On alternative to Ciruña

Not on the main track any longer. This alternative may well be slightly longer. It is not marked, only marked on my app Mapy which guides me all along. Since it is not marked "publicly" nobody else goes this way. Wonderful solitude. However the purpose of reassuring my family (and myself) that by walking the Camino Francés I would never be quite alone is defeated if I take off alone on alternative routes. I have done this twice now and I really have to stick to my own rules.

What intrigued me during this walk was the old and new irrigation systems. This is Rioja wine region. Winters everywhere. I had noticed black tubes (0/ ca. 15 cm) lying by the roadside. Then I noticed the old open air concrete conducts(?) and finally the modern tubes "surfacing" and connected to bright blue connections which I don't know the word of. I had the impression the two systems are still being used side by side.

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