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Thoughts from Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

 Night’s candles are burnt out, and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops 

22 September 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…

21 September 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’ NB: The archive.ph…

20 September 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…

19 September 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 September 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 September 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 September 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…

15 September 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 September 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 September 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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