Alto de Poya to Pintin

Yesterday was maintains and avoiding cow pies and today was rain, mountains and not being able to avoid cow pies. The first part of our journey through Spain had people sweeping the streets and growing hay for animals we never saw. With all the cafe con leche the pilgrims drink the milk had to come from somewhere.
We made great time this morning with more than 12k by 10:00. We had been walking  in Seattle like rain.
Our fast descent was slowed by a herd of cows. We made the decision to take the shorter route without many hamlets with bars or cafes. This path truly felt ancient with the old growth forests.

Smiling tractor

This tree looked like it could talk!

When we finally came to a bar/cafe we ran into Francesco and Lawrence and Freddie. Francesco had gotten ill and cut out as much distance as I did. He is still having problems with his leg. We stopped in Pintin and stayed at a pension ( hotel ). It ended up that we were there with Francesco, Freddie, Lawrence and our friends from Belfast, Joe and Pauline.
Francesco was a former mercenary and we had lively political discussion. Francesco suggested we take all the world leaders, the bankers and the major CEOs and have them walk the Camino together. I think our world problems would be resolved.
Sorry there weren’t more pictures today. My phone was running low on battery life.