Wrap up of our night in O Barco and our walk to A Rua. Dinner last night didn’t happen until 8:30. We ate at Restaurant Piquino and I cannot recommend it. Food was overcooked and salty, service was poor by Spain standards and the atmosphere was just not relaxing. On the other hand the woman running the pension La Gran Tortuga was very kind. The accommodation was clean - no complaints. A very nice breakfast was provided and she encouraged us to take some fruit for the road. The pandemic was hard on them and they had to close their bar/restaurant. But they are hoping to reopen this summer. So help them out if you can.
After breakfast we started walking around 8:20. Things didn’t go as expected. We took Brierly’s “option B” out of O Barco. Across the river and through the park. But after a few km we were on a service road which was fine but noisy traffic. A lot of road walking. We did not go through one town between O Barco and A Rua. I thought we would go through Villamartin, but no. I don’t know if we messed up somewhere. There were a couple of places where maps were posted with options. We took the easier, less “dangerous” options and perhaps that was our problem. We arrived in A Rua around 11:45, first bar we passed was San Roque which wasn’t open. A little further up we stopped at O Novo Cafe where we stopped for a radler. 1 Pilgrim passed as we sipped our Radlers. We are staying at Casa Rural Pacino do Sil. Lovely place (dbl room with a beautiful bath with a tub) 68 euros. But it is far from any food establishments. It was 1 ½ km to the nearest restaurant and we needed a good meal so we walked up to town and had an okay menu del dia at Meso del Poldo. In our opinion it was not good as others have raved about it. Breakfast is offered at the CR for 10 euros. I’m sure it will be substantial 🤞. We saw another pilgrim while we were in the restaurant and there were half a dozen backpacks/suitcases lined up at the CR waiting for their owners to arrive.
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