The plan for today was a relatively short hike of only about 10 miles after the first hour or so on the trail we ran into an unexpected memorial.
We asked one of the Locals (They’re easy to spot because they have no backpack and no water 🙂 how this got started and then broken English, we were told that none of the locals were really sure! Apparently there was an assumption that someone who had lost a family member on the Camino had started the memorial and then overtime. It just continued to grow
A huge collection of very personal notes, photos and even headstones created a monument two dozens maybe hundreds of pilgrims lost over the years.
as we continued along a desolate portion of the trail, we were again surprised to see a stone hut, literally in the middle of nowhere with no sign of anyone using it. No litter from pilgrims, having stayed and left the trail behind, no ashes from fires to keep pilgrims warm in the night, just a silent monument to a history of the details of which we will never know.
Buen Camino
