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  1. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino On the Vía Künig

  2. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino On the Vía Künig

    A long day, much longer than I expected. At 7am Ursa Major was encircling the towers of the monastery, with Venus blazing bright to the east. And Maximilian, the very cuddly monastery cat, coming out for a last purr. Such perfect weather is simply not normal for my November and December...
  3. The Great Bear over Sobrado dos Monxes

    The Great Bear over Sobrado dos Monxes

    The Great Bear over Sobrado dos Monxes
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    • Category: El Camino del Norte
  4. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino On the Vía Künig

    No fireworks today. Casa Benigno opens at 7, and I was leaving Friol by a very pleasant little riverside park by 8. A quiet day, mostly off tarmac, partly through calf depth puddles, but nothing like as bad as a few weeks ago, when some of the bridges "over" the Mera were actually in it. The...
  5. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino On the Vía Künig

    At shortly after first light I was crossing the Miño on the Ponte Romana, having passed my first xunta camino hito - 98,700 metres to go, on the Primitivo. The 4th place one of my caminos has crossed the Miño - on the Geira e dos Arrieiros, on the Sanabrés, on the Invierno, and here. I continued...
  6. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino On the Vía Künig

    At breakfast in the truckstop this morning, a trucker asked me where I'd started from. “¿Porto Sagunt? ¡¿Sagunto, Valencia?! ¡Madre mía!“ For a slightly dull day in Galicia, a bit of Galicia-themed music seemed appropriate, so Delibes' Coppelia went on the headphones. I had been confused to...
  7. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino On the Vía Künig

    I was the only person staying in the comfortable pensión in Becerreá - Os Ancares. I never even met the landlord, who let me in by wifi, and turned on the heating in the same way. The only low tech element was leaving 30€ out in cash when I left in the morning. A café was open at 7.30, and then...
  8. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino On the Vía Künig

    The rosy fingered dawn over Pedrafita was very pretty, with Venus high in the east. The camino leaves town and heads sharply upwards to about 1250m, followed by nearly 8km along a magnificent high ridge, with spectacular views to every side. At one point an eagle was circling below me...
  9. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino On the Vía Künig

    In the 1490s, a German monk called Hermann Künig walked from Vach to Santiago and back again, recording his trip in 651 verses. After the Codex Calixtinus, it is almost certainly the first guidebook to the Camino, and the first to give details on where to stay, what to eat and which innkeeper...
  10. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino A few days on the Olvidado

    Some 80 of us seem to have slept in Cabañas Raras this year, the most recent at the end of October. Gloves and woolly hat needed for the beautiful clear cold frosty autumn morning, with the camino (relatively) soon leaving the main road and following a cañada real through woods and vines. Woods...
  11. alansykes

    Künig or Invierno?

    Künig it is. Starting tomorrow from Villafranca del Bierzo. Wish me luck.
  12. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino A few days on the Olvidado

    It seemed to rain much of the night, but was merely spitting when I set off. Following the Camino Francés for a couple of km, before splitting off to head for the Barcena reservoir, rejoining the Olvidado. At the Madrileña bar in Cubillos del Sil - very pilgrim friendly - Sánchez' investiture...
  13. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino A few days on the Olvidado

    Another quiet day. The albergue had an expensive Krups coffee machine which, sadly, I was not competent to use, despite several attempts. So I had some instant heated in the microwave. Still better than the caffeine-free departures of several of the previous days. The camino roughly follows the...
  14. alansykes

    Künig or Invierno?

    I sent Álvaro Lazaga a whatsapp asking which he would recommend, and got the reply "Künig sin duda". When I challenged him about the knee deep puddles on his video he admitted "inmensos charrrrrrrcos". Ender (who is clearly keen I finish the Olvidado and not skive off at Ponferrada) says I can...
  15. alansykes

    Künig or Invierno?

    tomorrow I expect to arrive in Ponferrada from the Olvidado. I then have two options: either walk the Invierno again, or try the Via Künig, going through Lugo (capital) for the first time. I loved the Invierno, but it might be good to try a different route. Any opinions, especially from people...
  16. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino A few days on the Olvidado

    Leaving Igüeña at first light, the Olvidado moves relatively gently back to over 1000m, today in mixed sun and light cloud, with views backwards to what I missed yesterday. Passing the broken cross at Cercenada and on over beautiful mixed heath. The first view of the Bierzo proper is...
  17. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino A few days on the Olvidado

    The albergue in Vegarienza must be one of the quietest and most peaceful places on earth. Simply wonderful. And kind Estela, the hospitalera, leaves out some milk and powdered coffee and magdalenas so pilgrims can leave in the morning with caffeine and calories. Which is very necessary, as the...
  18. alansykes

    LIVE from the Camino A few days on the Olvidado

    I did the Cistierna to Boñar stage of the Olvidado a week or so ago. Quiet woodland roads, the occasional flooded section, but pretty in the autumn colours, even on a dull day. In Boñar I had to send postcards to one of my brothers and a nephew, both with Bonar as their unusual middle names. The...
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    IMG_20231109_151119.jpg

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    • Category: Camino de San Salvador
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