Ponferrada: the tree-lined exit from the city
Fountain with monument to the pimento farmers
Waymark
The famous slag-heaps outside the city
Compostilla: waymark
Compostilla: waymark
The Camino goes under the building here
Compostilla: pavement waymark
Church with pilgrim monument
The country at last
Entering Columbrianos
Chapel in the centre of the village
Pumpkins and sweet corn
Mallow
Wood pinl
More pumpkins
Hollyhock
The very friendly bar in Fuente Nuevas
Main street in Fuentes Nuevas
Reflections in the solar glass factory (the bodega opposite gave me a free glass of their excellent wine
The pilgrim bridge over the motorway - looking back
Looking forward to the hills of Galicia
First view of Casabelos
Flowers
Hermitage in Casabelos
Casabelos refugio; cabins for 2 built around an old church
Swimming in the river
Interior of a cabin in the refugio: dawn
Leaving the road after km. 406
A sculptor's workshop in the middle of nowhere
Distant view of Villafranca and the mountain of Galicia
Dilapidated house showing method of construction
Villafranca and church from the steps of the refugio
Entering Villafranca del Bierzo
Alexander and Muriel from Holland in the main square
Torquemada's house
Doorway
The pilgrim statue with two pilgrims