On Sunday I continued my walk around the island, from Montes de Luna to Los Canarios. Unlike previous sections, this part of the path doesn’t run through villages, criss-crossing the main road. It goes through the lonely middle of nowhere, and I wasn’t sure whether there’d be mobile coverage. Walking alone seemed like a bad idea. Not that there was any particular reason to expect an accident, just that twenty…
Thursday is the feast of St John the Baptist. On La Palma, they have the very sensible custom of holding the party on the night before the public holiday, so that everyone can sleep late the morning after. Since fiestas often go on until the early hours, sleeping in next morning is delicious. In Catholic countries, people celebrate the feast of St John with bonfires. (Any similarity to pagan midsummer…
Car workshop, Los Canarios, Fuencaliente The fire’s under control at long last. The La Palma blog‘s been going crazy with traffic, as people tried to find out what was happening here. So I started to feel a bit like a lighthouse-keeper — you know, responsible — and on Monday I went out for another look at the fire. The road was open and I got to Fuencaliente. It’s in better…