Ferrol to Narón; Narón to Pontedeume

Sunday 8th

Being Sunday the first open cafe we passed was the Café Bar Hermida about 4kms from Narón. Excellent cafe con leche and a free gift from the lovely lady behind the bar:- a notebook and little pencil with a rubber. We accepted one between us rather than one each.
Our next coffee was at the motorway cafe which we found friendly. There was very heavy rain while we were inside and it was still damp enough to get our ponchos out briefly when we left. We stopped for lunch in Cabañas as places were begining to close. A good decision as it absolutely poured with rain while we were inside. It was dry again by the time we left to cross the bridge into Pontedeume where we found the Cafe Bar Norte, just closing, and a bed for the night. (18kms today on the pedometer)
There is a new albergue, we later found, to the right of the bridge in the middle of a long stone building with several doors. However as it didn't open until 7.30pm we were glad to be in the hostal.

Giant waymark on a tank

Stone bridge over a stream

Pontedeume
The ria
and
The Andrade Tower

Saturday 7th

To Naron, 12.8kms.
There are spectacular views across the ria. We also walked through our first eucalyptus woods. We had a snack at the cruceiro + Cristo by the church of San Martin de Xubia and lunch (Spanish time) in Naron, before it started to rain! We had phoned ahead and stayed in the Hotel Kensington - almost opposite the FEVE station of Xubia we had passed through yesterday.

Views across the ria

San Martin de Xubia
and
Track through the eucalyptus