Montamarta to Granja de Moreruelo

Montamarta 

Vía de la Plata Way Marker

Reflection of Santa María del Castillo

Time Out

Greater Quaking Grass

Fontanillas de Castro - Hoopoe above well

Spontaneous Combustion of Peregrino (pilgrim)

Looks familiar

You'd never get planning permission in the UK for this....

Palomare - pigeon house

Granja de Moreruelo 

Staying in Tío Quico Casa Rural

Regional dress under construction 

Salamanca style button

 

Zamora to Montamarta

We have now joined the Camino, Via de la Plata (the old Roman silver route) which starts in Seville so we should meet more pilgrims on the way.

Roales del Pan

Two Canadian pilgrims ahead

Solar panel invasion

The old and the new

We are staying in the Molina de Montamarta - the first mechanised flour mill in the area and now a museum.

El Zangarrón - Montamarta character who rings a cowbell whilst running around the village in January asking for a Christmas bonus....

Not my photo...but you get the idea!

Ricobayo Reservoir and church of Santa Maria del Castillo

Another one of those poles that is put up by young men when they reach the age of 18

Today is also a fiesta - St Isodore (farmers again) and Santa Maria del Castillo, patron saint of Montamarta, so another band is playing around the village and tonight at midnight there is to be a rodeo with young bullocks in the Plaza Mayor which is all set up ready for action.

Break your neck bull rides.

Villalazán to Zamora

By the end of today we would say goodbye to the Camino Levante and join the Camino Via de la Plata. We will have completed over 800km on our way to Santiago de Compostela.

After nearly 10 km we eventually found a bar in Villaralba for a 'cafe con leche'

Went to the local townhall for a sello for my Pilgrim Passport and was given a bag of hazelnuts - local fiesta for St Isidoro the patron saint of farmers

Walked under bridges

And over bridges - Roman Bridge at Zamora

Street Art

Miguel Manzano - Zamoran Musician

Outside a school

Outside a tapas bar

Outside a church

Outside

Camino marker in pavement

Statue of the Merlú who sound trumpets and drum to round-up the brotherhood in Holy Week

 Ramos Carrión Theatre

Cathedral Dome inside and out...

Santiago de Compostela - Flemish carving

 Knocker on Palace of Justice Door

PuntAPunta Oeste Norte 2025.

Today 150 BMW bikers had travelled from Portugal to the Plaza Mayor in Zamora on a leg of their four day tour