Climbing onto the meseta.
Along the medieval pilgrims' route from Salzburg to Santiago de Compostela, with my dog Finny.
Saturday, January 23, 2016
Physical geography.
From Castrojeríz I climbed up onto the meseta of Castile. On a beautiful frosty morning, on towards León, whose cathedral is immensely impressive. The outskirts, however, are another story. The village of Valverde, whose name appears in Unamuno's lyrical novella 'San Manuel Bueno, Mártir', could scarcely have been more disappointing. For two days, the Camino runs alongside the N-120 highway, with its thundering trucks. Then a climb up through hill country to the foggy, snow-covered villages either side of the Monte Irago pass. Down again, then up over O Cebreiro, and down once more into the rolling hills of Galicia.
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