Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops
21 July 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
20 July 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
19July 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
18 July 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
17 July 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
16 July
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
15 July 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
14 July 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
13 July 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
12 July 2026
Awake, for morning in the bowl of night has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight And, lo, the hunter of the east has caught the sultan’s turret in a noose of light. Spanish life is not always likeable but it is compellingly loveable – Christopher Howse: ‘A Pilgrim in Spain’. Cosas de España/Galiza…
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Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain 