As Dave Grohl says at the start of the classic Best of You -“I’ve got another confession to make” – well I have a confession to make rather than another one! I have a pretty nerdy fascination with something rather trampled on and mundane. The humble Spanish manhole cover.
Each city and town – and many villages too – seems to have a specially designed and forged design on the theirs . It looks like civic pride amongst Spanish manhole cover designers may be bordering on competitive! So on my camino I will be trying to chronicle all the civic ironworks that I see (or tread on) during the 800km hike. I have posted a couple of examples from previous trips to show the variety of designs from simple to quite intricate! The photos will be on my google album which can be found here IRONWORKS PHOTOS
Another thing to distract me from the large number of days, kms and steps remaining till I can find a manhole cover in the great Cathedral square of Santiago de Compostela.
