Villa Franca and O'Incino

Sat/Sun 24/25 July 2016

A slow relaxing drive back toward Pontevedra to finish the walk off, our Camino Portuguese. We  love the images on the highway signs.

After doing the hard  yard's at the start of our Portuguese Camino,  11 days of walking in the rain, we think a few days of walking in the sunshine will be a good way to complete the distance.

On our back road meanaderings we passed through gorgeous Vllia Franca on the Camino Frances and we stopped for lunch and admired the village.  It was full of peregrinos on the home straight for Santiago and  the gardens in the town were in full  blossom.

We even spotted a cabbage tree.

Onwards to O'Incino for the night, lucky we didnt follw the  GPS advice....the road ended......a long time ago!

We are staying at a place we stayed on our original journey south, Hermida Rural near O'Incino. The hotel is beside a lake and off the beaten track. Its quiet and peaceful and the view from our balcony is super.    Highly recommnded if anyone is looking for a break in this neck of tbe woods.

We nipped into Sarria for lunch and the town centre was roped off for a Red  Bull extreme bike circuit. It was such a contrast to see bikes zooming through the old town lanes, flying in the air beside the Cathedral at the same time as families all dressed up in their Sunday best attending a christening.

Sculptures of the day come from the mountain pass beyond Villa Franca, lots of pilgrim encouragemnt needed to get over the ranges!