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[QUOTE="john newman, post: 806419, member: 32437"] This is my blog post (johnstravels.co.nz) for 2nd June 2019, day 55 on the Camino. “ What a day. Good execution overcomes shocking planning. A nice 27k walk with a cliff top path. I should have known when I went to leave this morning and my phone hadn’t been charging overnight; I should have known when the other phone had zero charge; I should have known when the turn for the coastal alternative was unmarked; I should have known when there was no signage of a Camino; I should have known when the wise pilgrim app took me down an unmarked track through gorse and blackberry; I should have known when a woman yelled out to me to say I wasn’t on the Camino de Santiago. “This is not your day, John.” But by then I had that horrible sinking feeling that I knew exactly where I was, I had seen pics of it on the forum and made a mental note that you wouldn’t find me dead there. As Liam would say “This is a REALLY bad idea, Poppa”. But by then I was committed, 6km from the turnoff and a 40km day if I was to go back. I looked ahead and saw a shear face with a faint sign of a track and the sea steeply below. It was gentle at first, but slippery with sand, then steep and finally towards the top, hand over hand, (I didn't take any photos here) all four limbs climbing. And I didn’t dare look down. I’ll let the pictures do the rest. I’ve not been breathless at all on this Camino but at the top I was very distressed. Then coming down was hard too. There’s a picture looking back at a mountain, I went around the cliffs on the left and then down the face that is facing the camera. I’m in Laredo, in a nice two star hotel. Some French people want me to join them for dinner but I think I’m too tired, I’ll have something to eat close by. Before I finish I must get it on the record that Castro Urdiales is an absolute gem. Plenty to see, beaches and hundreds of bars and restaurants. And virtually no foreigners except a handful of pilgrims. This will be the day I remember the Camino by. ” John [/QUOTE]
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