Muxia to Fisterra ...

If Santiago is the end of the Christian pilgrimage, this is the end of the pagan one ... a different energy and a very big full moon ....

For clarification, Fisterra is the local name for Finisterre ....the end of the earth and long, wrongly, considered the westernmost point of the European mainland ... that turns out to be closer to Muxia...

Reflecting along the solo walk, how in child psychology it is known that ignoring unwanted behaviour and rewarding good behaviour works ... yet the idea that this works at other levels is less well understood or applied ... it is attention energy at every level ... how easily parents get drawn into dramas with naughty children ... how easily we all get drawn into dramas of politicians ...

Early on the road, rested, belly full of porridge with honey and banana, carbs loaded yesterday too, so it's 30+ km, 15 without stopping until the first bar at the halfway mark ... Begonia serving with a smile ... Thaddeus, Colorado cowboy, takes a separate table ... says before the camino he never talked to strangers ... raised Lutheran, now wants to rise above those Christian differences .... and other traditions ... Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim? Don't get me started, we'll be here all day ... luckily for him we are going in opposite directions ... a Korean young woman, last seen in Leon, goes past towards Muxia ...

At a donativo space Jesus, friends with the San Martin Monastery crew, suggests the Albergue Espiral, run by his friend Fatima ... which takes a little finding, but well worth the effort ... a pagan setting sun-full moon ceremony proposed for tomorrow ... Joan and Matthieu, last seen on the del Norte, are off to the lighthouse tonight ...  after 30km a hot shower, a rest and a few words for you, dear readers, are the priorities ... and a wander to the beach to see the moon over the bay ... Elena, from Carolina, last seen with Jem, the poet, at Astorga, arrives with friends ...

Photos of the lovely Fatima tomorrow maybe ... a local, she opened the hostel after walking the Camino, wanting to do it with love ... Michele, also lovely, hospitaleiro from Italy checks us in, offers food ... and love, of course ...