Bill Arney

Vistas! Vistas! A flat walk out of Bodenaya to Tineo, then a training hill, from the perspective of the next few days, from there. Towns and valleys from above, then up and over the big hill to see more valleys and vistas, on the other side, below. Into Campiello around 3 pm. This village is Herminia’s empire: sh runs a couple of albergues, a bar, tienda, restaurant…  A huge pilgrim meal for 10 € shared with TP. Marvelous. But I am meeting others in Borres, a few km down the road where there is a 3 € albergue described as “very basic.” Tomorrow,  the Camino and the peregrinos separate again, one  route and group following the Hospidales route over the mountains, one through Pola de Allende in the valley.  David said to take the Hospidales if the weather is good; it is one of the earliest pilgrim routes along the Primitivo. Over 1200 m high across a mountain “with only birds and wild horses,  no electrical wires, roads, or water.” And the remains of three very old pilgrim hospitals along the way. David sold everyone on the route, and tomorrow is the first day with solid sun in the forecast. Others said not to go alone, so a Danish woman, a German guy and I will join up in Borres tonight and give ourselves over to the spectacle of the mountain Way.