Pilgrim blessing

Walking with both Dad and Uncle Michael today which was a privilege and a joy. Was great to be part of their conversations. It was a long old day though, we were all getting slower in the afternoon, making slower and slower progress through a series of closed up dustry villages. Any cafes always seemed to be 200m off our track and a 200m detour was unthinkable. Entered Puente la Reina at a snails pace with some blatant outright lying from me about how many meters till our accommodation. We all attended a pilgrims mass that evening, which ended with a blessing of the pilgrims where we all received a memorial necklace from a fine figure of a Spanish priest. It was presented and hung around our necks am we proudly received them like we were being awarded an Olympic medal. 🏅Read more