We got back on the trail, passed a small branda, a fresh forest, herds of cattle, risky horses and entered the return route. Out there, one foot after the other on the uneven stones, we watched the wide Minho Valley, the distant Galician lands, the peculiarly shaped rocky massifs and the steep slopes of the Vez, gaining fury and vertigo there.

The route starts from Branda da Aveleira, an idyllic mountain village, and crosses the still incipient River Vez to Branda do Furado. It then climbs up to the Alto Vez Glacier viewing point and continues along a track that bravely resists the advance...

One foot after the other, slowly, in no hurry to get anywhere. Just the ancestral pleasure of going, of moving forward.

An immersive itinerary lasting around 3 hours, along old paths, at a slow pace, discovering the ruins and details of rural history. From maize as a central element in the diet of yesteryear. The tenacity of the people who moulded the magnificent ...

Over the Veigas bridge, which is more like a stanza from a sublime poem, in the warm early afternoon sun, with the colourful vegetation and the magnetism of the granite landscape as backdrops... what more could you ask for?