Neano - Cabana to Arteixo

Up extra early and out in the dark, street lights and pavement assisting the 2km to Ponteceso and coffee .. after which some hard shouldering and adjacent farm tracking sees Pazos soon enough for coffee, then on to Bunio, where road forks ... left for Malpica on peninsula, right for fast road to Coruna ... Middle Way heads straight on, then right, along narrow roads through pine forests until the sea appears at Razo and another coffee and rest for legs ...local information suggests Caoin at 11 km good for lunch, via beach much of the way before strenuous ascent to test legs and lungs. .. Caoin beautiful and rather posh restaurant with fine view of the sea provides simple, filling meal, plus wifi to establish Arteixo, another 10 km on as place to stay ... only 11km from Coruna, but 45 plenty for today, what with all the upping and downing ...

Wandering in town, wondering where Hotel Baleanerio is, old couple with granddaughter take control, enlist three teenagers with mobiles, plus other random locals, locate hotel, provide escort and disappear, service rendered ... wonderful ...