Another day of this crossing of the Via Algarviana, which is heading quickly (literally) to the end. Today, on the walk between Vaqueiros and Furnazinhas, the chronicler reflects on the strange symphony that is heard every night...
Wednesday, April 16, 12th day of walking:
In this type of walk, and because there are no tourist facilities (yet) in the interior, most of the accommodation is informal. This means that, normally, we arrive at a hall or sports hall, each one choosing a place and extending their sleeping bag. In other words, it's all wet.
This has implications for the sleeping phase. It's just that no one admits that they snore, but overnight we've had a lot of snoring excitement. We have had some very interesting Iberian duets, different types of sound and one common characteristic: they are really loud!
In counterpoint, we also have the support sound, in which the gang blows in various timbres and cadences...
A few days ago, we even had a soloist who, still with the lights on and the crowd talking, decided to give us a masterful interpretation of the work »Ronco Opus 14». When we finally turned off the light, the artist woke up, thanked him with a loud "Good night!" and continued his interpretation.
The acoustics of the overnight places also affect the performances. There are places with echo and others where the structure even seems to vibrate with the sound.
And get this: in the midst of all this, there are walkers who sleep the peaceful sleep of the righteous without properly appreciating all this animation (me!).
Returning to the walk: on today's route, we crossed the village of Malfrades, which, according to legend, owes its name to a neighbor who, when asked how life was going, replied: "Pumpkins good, friars disease". (please clarify that friar is a variety of algarvian squash).
At Monte das Preguiças, where, living up to the name, we rested for a while, something that is not common in these parts appeared: an 11-year-old child, Teresa, on holiday with an aunt and very curious about our passage.
In conversation with us, Teresa gave us something great news: there even lived an Englishman in that village!»
Tomorrow, we have the penultimate day of this crossing ahead, with a walk of 14,3 km between Furnazinhas (Castro Marim) and Balurcos, in the municipality of Alcoutim. Friday we got there!
Note: today, due to difficulties in accessing the internet in this region of the Algarve mountains, it was not possible to send it to the Sul Informação the photos of the day, so we used one from previous days. As soon as we receive the photos, we will update them here and in the gallery on Facebook.
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