Ultreia at Royal College of Art.

Day 12

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Day 12 was the last day of my journey, the arrival to Santiago.

The cleaning services company from Santiago was on strike for 12days in the end of May. I have to say that when I arrived, the strike was already called off, even though you could still find some traces.

So I decided to cycle around Santiago and picking up the local newspapers I was finding in the streets.

In Obradoiro Square, some cyclist pilgrims were freaking out with my machine.

Santiago's Cathedral on the back.

Souvenir stall in Obradoiro Square. Bueno, bonito y barato oiga!

The scallop shell, the symbol and icon of the Camino de Santiago, is used in Santiago as a plate to serve its sea fruit, which is some sort of massive cockle, but much more tasty, served together with an amazing sauce. They place everything together inside the oven, and the same scallop shell keeps the whole meal warm for a long time, same as clay dishes.

After enjoying such an exotic meal, I kept the scallop shell to replicate them with my machine.

Thanks everyone for your support. Stay tuned for the news and the show coming up!

best

jorge

Day 11

I was so lucky to meet my old friend Carlos Cano in Galicia. It was such a lont time! He brought his camera and we spent some time taking some shots... Big thank you Carlos!

Day 10

Abandoned village close to Portomarin.

A nice looking Horreo in the same village. Hórreos are granaries found in Northern Spain, raised off the ground by stone pillars known as "pegollos", which can be made of either wood or stone. They are one of the most characteristic architecture buildings from Galicia.

Miño river in Portomarin.

Loio river.

Hawk!!!

An abandoned factory in Galicia was a good reason to ask myself why am I doing what I'm doing...

The battery I carry during my journey is being constantly charged by the solar panel.

And the very same battery was lighting a couple of lamps I produced on the road.

The lamps are produced in Bio Resin.

The camp at night.

Day 9

It's been a while without posting anything... The Camino went harder in the end, and as the date of the end of my journey approached, I had literally no time to find a computer... so plenty of stuff to show you!!!

I had to make a little jump to the last part of the route, just to be able to arrive to Santiago in time, the end of the journey.

But before I went through 'El Bierzo' and it was just awesome...

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This is the standard landscape in the 'Bierzo' the land just between Leon and Galicia.

I faced a hard ascension to Sarracin's Castle...

Finally I could see the Castle.

Nobody knows when or who built this castle, but there is written evidence of its existence in the tenth century when these mountains separated the kingdom of Galicia of the Castilian plateau, then deserted and ruled by Muslims.

The castle protected this crossing, that is still one of the main communication roads between Galicia and Leon.

I could only find these flowers inside the castle, nowhere else.

So I decided to put them in a mould and produce some lampshades in the descent.

The descent was harder than I thought, and my trolley just broke in two pieces... ayayayyyyyy

They joint was strong enough, but the steel tube didn't resist all the effort. I was stuck in the middle of nowhere, on a Sunday afternoon, and with no possible way to continue... I hid my trolley behind the bushes, and cycle to the next village.

There I asked the locals, that very kindly gave me the directions to find Luis, the local welder.

Souvenir stall in the village.

Luis very kindly accepted to take a look to the trolley and see what he could do.

5 minutes later he was welding the broken part...

And in a blink I was ready to hit the road again... Thanks Luis and everyone who helped me out in the Bierzo!

Time to rest and be ready for the day after...