Trabedelo to Liñares (O’Cebreiro)

The climb up to the town of O’Cebreiro is legendary, only second to crossing the Pyrenees Mountains in Camino Francés folklore.

Hmmmm, so how did we not know this when choosing to summit on “optional” mountain the day before tackling this beast?!?

We don’t have many pics from the muddy, horse shit (yes, you can apparently take a horse) climb itself, but true to the stories it was rough going. Halfway up, while refilling our water bottles a run away horse came charging down the trail! We came to find out later by someone looking for said horse that it was kicked by a cow… we couldn’t make this up if we tried 😂.

On the climb to O’Cebreiro we officially entered our last Region of Spain, the Glacia Region.

Celtic cousin and western neighbour to the province of Asturias, this is Spain’s most north-westerly region, where the inhabitants are fiercely independent and the language spoken is more akin to Portuguese than Spanish. The misty green hills of Galicia are riddled with ancient paths, little hamlets and age-old superstitions, and its long Atlantic coastline is famed for rocky headlands and complex estuaries. They are also famous for Pulpo (octopus) in this Region. 🐙Read more