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Cacabelos

Another hot day (at about 11 I saw a sign saying it was 24 degrees Celsius) and we have walked about 23km to Cacabelos.


We got up around quarter to seven when no one else was awake - maybe we are more used to Caminos when everyone is in more of a rush  to think this strange but honestly we just wanted to be off before it got too hot (here's to hoping that Galicia's micro climate kicks in after O Cerebrio - I don't want the famous rain as we have enough of that at home but a bit cooler would be good!).

We arrived in Ponferrado's outskirts and stopped to take a couple of photos. Seeing us an elderly gentleman stopped and gave us directions into town.

The Templar castle was as beautiful as ever so much so that we broke with tradition and went to a nearby bar with outside seating and had breakfast there - two fried eggs with toast and bacon. Very good!




As we walked we saw a lot of storks today who didn't care about the heat! We though did and so decided to stop at the municipal albergue here in Cacabelos and so walked all through town to get there only to find that it was closed! We've come to a private albergue instead



There was no danger of us breaking the speed lomit today!


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