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QUEST 40: ‘HIDDEN SEQUENCE’ SPAIN & PORTUGAL: WEEK ONE

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July 19, 2025

This was an adventure, a drive, an experience, a journey like no other and i had no idea at the onset of what the gods of fate had in store for me, good or bad. Some words that spring to mind that would describe this personal journey of mine would be profound, deep, sad, ancient, heat, mountains, eagles, pelicans, rooks, vast landscapes, forest fires, old trapped ‘energies’, personal sadness, the watchers, ancient Templar buildings, the aroma of roses, roadside blooms, ancient energies, time distortions, a Templar history, hidden histories, huge road bridges across vast chasms of nature, off the beaten track, up in the clouds, the el Camino Trail, earthly trapped entities…

Reality is never what you think it is and is full of surprises both positive and negative, one has to embrace and accept everything, we live in an interesting, many faceted realm which many are blind to. I discover more and more of these truths on every quest i embark upon and i hope you too dear readers can partake of my journey with me and discover all this for yourselves.

Many Craft connections and aspects to this planet have always been here, yet carefully and purposefully hidden, usually by the various religions of this planet and their false power and false truths. The Knights Templars were always known as the keepers of secrets and i am very proud and humbled to uphold these truths.

DAY ONE: TUESDAY 25th MARCH: Left Cambridge for a one night stop at Dymchurch near Dover, so to get an early morning start on Euro Tunnel the next day. The apartment was lovely, on the sea front of this old fashioned seaside town, right on the very sea front with a sea view no less!

DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 26th MARCH: An early morning ride onto Euro Tunnel into France, with a very long drive ahead. We drove all the way through France to Le Bourg at Valade, about 600 miles to almost the Spanish border. It was a stunning day and we made excellent time thanks to Karl’s driving skills. We made our way via three long toll roads and i named myself ‘Lady of the Tolls’, for how quickly i now have the hang of it.

We spent the night exhausted yet well, in a converted barn in very rural France that looked straight out of the set of ‘ello ‘ello! (TV series). In the morning before departure we looked right out to lines of vineyards and as we departed we noticed a little Templar Church right there. As fate would have it i forgot my hoodie and had to go back for it, so a walk around the Templar church it had to be!

A taste of rural France with hints of a Templar history

DAY THREE: THURSDAY 27th MARCH: Into Spain! Another 400 plus, mile journey took us right into the heart of Spain to San Martin de Valdetuer, right into the snowy capped mountains.

DAY FOUR: FRIDAY: 28th MARCH: A two night stay, at Casa de Turismo, mainly for a rest and to catch up on sleep, although a beautiful area we were simply there for a stopover and even though fate held out an uninvited hand with some very sad personal news from home, i was so glad i resting….

View from Casa de Turismo

DAY FIVE: SATURDAY 29th MARCH: A not too early start and on the road again, but this time to visit some spiritual Templar sites.

Palace of Gaudi: Astorga. Leon. Spain: Built by the Templars in the 13th Century. The original palace is now converted to a museum with artifacts of particular interest on the path, including a depiction of ‘Boaz’ surrounded by a circle. The Palace is on the el Camino trail (way of Santiago trail) and welcomes tourists and pilgrims alike. Astoria is a lively place with lots of eateries and individual shops where i picked up some lovely spices and oils to take home.

Iglesia de Nueestra. Senora de la O La Carrera de Otero. Leon. Spain: Historical Declaration 28th September 1973. A place where those whom sought the enlightenment of the realm were inducted. It was very quiet there on this very hot day and sadly we could not get inside. It was really in the middle of nowhere with not a single soul to be seen….

DAY SIX: SUNDAY 30th MARCH: After this fairly relaxing day, still contemplating my sad news, we drove to our next place of rest for a two night stay at the beautiful and relaxing El Vallin de Lan. Cerezales del Condadoin Spain, surrounded by beautiful and peaceful countryside.

DAY SEVEN: MONDAY 31st MARCH: We left the above lovely villa and drove through the beautiful Spanish countryside on this lovely sunny day to visit a ‘Trinity’ of very old and original Templar churches.

Iglesia parroquil de Santiago Apostol: A beautiful church that stood out in the landscape, but sadly closed and sadly unused, made of deep red brick like most of the buildings around these parts. It is said that it holds an artifact from 1615 CE, but as it was closed and unused we shall never know.. In the past it was a place of a great battle that occurred in 711 CE, the shortly after in 712 CE there are historical accounts of bright lights that “filled the sky”. Interestingly, as happens of a great many of our visits to Templar sites. we were being observed, being watched.

Considering we were in the middle of nowhere with not a glimpse of civilization in sight, an elderly couple were there before us, the little bent lady hardly being able to walk as her elderly male companion seeming ‘dragged’ her around the site. They walked around the building, smiled at us and then ‘vanished’ completely, into the ‘ether’, as they say. But where had they come from and where did they go? They had no transport and as i said the lady could hardly walk, but gone they most certainly were…

The whole area is very rural, off the beaten track with not a tourist in sight. Up in the slopes of lower the mountains one can see quite big traces of very early and impressive buildings of ancient civilizations, over quiet a large distance.

Parroquia catolica Santa Maria Del Castro: ‘Oldest place of Templars from 1168 CE’. Completed in1809 CE. In 1960 CE, a discovery was made at the church, that led to the formation of a group of locals that would protect the artifact indefinitely.

Parroquia catolica San Esterban: *Past Mosque 1128. Bursting with Templar energy, a place to visit for certain in a very quaint and charming old area.

We visited a ‘Trinity ‘of Templar churches, each with a unique history just waiting to be told…..

That afternoon we arrived for a two night stay at Casa Rural lamadretierra. Pandorado in Spain, high up in the mountains with lovely views.

DAY EIGHT: TUESDAY 1st APRIL: Leave Casa Rural lamadretierra in Spain on a journey into Portugal.

Castelo de Chaves. Praca de Camoes. Perugal: *Templars in residence from 1128 CE. Being built in 78 BCE makes this castle or rather tower remains an absolute must. Inside there is a small museum of militaria, then a climb to the top for the amazing view. There is reference or maybe a sighting here of the watchers, also known as the Igigi, with the pillars of Joachim and Boaz, for communication, a message, if needed. Also the outside walls have some interesting symbols on them too.

Stay at Casa cas Oliveras, Braga, Portugal for 3 nights.

DAY NINE: WEDNESDAY 2nd APRIL: Braga Catherdral. Se de Braga. Portugal: * in 409 CE were invading Germanic Tribes known as the ‘Barbarian Invasions’. Original construction in the 11th Century, renovations completed in the 13th Century, in the oldest city in Portugal, it stands so to mark this place in time. It was certainly very big and interesting with some very old and fascinating stone carvings and some beautiful paintings.

Bragga was lovely lively and historic, and we had a very nice lunch there too.

Roman Thermae of Maximinus: Braga. Portugal: Roman bath ruins covering quite a large area in the city. Excavated remains of a large Roman public bath complex active during the 1st – 3rd centuries BCE, whose construction was integrated into the urban renewal of the civitas of Bracara Augustas, the Roman provincial capital of Gallacia. The excavations are still being carried out here and much more to be found.

See more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Thermae_of_Maximinus

DAY NINE: WEDNESDAY 2nd APRIL (cont) Santuario de Nossa Senhora Catholic Church. Soutelo. (Sanctuary of our lady of Relief) Portugal: Founded in 1798 CE, this sanctuary, a Neo Gothic church, with a Latin cross plan. It is said that a ‘dormant portal’ lies within this said church. A Marian sanctuary located in the parish of Soutelo, district of Braga.