Life's a Stitch

September 24th: 19.6k 

The beach on the estuary was much calmer as we left this morning.

We passed a lavadero publico, the first time I've seen one being used. There are public areas meant for hand clothes washing. I'm surprised that municipalities maintain them given that washers are more commonly used at home or launderette. Even still, we've seen home versions of these.

It was a two hill day, both in the 150 meter range, preparing us for the 260 meter climb into Santiago. 

Leaving Arcade we crossed a bridge from 1795 built in the Roman style on ancient foundations.

 To avoid the road walking into Pontevedra we took the optional river walk, adding distance, but quite pleasant.

Met a couple from Dublin and watched as the Polish pilgrim bicycle team arrived. They started in Fatima.

We had some interesting encounters with animals, but I'll post about that separately.