I love Baroque and Roll - put another ton of gold on the altar baby!

 We are wandering above the Punta de Sumino and near the apartments on the edge of Mino. Once more the geography of Spain hems in the urban sprawl. We won’t be going to the Playa Grande, a kilometre of blue flag beach wonder since 1984. We will not be here for St Peter’s day. Wiki is a little pointed on this:


‘June 27 to 29: Festivities in honor of San Pedro . A huge percentage of the population of Miña mistakenly believes that Saint Peter is the patron saint. In Miño there is no patron, but rather the patron saint, the Virgen del Carmen. Therefore, the festivities of San Pedro, although very famous and important, are not patron saints.’

Very near to the road is the Guardia Civil post - which has one, five star, review. The sapphira Natural Beauty salon gets 4.7 stars from 47 reviews. A month ago Anna said 5 stars ‘Very satisfied with my facial treatment, products adapted to my skin type. I recommend.’ The owner of this LGBTQ+ place of commerce replied ‘Thank you very much for your comment, I am here for whatever you need’.

We are plodding up hill and in land. ‘ We will pass near to the Ponte Medieval de Baxoi. It is a 4,7 star kind of a bridge. Jose said ‘Beautiful bridge from the late medieval period. You find it almost by chance, unless you are doing the Camino de Santiago.’ We are and so be have found it on purpose.



Towards the end of the day we will pass through Leiro. In 2013 124 women and 109 men lived there, some 40 people less than 1999. The church of the Divine Saviour . It is loved by 4 5 star reviewers who will not say why. While the outside is a bit butch and dowdy inside is an 18th century altar piece which is very Baroque splendour which was bought for 30000 pesetas in 1945. Let us rest here and wonder. https://www.lavozdegalicia.es/noticia/coruna/mino/2021/09/30/masculino-corunes-cede-retablo-siglo-xviii-iglesia-leiro/00031633030074440209435.htm




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