Stage 1 - Santiago to Negeira

Leaving Santiago in the dark - Rua das Hortas	Costa da Cano
Back in the country	Eucalyptus woods
Entering Ponte Sarela	The first of many horreos, used in the past for storing maize/ corn-on-the-cob, but many now neglected
	Old house in Pinero
Bridge over Rio Roxoi	First view of villarge of Roxoi
Scallop shell decoration on the wall and gatepost	Arch of vines over the Camino in Ventosa
Shop outside Aguapesada, just the right distance from Santiago for a breakfast stoop	Bar Meson O Cruceiro in Aguapesada
Medieval bridge	Thomas from Germany and the solid stone roadway
	Home-made waymark from eucalyptus bark
The author at a fountain - it was very hot indeed.	Roadside cross
Baroque church of Santa Maria in Tresmonte	Distant view of Burgeiros
Scallop shell on a gate	Sundial on a farmhouse, now shielded from mid-day sun by new roof!
Flowers	Distant view of Ponte Maceira, the prettiest village on the route
Crossing the bridge	Houses along the river
The bridge from the bar, a very restful place	and the view upstream
and downstream - two of the houses have dovecotes	Chapel of San Blas
A nearby house has a fine sundial	angled from the wall so it points due South
A rather small house with a rather big coat-of-arms	Flowers
Butterfly which travelled several km. on Thomas' jacket	Heather on a wall
House with Camino waymark on the wall	Pilgrim statue at the entrance to Negreira
The town walls	Another statue
The refugio at Negeira	Chuch of San Xulian over the fields from the refugio