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Ok... Time to moan...
Having kept a positive head for as long as possible I feel I have to mention the disappointment of the so called 'Coast of Death' route between Fisterra and Muxia...
Towards the end of this tedious walk where no sea is ever seen, there is a deliberate wrong sign taking...
Thanks, Cheynee,
I haven't managed the same amount of compassion for the thief that stole my fresh milk from the aubergue fridge in Ponferrada, but I'm working on it!
Bless you Steven, always good to receive a positive response. I've taken it really slow as I am just leaving Triacastella now. I left on the 19th of September from St Jean! Is this a new snail's record? I hope so!
Just found hotspot in Biarritz station...
Train times 1015 to Bayonne. 1048 to St Jean arrive 1210.
Or.. The one this lazy bones has caught after a leisurely morning in the youth hostel! (Only €21 including breakfast) lovely folk there.
1251 to Bayonne and then 1455 to St Jean arrives at...
No one knows this for sure... Many Christian shrines are built or have borrowed and adapted to old pre- Christian sites, so why not paths too? You are totally correct that the Camino in its present form is a Catholic Pilgrimage , but I disagree that it was never important or conceivable as a...
I like your take on this. The 'divine' or whatever this means to folk takes many forms. For me it's all about light and consciousness and I am inspired by the Norse myths because they highlight an underlying truth if you can unpick the interpretations.
Anything that divides folk and causes...
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