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Friday, October 11, 2019

DAY 4 QUANTA DE BURRA TO SANTAREM

Last night's supper was in the traditional Camino way, nine people around the table, enjoying Paula's home cooked meal and hospitality. After the port it was time for bed.

We were up by six and after breakfast we were off. The sun was slowly rising, the morning fresh and cool. We had 16 km's ahead of us, all through farmland, vineyards, maize and tomato fields waiting for the next planting season.

It was here that we realised how much plastic is used in cultivating vegetables and tomatoes. (Look at the heaps of plastic piping in the photo above.) A very thin, soft plastic piping is used to irrigate the tomatoes. These piping gets ripped up after harvest time to be replaced again in the new planting season. Is plastic so cheap that we can sell out our environment for more profit?

Paula mentioned that she does not accept tomatoes from these farmers because of the amount of insecticides that they use.

Just before we left home, we had this discussion about the new lies people are being fed: "Stop eating meat, cows are destroying the earth. Eat vegetables and save the earth!"

We arrived at about 12:00, checked into a municipal albergue, bunk beds, but just the two of us and the set off to explore the town. We attended the last part of the Eucharist in the "Shrine of the most holy miracle". The liturgy was in English which was special; "..for the remission of our sins..."

Our bodies can feel "The Way". The first pilgrims believed this was part of penitence and inequities being forgiven and departing from us.

Deus adjuva nos!
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