We had a decision to make this morning. Would we take the main route to Hospital de Orbigo which ran mostly along a busy road or would we take the road less travelled through the countryside. We opted for country. The first half of the walk was nice and interesting.

We had wild grapes for breakfast

…and we hit the 300 kilometres mark to Santiago.

But they were the highlights of our day. The second part was a 10 k stretch on a treeless country road.

And we didn’t make it to our destination of Hospital de Orbigo. After travelling further than our days plan we were still 4 k short of Orbigo and we stopped for the night at Villavante..

Garbo Dave has left the Camino cleaner than when he arrived. To date he has picked up approximately two shopping bags of rubbish. Not really a lot of rubbish left behind considering the overall people traffic and nearly 500 kilometres that we have travelled. But it was today’s bit of rubbish that had Garbo Dave rethinking his quest for a cleaner Camino. Picking up what he thought was a plastic drinking pouch with a spout. He carried it for some distance until I took note of the writing and diagram on the packet – for when nature calls. Drop it Garbo Dave that’s one bit of garbage that can stay here, it’s a she pee.