Finisterre or Bust - Day 3

Total distance today = 7.4 miles

Total ascent = 656 feet

Cumulative Finisterre distance = 34.5 miles

Cumulative distance = 525 miles

We continued walking from the cafe where we stopped yesterday. First, I went inside to get today's first sello. 

The left side is the last few stamps for El Camino Santiago.  The right side are the newest stamps for the Finisterre trip. 

A reader requested to see the Final Stamp we received at the Oficina de Peregrinos in Santiago:

The top stamp was given where we started ( in this case, where we got a new credential because the old one was full). The bottom stamp is called the Final Stamp. It confirms the completion of the Camino de Santiago. 

Then we set off down the highway. 

Fortunately, only the first kilometer and the last two kilometers of the day were on a busy road. Most of today was on quiet country roads through farmland and a few small farming villages. No dirt tracks or sendas. 

It was corn and cows the whole day 

And stone horreos. 

The morning had light fog, so we didn't have great views today, but it had its own kid of beauty. 

Halfway through the day we came across this little cemetery. 

The sheer number of vaults is unusual. And very well maintained. 

David's attention was drawn to the depiction of the Virgin Mary. 

He's never seen her shown with knives in her heart before. 

Great view for a final resting place. 

But the living must toil on. Mom and pop were out harvesting potatoes today. 

We are now in the Concello de Dumbria. 

We hike through Dumbria tomorrow.

I like this regional mosaic sign better. 

It has the peregrino representing the Camino, the mermaid for the ocean and of course the ever present horreos of the region. 

Plus you gotta love the legs that help it stand up. 

We arrived at our destination, Olveiroa, early in the afternoon. 

Most of the towns in this area were rebuilt since the mid 1800s after being mostly destroyed during Napoleon's invasion and the Peninsular War.

Tomorrow's hike is through isolated moorlands, without services. The short walk today set us up to travel through the moors and reach the next overnight town, Cee, comfortably in one day. Tomorrow is supposed to be the best day of hiking on the extended Camino, all off road in remote moors, with the ocean coming into view during a long steep downhill to Cee. Only two more days of hiking to Finisterre!