Left Tomar at 6 am in the dark, it had been raining, so the humidity was high, but a half hour later the sun rose and it was clearing. Straight into the hill we were dreading, which was kind of silly really,  because unbeknown to us. There were worste ones to come. Anyway, the path spent most of the day in the forests and high mountain villages

Here we are 2.5 hours in ,in the mountain village of Calvinos, the road was still wet so I used it to cool my feet as we had coffee.

With us is a pilgrim from Holland, mark,

This dog was such a delight ( seeing as the others all want to eat you), he wouldn't leave me alone, so I stayed and played awhile. Into the forests again and staying high which was cooler, and eliminated some of the elevation gains we would have had to climb if we had dropped into the valleys. The villages are very quiet and still during the day, but if you see someone, they are all willing to feed you water or give directions.

If this sock was a horse, I'd have to shoot it,,,,,,,,I guess two pair won't make the 1100 miles. Saved me from having to finally wash it though.

We are in the town of Alviazere tonight, looks like one cafe, so I'll be eating,,,,,,,,,,,,well, whatever they actually have

onwards tomorrow to  Rabacal. 20 .3 miles