The cold season.

[Bierzo Baggie]

Dragoman 2008

On Dragoman’s-Eve I sensed that this would be something special and it was.

There are good races and bad races… this was short, sweetly and simply a great one. Basurko the ultra running butcher has reinvented local mythology by creating ye olde dragon of Dragonte, a symbolic fire-breathing beast to accompany us on our 6.5km pilgrimage from Villafranca to the village in the clouds. An army of steam-breathing templar knights chased the dragon but strangely 20 legs of ham were liberated instead of 20 damsels in distress. There were also Galician bagpipes and cups of steaming hot garlic soup and there was snow, lots of it and at the tail end of this merry procession was an 89-year old Don Quijote who astounded us all.

I will not bore you more fellow dragon slayers with my clumsy words.. let my clumsy photos set the scene.
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