Carnival missed

 We are still walking in the night, just. The nature of this landscape is such that, on a semi-clear day you get big views and stars. I'm walking with Spanish guitar music in my ears so the a certain surreal quality is added to the vista of red and green blinking beacons by the river. Distant headlights progress along the road by the Trent, unheard and apparently purposeless. Oh well. Back to Spain,




Following the excitement of yesterday we must away to cross the Rio Cua. It runs just over 60km and has its own wiki page.  https://docs.google.com/document/d/18oe8ddIfHwhFBscvuopjbIC7iXJNgoU50loE4Wf3ymg/edit Apparently British troops fought over on the bridges with the ghastly French in January 1809 when Sir John Moore had remembered that, all in all, Galicia was a nicer place to be than stuck in Central Spain with the bulk of Napoleon's army. Among its denizens, the Cua can boast long legged frogs, Iberian desmans and trout.



We must not tarry. The heady fleshpots of Villamartin de la Abadia await the incautious pilgrim. This village, so near to the border, has had a fairly steady 350 people for the last twenty years. It is one of the larger settlements in the Carracedelo municipality. http://www.carracedelo.org/ We have arrived the day after Carnaval - which seems a shame as they were having a chocolate bar.



We soon turn north, out of the village and cross the N-VI. Just the other side of it is the Fireplace shop. It has a facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ChimeneasHogarConfort/ and rates 4.2 stars. Jose said ‘Wide exhibition with a variety of models, sizes, as well as various grills and accessories.’



We can not tarry. We will go under the A-6 and then follow it off road a little. It will be our friends for the next few days.

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