Mercadoiro to Hospital de la Cruz

This is Portomarin, the first village we came to this morning.

Here is the gate to the village.

The gate is about a half mile from its original location, which is now under 50 feet of water.  The most historically significant buildings in the village were moved up on a hillside in the 1960’s to make way for a reservoir.  

As we walked towards Portomarin this morning, I told Anne that the reservoir looked like a good place to go sailing.  It was only 9 in the morning, and already the breeze was up.  

It must be a good place to sail—here is the Club Nautico.

Here is one of the club’s four Snipes.

From Portomarin, we walked up a hill into a wooded area.

Then down the hill and past the village of Toxibo.  Here is the toxicologist in Toxibo.

And then back into the woods.A short time later, we were at our hostel.  It was a short day, around 21 km, or just over 12 miles.