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I walked the descent yesterday and today. Yesterday from Rabanal to Acebo. Today from Acebo to Ponferrada. I did not have poles. It was not that difficult what I had expected. My strategy was to walk the descents very very slowly. Concentrating on each step. And stopping many times to enjoy the...
I have Kumo 36 of Gossamer Gear and have walked with it different sections of the Frances, Mozarabe, and VDLP. I am very happy with it, light and easy to operate. I want to walk as light as possible.
I have recently returned from the VDLP, walked from Seville to Merida. I enjoyed walking that section of the VDLP very much. On the way, I found the Wise Pilgrim app very useful, especially the map of the app. Even though the waymarking was mostly very good, in some places I missed the arrows...
Can anyone advice me how to copy the map of Happy Penguin to my iPhone? I am planning to start from Seville Nov 1 and continue to Mérida. Anyone else on the way around the same time? Happy Penguin, I am very grateful to the information that you share.
It has been so good to read this live report and comments on it. I have been considering walking VdlP from Sevilla to Mérida in the beginning of Nov. Reading this makes me feel that I might be able to do it! Thank you!
It was so good to walk today in a mild temperature. The days have been cold for quite a long time. The paths in the woods have been impassable due to thick snow cover. Therefore I was surprised to see a freshly walked path going from the road to the woods.
The path took me to a lean-to...
So beautiful pictures of beaches! Looks so distant from the middle of snow. I hope that there will be a day that I will walk on a beach and breathe the fresh mild sea air.
@islandwalker, many thanks for the information and resources. Watching the video brought back warm memories of walking on the Camino Mozarabe. Looking forward getting back to the routes.
We have got more snow every day. On my walk today I listened to arias of Händel.
The sun was close to shining, a rare sighting these days.
Walked mostly on the road but also on the soft snow.
Today I had a walk in Helsinki, the capital city of Finland. There was a kind of snow storm going on, and much less people around than usually. I walked along the Töölönlahti bay where you can normally see quite a number of walkers and runners and bikers. Now there was a man skiing with a baby...
I walked today around a small lake and stopped in two places. First on riihikirkko, a church in an old grain-drying barn. The church is in use primarily in summer time. There is very dark inside because there are no windows. I have been there earlier but did not get in this time. Later I stopped...
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