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As we write this we are sitting on the rocks looking towards the end of the earth, Cape Finisterre, which we will explore tomorrow. It seems a world away from O Cebreiro where we battled with a giant. This last week has been busy and eventful. We have suffered shin splints, bed bugs and hypothermia but we are not downhearted!

Leaving the watermill huddled in the back of a car with a gorgeous Frenchman called Pioc, and his saddle, it was with great difficulty that Philipa was prevented from galloping to Brittany on the back of his horse – however, rather meanly, Judith caused Philipa to set her face to the west and continue to Castrojeriz, where we found that we had booked into a hostel on the edge of town opposite a massive and deserted collegio. A general consensus from the pilgrims was that this is a strangely oppressive town.

Philipa and Judith say ...
Judith and Philipa have arrived in Estella, in the ancient kingdom of Navarre. On the way they've slept on a laundry floor in a monastery auberge that Philipa mistook for a prison, in a pension in Pamplona and in a so called 'up-market' hotel where they emerged with multiple bruises from false antique fittings. On the whole they preferred the laundry. Philipa is sticking with her resolution to keep clean.

This Christmas, why not try making an Angel to hang in your window for passers by to enjoy? During the Christmas Tree Festival at St Giles’ Church, from Saturday 27 November to Sunday 5 December, there will be a table with templates and ideas for making your own Angel. So come and see the wonderful Christmas Trees and make your Angel at the same time!