We've hit a bit of a problem - it became apparent yesterday whilst walking to Portomarin that the distances in the book we are following (and that we used to plan the trip) were no longer adding up with the distance markers along the Camino. Consequently we have had to walk 40 kilometres today - 7 more than we expected and indeed we have to do an extra 7 tomorrow. Yes folks the book is about 14 km out and that's half a days walking for us.
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| Sign made from shells indicating the direction of the Camino |
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| A granite pilgrim |
The circus that is the final 100 km of the Camino continues. The new pilgrims are still squeezing into their lycra outfits, still tending their blisters (although we do have a couple between us now) and above all still getting in the way. Today we have seen pilgrims catching taxi's, thumbing lifts and one group that had a van of food and hot drinks meeting them every hour or so to keep them nourished!
So on that note lets talk about the Spanish province of Galicia.
Whilst Galicia is part of Spain is it also part of the "Celtic Fringe" the area that includes Brittany, Cornwall, Wales etc. Like those areas Galicia has a very distinct identity. The climate is much the same as their Celtic neighbours, meaning that the landscape is green and lush, dairy farming with Freisian cows is prevalent - although interestingly Spain doesn't really do cream - so no Cream Teas! - and the local stone here is granite, again unusual for Spain.
So when walking through the landscape it shares many characteristics with the other Celtic "nations" and often you feel that you could be walking through Cornwall or Wales.
One thing I should point out here that I'm not a fan of - they play the bagpipes!
So on that note lets talk about the Spanish province of Galicia.
Whilst Galicia is part of Spain is it also part of the "Celtic Fringe" the area that includes Brittany, Cornwall, Wales etc. Like those areas Galicia has a very distinct identity. The climate is much the same as their Celtic neighbours, meaning that the landscape is green and lush, dairy farming with Freisian cows is prevalent - although interestingly Spain doesn't really do cream - so no Cream Teas! - and the local stone here is granite, again unusual for Spain.
So when walking through the landscape it shares many characteristics with the other Celtic "nations" and often you feel that you could be walking through Cornwall or Wales.
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| This house could easily be in Cornwall |
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