Patos to Redondela - Challenging Roadside Walking

This is a coastal walk, and here comes the sand. Fatefully it was my last close encounter - thereafter it was mainly roadside - a challenge especially with the heat and the distance. There was no simple alternative. I had to make it to Redondela. I did.
Yesterday’s crowded beach is a happy memory - stillness now in the predawn.
Looking back to Patos - I was making progress. 

Down the steps to the sand- the yellow arrows do not lie - l savoured every foot print. 

A brief ramble through forest - followed by urban sprawl. Pavement treading. I stopped at a roadside fruit and vegetable shop, and had an orange, an apricot and a banana- no photo- just think bleak!
After several hours I reached Vigo. I  sat eating a chicken kebab and drinking a small bottle of coke on a stone bench above the ancient port, being remodelled. Vigo as a Galician port city has style.
Somewhat deserted now (with siesta) - though the reputable bars and restaurants were busy with family and friends, and business luncheons,
Temperature around 30 degrees with a long walk to come. I stocked up on water and checked the topography. Google maps came through- direct route with gentle rises and falls- ‘I can do this’

Vigo is around 100km from Santiago which enables pilgrims who have their pilgrim passport stamped appropriately, to receive their Compostela - a document certifying that walker (or pilgrim) is not quite right.. Hey! The world needs dreamers more than ever right now.

Vigo outskirts were like anywhere else, rustling with enterprise.it you know where to find it.
The road was long and hot today- occasionally roadside walking clears your mind, and in my case, closes in on what matters- it did today.

This evening I went for dinner with Camino friends from Ireland and Belgium 

The world is a small place- personal connection overcomes challenges - whether on Camino or anywhere