The dash for Galicia
Today is the second day of the dash for Galaicia and via a very slow internet connection so the actual clicking from streetview to streetview seems like it will take longer than the actual walk.. Seasoned northern Iberian travellers will recognise the route - a road cut through the only possible route, with houses grimly clinging on to the road’s edge while a superb motorway snakes around somewhere in the blue sky beyond. In deference to the increasingly wet climate a river will make itself known and the windowed in balconies will afford the chance to get light without damp. There are so many small hamlets, scattered every couple of kilometeres we won't have time to talk about them all but there will be a lot of photos. The Rio Valcarce will be our friend and we cross it so many times - each with its accompanying notice, that you do wonder who got the contract to provide the signage The first village we bypass is Trabadelo - which makes a lively living from the pilgrims. About 340 ...