Do you remember that night in the Turmo hut?

"20 April 1990 /
Hi chata, how are you /
Are you surprised that I am writing to you?
Such a long time is normal /
Well, I was here alone /
I had started to remember /
I became melancholy/
And I had to talk to you /
Do you remember that night in the hut del Turmo?"

Perhaps it is the song of a generation; the song of melancholy in the lyrics of this song. And all those memories around the night in a cabin. "20 April"by the Celtas Cortos, and the Cabaña del Turmowill echo in a loop in the minds of that whole generation - mine, by the way.

Few people know that the famous hut is in reality a shepherd's hut in the heart of the Pyrenees. In the heart of Posets-Maladeta Natural ParkIn the Estós Valley, at an altitude of 2,000 metres, surrounded by mountain meadows and high peaks, is this small hut owned by the Monte de Estós Community of Assets, used to shelter shepherds from the inclement weather. You can visit it if you are on the GR 11, the GR 11 route, on your way to the Estós Hut.

But, like the life of many of these shelters, it gradually deteriorated as the winters passed. Until it found a new lease of life in a micro-patronage campaign, with the aim of raising funds for its refurbishment..

La Cabaña del Turmo has a lot of pull, and the funds were raised to give it the face-lift and the presence with which it is known today. And I suppose it has little to do with that night that the song recalls. Today technology has reached the hut and it even has its own panels and autogenerator. Those patrons who participated enjoyed an August night in the Turmo hut, surely an unforgettable experience for any Celtic fan.

A videoclip is already being prepared for the song - it never had one - and Celtas Cortos returned to the Cabaña del Turmo in November 2017 to record it.

"Do you remember that night in the Turmo hut?
The laughs we all used to have together /
Today there is hardly anyone left of the old /
And those that are, have changed /
They have changed, yes.