O’Cebriero is often referred to as ” THE GATEWAY TO HEAVEN”!
I can tell you that there is mystical feeling to this mountain top town. Yesterday I showed photos of La Laguna, a town 2.4 Km from the mountain top – O’Cebriero.
This is an old myth about O’Cebriero.
In the town church, the holy chalice of Galicia is kept, which traces back on the following legend: On a stormy winter evening, a farmer came from his distant farm to the church to participate in the mass. The priest expressed himself contemptuously about the farmer’s effort to have made such a journey in bad weather just to hear mass. Suddenly the host turned into meat and the chalice filled up with blood.
The mystical feeling is compounded by the unpredictable fog and clouds than blanket the mountain with no warning! It was breathtaking upon arrival but that soon changed. We had as a mist and fog roll in within minutes and that lasted all night. We had rain just before bed.
You can see from these photos the change in light and colour!
You will notice the mist moving out and colour comes back in my photos .
KEEP WALKING!
September 22- Total Steps = 34,897