Bill Arney

Writing from Grado, 4 km before the days’ s destination, San Juan de Villapañada, which is uphill from here. They have no food and, I suspect, no wi-fi, so i will post here. The Cathedral at Oviedo is a big-time stop in the cult of relics circuit. They have the cloth covering Christ’s face in the tomb, a piece of the shroud of Turin, several pieces of the true cross, a part of a bone from the forehead of a saint, five thorns from the crown of thorns, and one of the six amphorae from the wedding at Cana where Jesus  changed the water into wine. Much more. The building,  cloisters,  museum… are magnificent. Today, a 29+ km day in warm rain. Met 6 peregrinos who started today in Oviedo (they were so clean) and there were about 10 in the albergue, so there are some folks on the Primitivo.