A good night in the new Santiago home ... ancient stones stores of pilgrim energy over centuries ... wonderfully transformed into a modern facility ... at 7.30 breakfast, Mary-Louise is already eating ... a train to catch ... fruit, cereal, juice, toast, coffee for now ... bread, tortilla, cake for later ... her no comment suggested disapproval. .. though as a self-declared Christian plus professor of religious studies and Canadian, asserts she makes no judgement ... as a self-declared intellectual she bemoans the trend for anti-intellectualism ... with a train to catch she escapes further investigation into the trap of processing information through conditioned minds from this sceptical pseudo-intellectual ... spurred on by a reference to K, scourge of religious form and intellectual who, with his friend and fellow intellectual, David Bohm, declared the limits of thought ... and in case you are wondering, Mary-Louise declines to share her age ... she has walked from Oloron St Marie over Sommport and on the Aragon Way to the French Way at Puenta la Reina ... whatever her age, that's inspirational ... and lots of time to think ...
Caped up and ready to check the veracity of the hyperbolic weather forecast (100% precipitation turns out to mean it is sure to rain at some time ... a few showers, some clouds, a little sun) ...Tim appears for breakfast, prior to setting off for Fisterra ... light enough to see the discreet arrows from the cathedral westward ... historic centre not the geographic centre, since we are soon in the woods and climbing ... few pilgrims to be seen ... a Portuguese cyclist ... two lovely English folks returning to Santiago ... Tom and Daphne, vibrating on this frequency and convinced that the beautiful new world is indeed possible ... a warm farewell, photo, blog details for connection and since this platform is far from interactive here is the email address ... steve.placetobe@gmail.com ...
Arriving at Negreira, 21km from Santiago, at noon, putative journey's end, a coffee ... and it is too early to stop ... Vilarioso always in mind, another 12 ... though some steep climbs slow the average, making late lunch look risky ... at Alto de Pena a well marked cafe and albergue offers a timely option ... tortilla and salad, hunks of bread and cake to finish ...the very friendly Elena and Manuel pose for your photo ... just 4 km into town and a €12 albergue, attached to a bar, appears ... just two pilgrims ... Paul is from Seattle and has walked from Le Puy. .. two months on the road ... more from him later ... hopefully without too much on the latest farce in the increasingly unlikely political panto season ...
A solo walk for a change, easy enough, albeit with altitude and the 33 gives options for the morning ..
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