- Time of past OR future Camino
- Too many to count!
Just prior to the pandemic, I walked the Camino Sanabrés, as an extension of the "Camino Fonseca," starting in Salamanca. Apparently, according to my helpful friend, @Betterisgood, who lives in A Coruña and was able to walk a few stages this year, there has been considerable work done on the section from A Gudiña to Campobecerros. In the past, shortly after A Gudiña, you were required to walk many kilometers along the busy roadway with no shoulder, along the high ridge to the Alto do Espiño. We had to do it in horrible, foggy, rainy and dangerous conditions.
The Xunta, busy during the pandemic has now created a new, improved Camino gravel road through this area, that mostly parallels the highway. MaryEllen has been gracious to share her tracks with me, and you can view the new route by clicking here, and for the GPS tracks.
As part of this project, the powers that be, in their infinite wisdom decided to create this swing, called the Columpio de Vilariño de Conso, dubbed "Galicia's Highest Swing." The views of the reservoir, the Embalse de As Portas, as you swing, are fabulous. We both laughed, stating that perhaps some servicios may have been more appropriate on this long and wild stretch! Ha ha! If you want to read a bit more information about the swing, and find its exaction location, go to my story of our day nine on the Sanabrés. Three of these four photos are from MaryEllen on a blue sky day, and the third one is mine, after the storm of the prior day was clearing (where we threw in the towel but went back the following day). Enjoy and I hope to see pictures of you swinging soon!
The Xunta, busy during the pandemic has now created a new, improved Camino gravel road through this area, that mostly parallels the highway. MaryEllen has been gracious to share her tracks with me, and you can view the new route by clicking here, and for the GPS tracks.
As part of this project, the powers that be, in their infinite wisdom decided to create this swing, called the Columpio de Vilariño de Conso, dubbed "Galicia's Highest Swing." The views of the reservoir, the Embalse de As Portas, as you swing, are fabulous. We both laughed, stating that perhaps some servicios may have been more appropriate on this long and wild stretch! Ha ha! If you want to read a bit more information about the swing, and find its exaction location, go to my story of our day nine on the Sanabrés. Three of these four photos are from MaryEllen on a blue sky day, and the third one is mine, after the storm of the prior day was clearing (where we threw in the towel but went back the following day). Enjoy and I hope to see pictures of you swinging soon!