{"id":1280,"date":"2017-06-03T08:28:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-03T15:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jjkpryde.com\/blog\/day-32-portomarin-2\/"},"modified":"2017-06-03T11:23:29","modified_gmt":"2017-06-03T18:23:29","slug":"day-32-portomarin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jjkpryde.com\/blog\/day-32-portomarin-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 32 – Portomar\u00edn"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Portomar\u00edn is a bend in the Belesar reservoir.   The bridge across it is about a quarter mile long stretch of the Camino.  To the women who crossed the bridge just before me it might as well have been 50 miles.  She was leaning against a post and breathing heavily. A friend of hers came up and explained to me that this women has a fear of heights.  Brave women to face her fears head on. The Camino is full of stories just like that.  <\/p>\n

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\nI passed several structures like the above, some made of brick or stone,  others made of wood.  They all shared the same architectual proportions.  I went into a little gift shop that sold various Camino related trinkets and asked the owner “English?”  He launched into a stream of Spanish (or Basque possibly).  I shook my head as shorthand for “I’m not getting you.” So he walked over and showed me a little molded model of the building.  I nodded and then he walked over and pointed to a bundle of dry corn still on the cobb.  Ahah!  The buildings are for storage and\/or drying of fresh corn, apparently out of reach of animals that might feast on it. What amazed me about this is how he had intuited my question before I could ask it.   I felt a little bad leaving without buying anything but I thanked him profusely.<\/p>\n

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\nSitting on the corner of the landing in this stairway leading down to the reservoir is a brave pilgrim (not the women mentioned earlier) taking a break.<\/p>\n

Today’s walk from Aguiada was in cloudy, damp, somewhat breezy weather.  <\/p>\n

There is a rule regarding the Compostela certificate awarded on arrival to Santiago.  The rule states that pilgrims must walk at least 100km to be awarded the certificate.   Saria, a town I passed thru this morning is slightly more than 100km from Santiago so a lot of people start their Camino there and arrive in Santiago in about 5 days.  <\/p>\n

So not only was it a damp slog through muddy trails most of the way,  the trail was much more crowded than usual.  The serene contemplative part of the Camino is over.  <\/p>\n

I did meet an alumni group from a small college in Indiana, a doctor traveling with his family from Lancaster Pennsylvania,  and a women from Port Townsend WA who has been traveling since mid-April. <\/p>\n

The world is getting smaller everyday. <\/p>\n

Buen Camino,<\/p>\n

-jgp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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