Shortly before you reach the peak of the Alto del Perdón, with the windmills towering above you like something from a modern-day Don Quijote, you’ll pass a drinking fountain. This is where, according to legend, the devil appeared to a parched pilgrim and offered to buy his soul for a drink of water. The pilgrim, no doubt having weighed up his options decided, in view of the unspeakable (and eternal) horrors that awaited him in hell, that he could probably manage another while without a drink and politely declined. Whereupon, in a blinding flash of light, St James himself appeared and striking the ground with his staff, brought forth a raging torrent of fresh water. Thus saving the pilgrim from a thirsty walk to the next village.
Today, unfortunately, of that raging torrent, only a trickle remains.
The peak of Alto del Perdón has fantastic views of the route already travelled and the adventures yet to come. At the top is a flat, cut-out sculpture of medieval pilgrims on their way to Santiago. The inscription reads:
Donde se cruza el camino del viento con el de las estrellas
Where the way of the wind meets the way of the stars
good good walk today. Just me and bill. Shellie has a bum knee and is taking a day off. Kathy will hang with her .Made some good time up the hill to the windmills, but first had breakfast at Kaioba Restaurante. The owners Dad was a bull fighter. He had a room in his restaurant dedicated to him. See some of the pictures below. Oh yeah this is also a bar.
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Where in the world are KMSB 