Camino Frances: Etapa 26, Villafranca del Bierzo to O Cebreiro 

Another excellent chronicle, thank you. I so appreciate that you don't feel the need fill the background with a "musak" track; it is so much nicer to hear the birdsong, the crunching of feet, and even the hum of traffic. Congrats on getting up the "hill" at the end of the etapa - much respect!

My Favorite Section Of The Camino Frances - Very Scenic

At about 12:01 you mentioned the sign for a village, where they "crossed out" the letter "j" in Pereje. Actually, they didn't cross the letter out; rather, they changed it to an "x." Evidently in Galician the place is spelled Perexe, and they're quarreling over how to spell this place name in a part of western Castille-Leon where the local language seems to be Galician.

The lady I met on the Camino was from Cornwall. When we got into Portomarin she commented how much it looked like Cornwall. It was the standing joke from then on and I would comment that "it looks just like Cornwall" especially when it didn't.

Song's that get in your head! Ever heard the Never Ending Song by the Muppets? I altered it to "this is the trail that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friend. Some people started walking it, knowing what it was and they'll continue walking it because this is the trail that never ends....." Controlling one's mind is the hardest thing on an event such as The Camino.

FYI, the PCT is NOT the Camino....I hiked from Hwy, 88 in California to Hwy 4. I thought I was going to effing die!! It is hard, hard, hard.