Beware the dog in Poladura de la Tercia!

[Al the optimist]

There is a large black dog in Poladura de la Tercia. Walking out of the village at about 8 in the morning there was a man with a wheelbarrow and this dog coming towards me on the opposite side of the road. The dog barked a lot at seeing me. After we had passed each other he ran back behind me and bit my calf! The man said nothing, just ignored me and carried on. So just a word of warning to beware of this brute (the dog).

 

[Kanga]

Gee Al, that's no good. Are you back in the UK.

 

[fortview]

Al, that is incredible! John got attacked by that dog. It bit him on his ankle, luckily through his boot. It then kept coming and growling. We had to shout at it, and wave sticks. Meanwhile the owner completely ignored us. John was really shocked afterwards, and it took a while of walking to calm down.... Maybe we should have posted a warning here..... ! Hope you enjoyed the Salvador though.

 

[Al the optimist]

Yes I got back yesterday Kanga. How is the family now?

 

[wayfarer]

Welcome back Allan, looking forward to hearing your stories in the next while.

 

[Al the optimist]

Love the humour Pat - "SJPP - Almost Orisson". LOL. Hope you are recovering OK. I'm sending you a PM.

 

[econodan]

Wow, Al, what a tale. We met a couple of very friendly and mellow dogs in the same village. It wasn't this one, was it?
Dan

 

[Al the optimist]

Wow, Al, what a tale. We met a couple of very friendly and mellow dogs in the same village. It wasn't this one, was it?
Dan

Don't think so, the other looked much more aggressive.

 

[amancio]

Jose, guardian angel of this unbelievable camino (I bet quite of few of you know him by now), is aware of this now, and he is going to let the local authorities know about this painful issue. Hopefully something will be done.

One more reason to have a long staff with you!

 

[Theatregal]

Al, that is incredible! John got attacked by that dog. It bit him on his ankle, luckily through his boot. It then kept coming and growling. We had to shout at it, and wave sticks. Meanwhile the owner completely ignored us. John was really shocked afterwards, and it took a while of walking to calm down.... Maybe we should have posted a warning here..... ! Hope you enjoyed the Salvador though.

Yikes!! Didn't know that this had happened to John. Scary experience for you both!

 

[peregrina2000]

Jose, guardian angel of this unbelievable camino (I bet quite of few of you know him by now), is aware of this now, and he is going to let the local authorities know about this painful issue. Hopefully something will be done.

One more reason to have a long staff with you!

Amancio, this is great news. But I think that most of us here on the forum know Jose as Ender, so for anyone who is keeping track, we now have one more thing to thank Ender for -- metal arrows/conch shells, guidebook, cross at the high point, bridge into Poladura -- and now, following up on the biting dogs issue!

Buen camino, Laurie

 

[Al the optimist]

The dog bit me the day after I met Ender. Lovely man and so passionate about looking after pilgrims. Once more he finding ways to make life safer for us.

 

[amancio]

indeed, the same one, the one and only Ender, I never know whether I should refer to him as Ender or as Jose, but you all knew inmediately who I was talking about.

If everything turns out all right, I might be in Poladura in a few days, I am looking forward to walking to Arbás again, the time I was there, I was under a snow blizzard and saw very little of the way. This time, with my wife and daughter.

To me, there is something about Poladura...

 

[Al the optimist]

For me there was a special moment when I got to the Parajes pass and saw the sign "Asturias". I have travelled to many parts of Spain but had never been to Asturias. The views on the descent were breath takingA

 

[amancio]

Just back from Poladura, such an amazing place... I was with Ender and the nasty dog has been identified and hopefully measures will be taken with the owner.

 

[Al the optimist]

Well given how small Poladura is I am not surprised the dog has been identified.