Pilgrim by Alzheimer's (In): Finisterre de Gijon
Covered the first 438 miles of adventure project Memory is the Way, I take you through the more than 7.000 separating the de Finisterre lighthouse of the holy city of Jerusalem, and there is one thing that I have very clear; the absolute wisdom of having chosen the variant of the North, the Coastal Road in particular, for my passage through Spain. Only but this choice: have overlooked the, by ignorance, City Oviedo, cradle of the first documented pilgrimage, which led to the Asturian king Alfonso El Casto II capital from Oviedo to the city of Compostela in the ninth century, known immediately after the appearance of the tomb of the Apostle. Before this, the Asturian capital was the destination of Christian pilgrimages to venerate the relics arrived in Jerusalem, are kept in the Cathedral of El Salvador.
The 18 March, and a symbolic prologue 2,8 kilometers from Faro to Fisterra people was started this long journey with a clear and concise case. To call the person concerned to Alzheimer's disease, that affects 3,5 million people in Spain between patients and caregivers, becomes a priority in the offices socio,as it is at home. That, once and for all, is applied a true state policy in capitals involving all affected parties. End, as a matter of chance, the symbolism of making the reverse route of Santiago in full, from the Galician city to Jerusalem, taking shape even if it is to relate to Alzheimer's, Disease regression, of turning back, return to the origin, at the same birth, sufferers suffering.
The major drawback in all the way to travel is the fact the reverse, Which brings me to a massive loss
And who better to start the prologue essential, that it takes along 90 kilometers from the lighthouse at Finisterre to Santiago, a delightful walk through the woods Galician, also, does not have the problem of overcrowding the French Way, the last stages before the arrival in Santiago, in which marketing has abandoned the spirit of St. James.
The major drawback, in this preamble and in all the way I am doing, is the fact the reverse transit, Which brings me to a massive loss, mainly at intersections with two oncoming road, where the signs are very clear in the right direction but a lottery to 50% if you're doing the opposite way, such as. In a last stage 40 kilometers between Sobrado monks and Baamonde my pedometer, which is almost stepless, marked 48 km at the end of the day, after half a dozen mistakes in the woods Lugo.
Should not be allowed to sleep in the shelter of the Cistercian monastery of Sobrado, reveals very clearly the true spirit of Jacobean
But despite the loss, the choice of opting in Arzua by the Coastal Road was a success, going up by the province of Lugo in search of Biscay and across the regions of Terra Cha and The Marine typically decorated with all the Galician. Villages, parishes, forests and silence is the constant in this transit, which should not be allowed to sleep in the shelter of Monastery of Sobrado, operated by Cistercian monks and reveals, very clearly, the true spirit of St. James that associations of friends of the North Road want to equip all the way, pending the opinion of Unesco to label the route as a World Heritage Site, well deserved recognition.
After passing through Lugo, was time to return to touch the sea, in the incomparable Ribadeo. From the 18 March to the border with Asturias, the sun would not let me even one day, two weeks in the unusual Tropical Galicia was truncated at the same time crossing the Bridge Saints Ribadeo, with a walkway for pilgrims to avoid the long road Vegadeo, and that has accompanied me throughout Asturias to my arrival Gijón. Excess rain and excess asphalt, sometimes because the way they make and in others by my desire not to make a mile or more when I try to find the right path.
The Asturian sites are always a joy to the retina, pessary of the lasts, exceeded Luarca, the continuum leg-breakers
But despite the rain and asphalt, the Asturian sites are always a joy to the retina, pessary of the lasts, after passing Luarca, the continuum up and down leg-breakers that characterizes the Camino de la Costa, that is glued to the Cantabrian mountains with a few meters. That's what I will be playing to the bridge of Santiago, in Irun, before crossing through Navarra and the French border Somport, in Huesca. But that's another story we will tell.
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