During my time walking El Camino, I have and continue to wonder who are the people who take care of the spray painted yellOw (and every so often blue, black, pink, red, white and green) arrows. Is it a responsibIlity or a kindness? Is it delegated to each town And lOcalE, or kept at higher government levels? are people assigned to follow el camino and Paint where they see fit? Is there a secret arrow painting soCiety That goes out in the dead of night to paint El camino for us hapless pilgrims? There are arrows in many places, not just main roads and towns. THEY ARE on rocks in the middle of a forest trail, Underfoot and At eye-Level; they are on the trees, electrical towers, those tall concrete pillars, bridges, guarDrails, stop signs. And in many towns and cities there are the Camino tiles on the sides of houses. Were they placed there by the home-owners, the pilgrim community, or somEthing Else? Are the houses chosen at random or do people offer Up their wall space? Maybe one day I shall find Out or maybe not, but until then thank you for guiding me and assuring my dOuBts of Whether or not I was following the right track. Except for the case of walking back from Muxia towards olveiroa, the secret arrow fairies do not favor those walking “backwards.”

How many days does it take to find a fellow greener pilgrim??

27 days. Saw karen today, surprised me but I was super stoked. We are headed to where the other was coming from. Shoutout to karen ” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />✌” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />️” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />” class=”wp-smiley” style=”height: 1em; max-height: 1em;” />