So, this is the last push. I have slowed down as feet become sorer but I’m now only a day and a half from Santiago. Galicia has been very different from other parts of the Camino. It’s so green and wooded and sparsely populated. The big food speciality here is “pulpo” or octopus. They serve it on wooden platters with a lot of paprika and everyone raves about it. I guess it’s an acquired taste – the suckers are a bit tricky to look at on the plate, even more tricky in the mouth, and the taste just isn’t wonderful. Have tried it twice now – and once at the best (according to TripAdvisor) octopus restaurant in Melide, which is the pulpo ground zero. I won’t be searching for this at Waitrose Brackley.
Octopus
A really interesting building in the countryside was the horreo. Several feet off the ground, these used to be for corn and potatoes, although many are now used for bees. They can be very elaborate, some with such stone carving that they look like tombs.
Horreo
The house below had an interesting addition to its front - or else it was being attacked by the worlds largest scallop.
Mutant Scallop area
My blue shirt is a bit bright and I’ve worn it most days as it’s my only quick dry item. No-one else on the Camino shares my lack of dress sense – Arranta from Barcelona shouts out “hey blue man” everytime she sees me – so it was a bit of a relief to find this fellow pilgrim and pose for a photo with him.
Me and my blue buddy
Of course some people are even prepared to go for the whole blue head look.
Cool Lizard
And just if anyone was in any doubt that this is a Celtic area, when walking through Melide this band went past. Pipes, drums and straight into a pub.
No doubt – this is Celtic
Tonight's lodging is roadside hotel on the outskirts of Arzua. No idea what it is like but it will have a bed and that's the only criterion at this point.
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