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Early morning below O Cebriero - looks like the sea and islands
but it is a mist that settles in the valleys. |
Somebody had told us that today's walk was pleasant, and they were correct. There was very attractive scenery as we headed mostly downhill for just over 21km. Mary felt that Galicia was like Ireland: there were holly bushes, robins, heathers, fraughans, smaller fields, and cows. We enjoyed it, did not rush it and our feet are holding up.
We passed through a number of hamlets. These consist of a number of dwellings and a range of farm buildings, and sometimes a church. There is a sense of everything overlapping and we don't understand whether there is individual or shared ownership. They do seem to be busy, industrious, places.
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| Unusual wood storage in Fonfria |
Our experience of the Camino from last year and, up to now, this year is that it is essentially an activity supported by Spaniards who are not overtly commercial. In the past few days we have noticed that prices seem a little more expensive, souvenir shops have emerged, and hawkers have appeared on the route. We hope not, but fear, that in the final week of our Camino, this may intensify even further.
We have two Polish friends since our early days, Mark and Susannah. At Astorga, Susannah developed a nasty dose of food poisoning and they had to stop/ease off. Yesterday evening, we met them again in O Cebriero. We thought they must have taken a bus to recover the time, but no, on one of the days they walked 43km - oh to be young again!!!
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| Old church in Hospital de la Condesa |
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