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A special thank you to Dave Whitson for his shortcuts on the GR 65. We had a beautiful day walking by the river Lot into Cahors instead of the regular route. It takes a lot of work to create guidebooks and I am grateful for all who do this for us.
Here is an interesting map of (most of) the Caminos de Santiago, done in the style of a metro map.
https://coolhispania.blogspot.com/2024/01/mapa-metro.html
This was a headline in the Gazeta de Vallodolid which I came across today.
It would probably be better described as “Old” Camino route identified.
I have paraphrased using Google translate.
It seems a dig by the University Archaeology...
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Long time no see! Happy to report that I am, in fact, alive and kicking, and did not end up dying of dramatism, or pesto poisoning, or even just pure exhaustion. In hindsight, the “November by the latest” catchup is positively...
A couple of my Camino friends have posted Facebook links to this song by Sean Hampton today. Those of us who spent Covid lockdowns here in the UK are probably very familiar with the strange phenomenon of the sudden popularity of sea shanties at...
I’m old enough to remember newspaper clipping services (before the Internet) and I appreciate Bradypus posting Camino articles for us from the Spanish press. Thank you.
On the Caminho Nascente in Portugal we saw several ‘Careful: Wild Cattle’ (or similar) signs. One such time we saw them ahead of us and had a long-distance staring contest until they moved away. That moment created one of my favourite photos from...
I cannot give you advice about Gebennensis because I do not walk on it. I met a number of people who walked on it: it seems to offer nice sceneries but is demanding and quite lonely.
However, I walk Podiensis. Some people think Le Puy-Cahors is...
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