This morning, I didn’t want to leave the flash place I had fallen in love with as soon as I arrived. I requested a kettle from my inn keeper, and he was gone and back in a flash with a jug. Brilliant. Five minutes from bars and restaurants, I could easily have stayed a week. When I finally tore myself away this morning,  it was already warming up. No fog, no rain, just brilliant sunshine. I came across three of the siblings during peak hour, but hard to spot familiar faces. I walked with them for a short time but decided to go alone. More hills, manageable, and as many down hills. Funny about that. When I arrived at Melide, I just had to stop at the restaurant that does octopus. Melide is very famous for this delicacy. I joined a young spanish couple, who spoke very little english. We managed to order a plate of octopus and a plate of pig’s ears. Sounds off, but tastes good. My hearing actually improved. We said our beun camino and look forward to catching up again. Walking today was mostly on natural paths in wooded areas, sheltering from the sunshine. With the sun filtering through the landscape, walking was very pleasant. Before arriving at Boentie,my destination for the day, I did stop several times to enjoy the scenery, and nice to remove the pack from my back. I’m back in an albergue with twelve beds. It’s a nice one with bar and restaurant. I have stayed here on a previous occasion. Helen and Mark are also in the village of Boente at a different albergue. We will catch up later for a drink and dinner. Some of the day pack pilgrims obviously don’t even know what the yellow arrows and markers mean,because they can be standing on or next to a large yellow arrow showing the way,  looking at their google maps for directions. Also the people that move the luggage, are making a fortune. It costs seven euro seventy cents to have one bag or suitcase shifted daily. We are talking twenty to twenty five kilometres. There are heaps of people doing this in their vans and station wagons. They cram them in, and off they go.