In August, the farmlands of Castile and Leon are scorched. Arid breezes provide momentary relief but the price is thirst. In the fields the brittle wheat stubble is the color of ancient bones. The land is quiet, little moves except an occasional bird, soaring in the thermals. In the distance, on the ribbon that is the Camino, the outline of a Pilgrim – a black Dali character – shimmer in the heat.
The Camino de Santiago de Compostela takes the Pilgrim due west through this parched landscape for hundreds of kilometers before eventually entering the lush green lands of Galicia.
This image is available from Les Phillips Photography.