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Don't know about the squirrels but the pigs are born and raised in huge breeding/fattening stations. Many of these can be seen and smelled along the Frances and the inmates never see the light of day.Just finished my third Camino: the Primitivo. Quite busy there into early October, but nothing compared to the huge numbers from the junction at Melide on in to Santiago!
I can understand the abundance of pilgrims given the circumstances, but dos preguntas:
With all the nuts everywhere (acorns, walnuts, chestnuts etc) on the ground and literally falling on your head, why no squirrels?
Also, didn’t see any pigs. Lots of ham and pork on every table. Where’s the pigs?
Buen Camino amigos!!
Almost every farm in Galicia has pigs, for chorizo and more... but they almost 100% keep them inside. As for squirrels, not sure.. but it might be related to the fact that there are quite a bit of large birds like hawks and so on in Galicia. They take a lot of chickens for example... I am sure squirrels are also on their menu.Just finished my third Camino: the Primitivo. Quite busy there into early October, but nothing compared to the huge numbers from the junction at Melide on in to Santiago!
I can understand the abundance of pilgrims given the circumstances, but dos preguntas:
With all the nuts everywhere (acorns, walnuts, chestnuts etc) on the ground and literally falling on your head, why no squirrels?
Also, didn’t see any pigs. Lots of ham and pork on every table. Where’s the pigs?
Buen Camino amigos!!
Also, didn’t see any pigs. Lots of ham and pork on every table. Where’s the pigs?
Just finished my third Camino: the Primitivo. Quite busy there into early October, but nothing compared to the huge numbers from the junction at Melide on in to Santiago!
I can understand the abundance of pilgrims given the circumstances, but dos preguntas:
With all the nuts everywhere (acorns, walnuts, chestnuts etc) on the ground and literally falling on your head, why no squirrels?
Also, didn’t see any pigs. Lots of ham and pork on every table. Where’s the pigs?
Buen Camino amigos!!
I'd be at least as surprised if I did see a chipmunk. They're not native to Europe. But then neither are grey squirrels and there are plenty of those here in the UK!On all of my 6+ caminos, I have ever seen a squirrel or chipmunk which really has surprised me as they frolick everywhere in my neck of the woods at home.
The only place I saw squirrels was outside Logrono.Just finished my third Camino: the Primitivo. Quite busy there into early October, but nothing compared to the huge numbers from the junction at Melide on in to Santiago!
I can understand the abundance of pilgrims given the circumstances, but dos preguntas:
With all the nuts everywhere (acorns, walnuts, chestnuts etc) on the ground and literally falling on your head, why no squirrels?
Also, didn’t see any pigs. Lots of ham and pork on every table. Where’s the pigs?
Buen Camino amigos!!
Red squirrels can be seen amongst the pine trees just before Parque de la Grajera on the way out of Logrono.Just finished my third Camino: the Primitivo. Quite busy there into early October, but nothing compared to the huge numbers from the junction at Melide on in to Santiago!
I can understand the abundance of pilgrims given the circumstances, but dos preguntas:
With all the nuts everywhere (acorns, walnuts, chestnuts etc) on the ground and literally falling on your head, why no squirrels?
Also, didn’t see any pigs. Lots of ham and pork on every table. Where’s the pigs?
Buen Camino amigos!!
You didn't see any wild pigs? Lots of themJust finished my third Camino: the Primitivo. Quite busy there into early October, but nothing compared to the huge numbers from the junction at Melide on in to Santiago!
I can understand the abundance of pilgrims given the circumstances, but dos preguntas:
With all the nuts everywhere (acorns, walnuts, chestnuts etc) on the ground and literally falling on your head, why no squirrels?
Also, didn’t see any pigs. Lots of ham and pork on every table. Where’s the pigs?
Buen Camino amigos!!
Oh how sad. I think I prefer the free range pigs along VDLP.Don't know about the squirrels but the pigs are born and raised in huge breeding/fattening stations. Many of these can be seen and smelled along the Frances and the inmates never see the light of day.
It's the same in the USA.Don't know about the squirrels but the pigs are born and raised in huge breeding/fattening stations. Many of these can be seen and smelled along the Frances and the inmates never see the light of day.
Out of sight out of mindThe pigs live their lives inside barns, touching one another all day. I've seen it once and it is heartbreaking.
Unfortunately the end result is the same for the poor pig.Oh how sad. I think I prefer the free range pigs along VDLP.
Is it much harder than it is for native English speakers to pronounce the German name for squirrel which is Eichhörnchen?Incidentally, 'squirrel' is one of the hardest English words for a Spaniard to pronounce.
It may not be a myth. A lot of European and Mediterranean countries, including Middle East had more trees. In the Middle East, there were large swatches of oak, pine and cedar forests but they were decimated before the third millennia BCE for timber needed in empire building, agriculture, fuel, pottery, and metallurgy. The European forest was comparable to the Amazon forests suffered the same fate due to the maritime exploration starting in the 14C. Here are two of many Web sources that can be found on the Web. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2018.00253/fullFwiw, when I looked up the Spanish word for squirrel - it is ardilla - and entered ardilla España into Google there were numerous search results that referred to a saying that a squirrel was once able to cross Spain from the southern coast to the Pyrenees by jumping from tree to tree without ever touching the ground. It is apparently a reference to the belief that all of Spain was once covered by forests but it appears to be a myth.
LOL I was going to post exactly that!The question almost answers itself
The black pigs roam free eating acorns around the outskirts of La Alberca, near Salamanca.Squirrels? There are no grey squirrels in Spain (fortunately in my opinion!) and the distribution of red squirrels is very patchy. I have seen a few in Galicia but not many.
Pigs? As @wayfarer says in the areas close to the Frances and the Primitivo they are mostly raised indoors in large industrial-style units. If you want to see the Iberian black pigs which make the high-end jamon then you should look further south in the oak-dotted dehesa pastures in Andalucia and Extremadura.
They're Celtic pigs!Probably hard to make out, as there were piglets and sows together, so I was wary of getting too close. This was on the Camino Inglés, around Naron, yesterday. Pigs, geese, and goats were on the other side of the path. All roaming free. But the sign says it's for sale so probably not a commercial venture.
Yes, they are "Porco Celta" breed.They're Celtic pigs!
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