……was the plan and we were thrilled to wake up in the morning to sunshine!    The forecast was rain by noon so we gathered for breakfast and then took off to walk as much as we could before it rained.  We were fortunate in that this area of the trail is known to be more relaxed and is an area of rolling hills with no real flat sections and we met very few pilgrims given the time of year that it was.  We walked through the villages of Boente, pop. 147; then Castenada, pop.154; and finally Ribadiso with its pop. of 10……..well a population of 13 as we travelled through…….that’s where the picture above was taken.   The next 3kms were straight uphill as we headed towards  Arzua which has a thriving population of 4,729.    We were so thankful that the rain had held off for five hours and off we were again to pick up the car to continue on our journey and as we headed off guess what, it started to rain again.   But never mind we had a great day, a great walk, met a few very interesting people along the way and were headed towards an unknown destination……..fill you in on that tomorrow!   Hope the snow is melting in NS and that by the time we come back we won’t have to use the snowblower to get into the house.