25.5 miles, 238′ elevation
The weather is here, wish I was wonderful! Hot, hot, hot day walking. A spectacular entry to Ribadeo…The bay spread out against the horizon in multiple variations of color combinations of blue and green. Water all around, a couple of long bridges, a most welcome sight. One of the best vistas yet among many!
Stopped in two tiny coastal towns today for aqua and expresso. Each time, once live, and later, highlights of the Festival of San Fermin,(running of the Bulls) was on. In the first cafe outside of Ortiguera, an older crowd met to drink, bet and watch the event. It was 8 am. I had the impression this was an annual occasion. One could bet on a bull to gore the most runners, or you could bet on the field, (and I wasn’t clear what that meant). I bet on a black bull that I had to physically point out because I’m so articulate in Espanol. I bet a euro and won 5! I was the second place winner!! You should have seen the place. No bigger than Stockman’s with 75 to a 100 people crammed in, yelling and screaming and jumping all over the place. It was hilarious and at the finish they toasted the Bulls with Asti Spumante! What a kick! It was very difficult leaving. The owner of the place and his wife offered me a place to stay, but I’d only been walking a couple of hours and I still had like 18 miles to go.
On my next rest in Cabo Cebes the crowd watched the highlights and every time a bull hit, gored, ran over, stepped on someone the bar crowd yelled; “OPPAA” with incredible verve! There were numerous casualties, so if you happen to see it, I bet on a black bull that nailed like 7 runners in various ways. Go Bulls! “Da Bulls!
Today much of the walk was flat with small farms and predominantly corn growing all over with some forest. This was usually within eyesight of the ocean and mainly on high bluffs overlooking the sea. I’m here for two days. Thank god. The wind blows like the devil in this town.
ljm22 
Sounds like blast.
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It really was a major highlight!
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