A good person to consult is your hospitalero - they often have a lot of experience with blisters and can give guidance on visiting a medical centre if necessary. Main point is to prevent infection - betadine can help, and cut up pieces of sanitary towel under a plaster or bandage can provide...
Buen camino! I walked end of June through July in 2017 from SJPdP. You will have a chance to get used to the heat as you start off in cooler climes and then it gets hotter as you go further into Spain. When it starts getting really hot, start earlier - we even set off in the dark a couple of...
Thank you. My mother and I are flying into A Coruna tomorrow before heading to Sarria. I wanted to avoid flying into SdC, so my mum can experience walking into the city.
Can anyone recommend an airport transfer service from the airport of A Coruna to our hotel in the city of A Coruna? I was hoping the hotel would do it, but they are telling me to just get an airport taxi. The snag is that I want to have a proper transfer organised in case I am delayed and my mum...
Hiked from Pocuvadlo lake up to Sitno which is the highest mountain in these parts - a mere 1007m. Great view and a nice talk with a local geologist till we were distracted by a 7-year-old with no parents in sight who came up and had to be persuaded not to toddle off the cliff. Parents arrived...
I've gone to Pocuvadlo lake - I've done a couple of circuits of a small hill next to the lake today. I saw butterflies, bees, a bird of prey, wagtails, a nuthatch, fish in the lake and I saw the signs of wild pigs in the woods but luckily didn't meet any.
I took and enjoyed Laurie Lee's account of his travels on foot around Spain in 'As I Walked out one Midsummer's morning'. I had a kobo with me though, so I also had The Pilgrimage Road, Basho's haikus, the Bible and some Xena fan fiction. You never know what you might need. :)
I am so glad the rose windows have survived unscathed. Well done to the firefighters! It sounds like they battled hard to prevent the complete destruction of the cathedral.
I sometimes study courses on-line at the Coursera website, and I thought I would recommend one on here called The Age of Cathedrals:
https://www.coursera.org/learn/age-of-cathedrals
It focuses on French cathedrals and I have just been learning about the beautiful rose windows in Notre Dame de...
Another walk up to the watchtower - this time I did the circular route that goes under the old ski jump. The trees are starting to blossom and I saw a small bird of prey hunting.
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