Into Santiago and other things
Serious self-reflective piece to camera [you may want to skip this bit and look at the pretty pictures - or click on the link for some nice music. Django Ok, we have left the hotel. We are heading towards the AP-3 and SC-20, both using the available gaps in the terrain to head north. Crossing them we are going into one of those modern suburbs which are now to be found around Spanish towns. Restaurante O Tangueiro is offering Padron Peppers for 6.50. Lidl sometimes do them and if you have never had them fried with garlic then life is now even better as there is a new excitement to look forward to. I enjoy the contradiction of being about to sit down for hours in an archive but not being able to sit still at home. I can’t remember when ‘walking’ - this is small w walking, not ‘W’ walking - which involves Kendal Mint Cake, a stick and a desire to experience nature in the raw, well, at least nicely curated by thousands of years of farming, mining and other human activity. I think I f...