Last night for the third year in a row, I made the pilgrimage to Corcoya and the Virgen de la Fuensanta. It was a windy night and the moon didn't rise until we were on about kilometer 9 of 12, but it was a great walk all the same. We had our flashlights, reflective vests and plenty of water (and beer!). Angelines didn't walk this year because her knee's been bothering her. :( But she did meet us in town to bring us back in the car.
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| The walkers at the entrance to town. |
As in past years we walked into town and straight to the church to visit the Virgin. However, we arrived after the church had been locked so we were met with a note on the church door indicating the address in town where we could find the keys. After retrieving the keys, we unlocked the door, turned on the lights and went inside. No sooner had my friend Nuria, knelt at a pew than the alarm went off with deafening shrieks! I think the alarm system is new... We were told to go find the
hermano mayor who had the code to deactivate it, but he had "just gone to bed" and couldn't be bothered to get up. He shouted the code from his second-story bedroom window and we had another go at entering the church. This time we were there for about 2 min. before the alarm went off again! No luck. It's unnerving to be in a sanctuary with a wailing alarm where normally a whisper seems blasphemously loud. My friends lit their candles in a hurry and we headed home.
This weekend are the celebrations for La Roda's patrona, the Virgen de los Llanos. More than one person in town has commented that I've come home just in time for the fiestas! :)
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