Saturday 29th October 2022

You see loads of these in Galicia. Grain Stores? The legs are specially designed to stop rats getting up into the store.

It was very wet and windy in the night at Caion. In the morning there had been a small landslip into the car park we were staying in.

From Caion we travelled south west to Cabo Fisterra (Cape Finisterre) - the end of the earth!

We can see the lighthouse which is on the very tip of the cape from our parking place. This coast is known as the Costa da Morte - the Coast of Death - because of the number of shipwrecks which have occurred here.

It certainly is a wild and rocky coast.

It is also a place of pilgrimage. After completing the journey to the grave of St James in the Cathedral in Santiago de Compostela many pilgrims continue to Cabo Fisterra as a final flourish and then burn their boots in a ceremonial fire just beyond the lighthouse - a practice discouraged by the authorities!

We took a walk up towards the light house. Here's looking back to our parking place.

These signs mark the route of the Camino - the pilgrimage route. The Scallop Shell is the symbol of St James.

Cabo Fisterra is a  tourist trap with a big souvenir shop and a restaurant as well as a hotel. 

There are however great views in all directions.

There is some nice public art here. This mosaic represents one of the giant barnacles so highly prized by Galician Gourmets.

We came upon this minstrel collecting money. Galician Pipes perhaps?

This is the very tip of the cape - beyond the lighthouse - where the boot burning goes on - much to the annoyance of the authorities.

Here's the lighthouse.

I'm not sure what this is about.

There are lots of plaques on the rocks.

And a stone dolphin.

Everyone seems keen to leave their mark.

Back at our van we noticed we had two little rabbits for company.

This German registered van turned up later with a lone woman traveller.

Tonight there was a just about okay sunset.

Nice clouds as it got dark.

Two more vans turned up making it four in all here tonight. We saw some lightning but it didn't rain.

Today we travelled 64 miles (103 kilometres). We are at:  N42.8872 W9.2729

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