
A local bicyclist told us that during a large storm last year, the waters rose all the way up to this lighthouse on the road into Baiona.
They have food trucks with food from different regions including Texas and Germany in Baiona.
And the stamps!!
Two Clines Traveling 
Wow. More fascinating pictures. Any connection between the lobster traps and the food trucks? One of my fav food trucks in DC and now one in Wilmington!
LikeLike
I don’t think those lobster traps are used anymore. But we do need to try lobster here, thanks for the reminder!
LikeLike
The Cetárea from what I understand were to protect the lobsters, allow them to lay their eggs, and for their fry to be sheltered until they grew enough to wander out. This was a way a century or more ago to support the langosta industry! I went through that area – going south – just the month before you! Buen Camino.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Ah, thanks for the explanation
LikeLike