Our Walk Along the Camino Finisterre

Atlantic Coastline on Camino Camino Finisterre Pilgrimage  After enjoying a lovely breakfast of coffee and croissants in the albergue, we set out under a sky filled with loose, fast-moving clouds stained pink and yellow by the early morning light. As the sun peeked above the horizon, the clouds were suddenly set ablaze, and the forested hills below were bathed in red. We made our way through the rolling hills of this dramatic landscape on a wide gravel track, surrounded on either side by tall, scented Eucalyptus trees, and banks of blooming gorse. The ridges on either side of us were again topped by row upon row of wind turbines. As we slowly progressed through hills covered with rich dark brown, spring green, and sunny yellow fields, patches of rain began moving rapidly across the landscape. Distant hills began to fade, giving us a sense of depth and distance in the landscape that shifted and changed as the showers passed. Shortly after setting out, we ...