- Time of past OR future Camino
- First one in 1977 by train. Many since then by foot. Next one ASAP.
On my 2021 Camino Frances I saw something I had not seen on my several previous passages through Astorga.
Leaving the Plaza Cathedral one fine September morning, headed for the Puerto Obispo, I saw a fairly large monumental slab attached to a home on my right. Upon examination I found it to be a memorial, presented in both English and Castilian, to the Peninsular War British General Sir John Moore (and his men): "En Esta Casa Se Alojo Sir John Moore."
Now, seeing that made me realize that I couldn't name more than one other Peninsular War memorial on the Frances (the lion monument in the Plaza Santocildes in Astorga). Surely there are others!?
Leaving the Plaza Cathedral one fine September morning, headed for the Puerto Obispo, I saw a fairly large monumental slab attached to a home on my right. Upon examination I found it to be a memorial, presented in both English and Castilian, to the Peninsular War British General Sir John Moore (and his men): "En Esta Casa Se Alojo Sir John Moore."
Now, seeing that made me realize that I couldn't name more than one other Peninsular War memorial on the Frances (the lion monument in the Plaza Santocildes in Astorga). Surely there are others!?