#mondonedo

[allthingseurope]

Mondonedo Cathedral, Spain (by Cesar Vielba)

[lastnews-espana]

quiénes son los desconocidos que cuidan la ruta jacobea

quiénes son los desconocidos que cuidan la ruta jacobea

«Nuestro trabajo está dedicado a los peregrinos y al Camino. No solo cuidamos a los peregrinos – el factor humano es la base de todo y ahí el trabajo lo hace de forma excepcional Juan Ramón-, sino también la conservación de las sendas que recorren. De forma institucional el Concello trabaja en conjunto, en equipo, con la Xunta y Xacobeo, para que los caminos estén impecables, bien acondicionados…

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[dosperegrinos]

29. nap

Vilela -> Mondoñedo (28km)

Ma szokasos reggeli 6-6.30as keles utan nekivagtunk egy hosszabb szakasznak, es vegul egesz koran beertunk a szallasra. Foleg kisebb falvak voltak utkozben, kb. 4km-enkent megalltunk pihenni, de amugy sok erdekes nem tortent ma :)

Galiciaban kb minden utkeresztezodesnel van egy iranyjelzo ko, ahova ezred pontossaggal kiirjak, hogy mennyi van hatra Santiagoig - ha hihetunk a pontossagaban, akkor ma este mar csak 152km-re vagyunk. Ez mar csak egy ropke het ha minden jol megy :)

[fejese-camino]

Day 24 - The one with the heat

I left around 8 after having to get back my towel and baseball cup from fellow pilgrims thinking they were for take ...

I was hoping to see the sunrise but the clouds started right above the buildings. The weather turned nice slowly from the morning gloom and so I got to go without a sweater finally.

The way lead through forests in most parts and although often laid with concrete it was still pleasant to go on.

Late in the morning I caught up with Maria and we went together from then on. Had a break around noon at Vilamartin Grande that I really needed as I left Ribadeo without a breakfast hoping to have it in a bar around 10am but that place was closed. So finally I got to eat and also to rest after 17km.

We met a Holland guy who was walking the Camino to arrive at Santiago now for the 22nd time, this time for the redemption of a friend of his late wife who has very bad cancer. Apart from his motivation, dedication, and belief, his preparedness was also impressive: he had a backpack with the same weight as mine but his including a tent and cooking equipment.

In the afternoon the weather was more than nice, we actually started to struggle with the heat so when we stopped for our last break in Lourenza the icecream was an obvious choice :) (also the pain aux chocolate that I was craving all morning)

Boosted with sugar we went on to arrive in Mondonedo after almost 38k and close to 10 hours.

Since by now walking in slippers and without a backpack felt like flying we went a bit around the city and did some shopping for dinner and for Sunday.

Dinner was nice, we got some extra from other pilgrims eating close to us and we talked with them a bit.

The albergue had quite strict policies to prevent bedbugs and we did laundry too so the night started hopeful after dinner.

Today I also started to formulate plans for the end of the trip as well. It was now more than hopeful to get to Finisterra ... :)

[slowpuncture]

Days 10 - 12: Ribadeo to Mondonedo Arrived in Galicia from Pinero after unnecessarily going to Castropol (a small town on the east side of the Ria de Ribadeo) because we thought as cyclists we couldn't go across the A-8 bridge, but we spoke to the tourist info in Ribadeo she said we could come across the epic bridge rather than go all the way inland to the next one. Dodged a rainstorm by hiding under some trees before making our way back up to the coast. Ribadeo was smaller than I remembered - the Rough Guide (which, due to the writing style, we've renamed the Cynical Guide) suggested it had little to offer other than 'a certain crumbling charm' but it does have a some good hard tarmac - I had my first fall off the bike while trying to find the tourist info, cracker of a bruise on my left hip! 1 week on and it's just about stopped hurting :) At the albergue we met Rico, a Swiss guy who we cooked dinner with. The next day was a rest day as Seb woke up with a cold-type thing so he spent most of the day in bed while I went cycling and getting food etc. The following day we got up and out fairly early and got as far as Mondonedo before deciding to stop for the night. The area we cycled through before we started to head inland felt run down and badly cared for, but heading into the green hills was lovely. Mondonedo was a beautiful town with a huge cathedral in the middle of a tricksy network of cobbled streets - much like St Ives. We had a look in the cathedral with its museum, complete with collection of bishops' slippers! Seb found an awesome patisserie and we both enjoyed some Estrella Galicia - been waiting a long time for that! Galicia is very green - we've moved away from the burnt orange roofs of Cantabria to houses constructed of granite and slate - much like Cornwall. It's also much more 'obviously' Celtic: lots of knotwork, Celtic symbols and iconography and political graffiti. More to come!