Bill Arney

It felt good to get back to walking but the 32 km from Tui to Redondela was a little tiring.  The new path installed to avoid the industrial areas before Porriño was very nice. It stayed next to a small river for much of the way and had fresh gravel over most of it.

The charm of the day was seeing the first grapes budding on the relatively new, leafy stems. Tiny (~0.5 cm x 3 cm) clusters of almost embryonic “grapes,” but you know what’s coming.  The impressive thing was how many houses had only enough grape plants to line the outer perimeter of the yard. Probably just enough for some home fermentation or to include in a communal vat. More and more signs of spring peaking through the all-day rain.