islandwalker

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- islandwalker reacted to digger's post in the thread Are you a hiker or a walker? with Love - Red heart.
  
  Perhaps the appropriate verb is chosen for us by location or circumstance: I’ve rambled on the Yorkshire Moors and tramped the Milford Track, Hiked half the Appalachian, still hoping to go back. I’ve trudged up half the Munros, been trekking in...
  
  Yesterday at 5:25 AM
- islandwalker reacted to LTfit's post in the thread Are you a hiker or a walker? with Like.
  
  Last year I walked in Nepal (definitely hiking!) with a group of British, Welsh and Scotsmen who used the term hill walking. I became familiar with that term before that when reading the Salt Path and subsequent books. Living in The Netherlands...
  
  Yesterday at 5:17 AM
- islandwalker replied to the thread Camino Portuguese from Huelva and... with a Cat.
  
  Here are 23 gpx tracks for routes by bike from Huelva to Lisbon...
  
  Thursday at 4:14 PM
- islandwalker replied to the thread Via Augusta in December 2022 - some thoughts.
  
  @Duntrune, if you'd find it helpful to see the gpx tracks the Asociacíon Gaditana Jacobea posted on Wikiloc for the Vía Augusta, scroll down toward the bottom of this page.
  
  Tuesday at 7:17 PM
- islandwalker reacted to Tincatinker's post in the thread the poetry of Mary Oliver with Love - Red heart.
  
  I always loved this stanza from The Summer Day: "Tell me, what is it you plan to do. With your one wild and precious life?"
  
  Jul 17, 2024
- islandwalker reacted to rainswift's post in the thread the poetry of Mary Oliver with Love - Red heart.
  
  The Journey One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice -- though the whole house began to tremble and you felt the old tug at your ankles. "Mend my life!" each voice cried...
  
  Jul 17, 2024
- islandwalker reacted to VNwalking's post in the thread the poetry of Mary Oliver with Love - Red heart.
  
  That's one of my favorites. Here's another, a prose poem: I OWN A HOUSE I own a house, small but comfortable. In it is a bed, a desk, a kitchen, a closet, a telephone. And so forth—you know how it is: things collect. Outside the summer...
  
  Jul 17, 2024
- islandwalker reacted to peregrina2000's post in the thread GR22 - Historical Villages of Portugal with Like.
  
  I was in 4 or 5 of those towns last November, but I don’t remember seeing any markings at all for walkers. But wow, those are some of the nicest old towns in Portugal, all linked by a walking path! There is a lot of info about the aldeias...
  
  Jul 15, 2024
- islandwalker reacted to LTfit's post in the thread LIVE from the Camino New Hip on an "Old" Camino with Like.
  
  View from my hostel room window around the corner from the Cathedral. I arrived 3 days early so too late to book San Martín Pinario. I'll be staying there when I come back from Finisterre.
  
  Jul 9, 2024
- islandwalker reacted to LTfit's post in the thread LIVE from the Camino New Hip on an "Old" Camino with Like.
  
  Day 13 July 8, 2024 Silleda - Santiago 40+ km Arrived in Santiago in one piece without complaints 😊. The weather was perfect for walking, cloudy and a cool 19 degrees. The city and Cathedral are very busy, lots of groups arriving in Santiago...
  
  Jul 9, 2024
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