Monforte de Lemos

View into the Cloisters
Evening in the cloister
The last light on the longest night of the year – this is 11.10 pm on 21 June 2018.
Day off – reading a book online for the first time…jury is out.
Drink o’clock…wine instead of shandy …for a change

Three storey stair case cut from one piece of granite with no visible means of support…much written about and studied
Gateway into the old Jewish quarter

First frustrating day on the Camino….wrong time to be taking a day off from walking – feel like we have been put into limbo… and REALLY looking forward to getting going again tomorrow morning….Monforte is a town of about 17500 inhabitants – obligatory monastery but this one is huge with a 110 metre facade…walked around the town for a little and then headed back up to our monastery for reading and reading and hmmmmm reading…Have heard from friends who have walked past the 100 km way marker – can’t wait to get there tomorrow!!!

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  1. What an amazing staircase – it would have to be cut in situ surely. Not too many days to go now, the time seems to have gone very quickly. Best wishes for the home straight.

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