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    Drinking water @hotels

    Call me a sceptic but my bet is they’re all potable! I think the locals figured out if they mark them non-potable, we’ll spend more buying their drinks. jmho
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    No worries…I expected some of this. There’s no perfect path anywhere, I’ve found. Even if there was, Mother Nature can make short work of an otherwise good hike. I’d assumed the paths were maintained by local volunteers. The homemade benches going into Astorga were definitely a work of locals, I...
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Relatively few pilgrims, maybe 15 or so since Pamplona 8 of whom are from S. Korea. Not much to compare to any of the Triple Crown trails in the U.S. Virtually all of Castillo y Leon has been on what I’d call a one lane gravel road! It’s fast hiking and flat as a pancake. The biggest thing is...
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Leon was an excellent choice to spend Christmas! Thoroughly enjoyed my time there and would recommend a couple days if you have time. Here are some photos of the past week or so.
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Find me on Americans on the Camino, also
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Castill y Leon
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Dawn slept in today, simply rolled over and hit the snooze! There were no crimson apricot sunrise clouds, no warming rays shining down in Rembrandt light. These last morning’s have begrudgingly transitioned from deep darkness to a low hanging grey illusion of what a day might really be. Morning...
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Excellent tip!
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    I really wish I knew that!

    As long as you’re in a marked crosswalk and there isn’t a walk/don’t walk light, vehicles actually stop for you, !! As a matter of courtesy, I will motion them to pass if I’m not ready to cross. Sometimes I’m being more of a tourist than a hiker or I’m checking my phone for directions.
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    No not on that descent… day 3 in Georgia along the Appalachian Trail. She flew into Atlanta, bought everything under the sun for hiking and camping, had prepared in advance for mail/food drops to be mailed from British Columbia, literally spent several thousand dollars and an intense year...
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Thank you, Chrissy. I’m humbled you appreciate my thoughts put into words.
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Such a compliment! I hadn’t planned on writing a book. In fact, based on many of the initial responses I’d received to my query regarding the initial climb at the start, I didn’t think I’d write anything at all, just some photos now and again. Everyone experiences a pilgrimage differently. But...
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Initially, I was fairly sure the complete lack of fellow pilgrims was because of a “bubble “. Along many long routes you’ll often encounter many of the same people. They become your bubble. However, I’m beginning to think there are so few on this Camino because of winter? The other possibility...
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    LIVE from the Camino @TiedyeAT on the Camino Francés

    Your compliments are so kind. Thank you from the depths of my creativity.
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