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Oh, and I have to add the "art work" I made after inspiration from my previous Caminos - looking forward to the new inspiration I get from this one.
Tufted rug
Inspiration from my Camino 2017
I just started today volunteering at Betania, a wonderful small Donativo at the far end of Pamplona old town. It just opened last summer; all bunk beds (no mats!), usually 14 beds but in a pinch can expand to 18, and with plans to expand in the...
This book by Katherine Lack landed on my doormat last week. I ordered it having found her Frontstalag 142, The Internment Diary of an English Lady fascinating, not least because my grandmother and aunt must have been interned with Fanny Twemlow...
...I am on day eight of walking the Francés at the moment. It is quite busy. A lot of talk about beds (and the need to book ahead).
I don't book.
Today I tried really hard not to get a bed. I really tried.
Got up late. Took my time to pack...
Day 9: O Pedrouzo - Santiago de Compostela 19.4km
We left at 6.15am this morning, and a flashlight was very necessary to navigate through the forest in the pitch black!
I was so eager to get to Santiago, but tried hard to stay in the moment and...
Day 1: Ponferrada to Villafranca del Bierzo - 24.2km
I set off at 8.15am today and have had a wonderful walk. I was pleased to get out of Ponferrada and its suburbs - it felt so freeing to be in the countryside with just my bag and my walking...
While the entire Frances route is wonderful, the excitement of finishing your walk by going down the stairs, past thr bagpiper and into the plaza facing the Cathedral can't be matched ( it just to me wouldn't seem the same to arrive from the...
The walk is full of celebration and , for me, quite emotional. Met lots of interesting people in those last stages too. Personally, I feel it is part of the experience but we areall different.
I walked along the VF last spring, May 16-June 9.
It's a beautiful route, and a completely different experience from France or Spain. I haven't been able to put my thoughts in coherent order, even after 8 months, so this is just going to be a...
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