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Can I recommend a quick visit to a good physiotherapist. Recently I have discovered there is so much I didn’t know about how my body works and which muscles support what. And I have been a yoga practitioner for years. But there is always more to...
People asking why but mindless destruction has no explanation. Here in the UK there is a popular hike along Hadrian's wall. Along the way is a place called Sycamore gap which is one of the most photographed trees in the world, it featured in...
I do not have an answer as to the why but I do have a speculation. As a place that encourages a break it also encourages a bathroom break. I can imagine a property owner growing weary of the toilet paper and human feces that has become so common...
Between Villafranca Montes de Oca and San Juan de Ortega there was a great resting place with benches, totem poles andvarious wooden art. A place of good vibes.
It is now completely demolished: someone has used chain saws to ruin it completely...
It depends on one's intentions. Always good to have some information and knowledge, but people differ with their level of comfort with uncertainty. I am leaving on May 22nd on my first Camino, with some knowledge but also trust that it will...
I learnt something in this area lately.
Some Spanish friends visited Aotearoa New Zealand recently and they told me that they were deliberately having an unplanned trip.
They brought a dice with them and each morning they made a list of...
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