Adios Villadangos!
Our appointment as volunteer hospitaleros is over. Time for succession, drawing breath and travelling on. David and I had a handover dinner of tapas and pizza at the local bar with Manuel and Monika - following the tradition of our induction a little over two weeks ago. We go - feeling satisfied that we helped many pilgrims along their way (around 160 over the time), in the spirit of this translated note. Not all was sweetness and light. This pilgrim for example decided to start cooking and then eating after 10pm lights out. Thankfully such ‘Me first and gimme gimme’ self centredness was rare. David stayed on duty until he had finished. Another pilgrim experienced separation anxiety one night and asked to sleep with his bicycle. Cyclists are such a joy sometimes. Other pilgrims go about their Camino quietly and artistically- painting And singing and playing The last night was the busiest. Still we found time to enjoy the cooling evening Next morning it was time to leav...