Day 4 - Redondela, Thursday 14th September

We were up at 6:30 and went down for our free breakfast. We got two slices of toast each with jam and a hot drink.

When we finished eating it was raining outside so we took a few minutes to get our coats and bag covers on only to find when we got outside that it had stopped raining!

Today was a day with a fair bit of a climb but it started nice and slow at first.

When we got to Mos we stopped at the bar for a drink and then went up the long climb out of the village.

We passed by one of the few Roman Military Mile stones that are still in situ and then started going down again stopping at the next bar we came to where there was a male ginger cat who had a pathetic meow and big eyes so we gave him a big fuss.

We arrived in Redondela at about 15:30 where we were staying in our poshest place - a small apartment with a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom so went out and bought wash powder to wash all of our clothes and cooked our own tea.

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