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Yes, that is another (more universal) issue. I have stopped flying within (mainland) Spain because of the climate crisis, but that often means longer and more expensive journeys.
Ok, so regretfully the final day of my Invierno adventure was upon me.
Yago didn’t know about Pico Sacre. As for me, my head was willing but my body was giving me signs that it wouldn’t too thrilled about a little 150m climbing side trip. It had...
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...
A couple days ago I started the Camino Madrid from Segovia. Some of you may recall that I posted a few months ago looking for a relatively flat Camino to test out my body to find out if I could make another try on the Camino Frances where I had...
OK, somebody needs to clue in those of us who have not walked this route.
I am looking at Gronze and Google Maps satellite view and it does look like there is a viable alternate route crossing the river near a small pond. (Assuming I found the...
I was on the Nascente last week and came across a field full of cows - possibly the same place. Blithely started walking through them (I’ve lived in the countryside all my life and am used to cattle) and then spotted the bull watching me walking...
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