Unofficial alternative route to join Camino Frances later at St Irene - avoiding Arzúa

this was really helpful to us, as we did this alternative. Boimoto has a great refugio, a real palace, but few pilgrims.
Moreover, the town has the BEST restaurant with sensational menu del dia. It is worth a night there just for that.
You do need to call the hospitaliero though as the refugio has so few visitors that it doesn't seem to keep to the opening hours set.