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  1. Paladina

    Dealing with Vertigo: Seeking Solutions for Balance Issues

    I am currently learning by trial, more often error, how to cope with vertigo (n.b. not acrophobia). Although the spinning sensation has abated, I'm still having problems with balance. In need of physical support, I've retrieved the single walking pole previously used only when climbing and...
  2. Paladina

    Walking and cycling after skin cancer

    Having recently received the results of a biopsy confirming skin cancer in my lower leg, I’ve been searching the forum for appropriate advice on walking or cycling the camino after surgery. Although I’ve discovered several inspiring accounts of the determination of survivors of more radical...
  3. Paladina

    alas, poor Murillo!

    Experts call for regulation after latest botched art restoration in Spain https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/22/experts-call-for-regulation-after-latest-botched-art-restoration-in-spain?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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    A poem from yesterday for today

    This poem has assumed new meaning for those of us who are now unable to walk: Paying Calls I went by footpath and by stile Beyond where bustle ends, Strayed here a mile and there a mile, And called upon...
  5. Paladina

    The Camino de Santiago and the Irish Slough of Despond

    This is how and where my camino begins:
  6. Paladina

    Calzada de los Blendios: information sought

    Has anyone taken this route from Santander to Carrion de los Condes? As I've taken the no-fly pledge - no, I'm not proposing to re-open a locked thread! - I'll be starting and ending the Spanish section of this year's bicigrination in Santander and would like to follow the roads less travelled...
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    Why Do Adventure Snobs Hate The Camino De Santiago?

    Here's an old post from another forum that may interest you: https://tomallen.info/adventure-snobs-hate-camino-de-santiago/
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    An Irish medieval pilgrim memento

    Wandering around the Keepers of the Gael exhibition in Galway City Museum - a welcome refuge from the annual Christmas shopping spree - I spotted an unusual object on display: part of a cast bronze riding stirrup bearing an ornamental plate in the form of a well-worn scallop shell. Form has...
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    June start on the Camino Mozarabe

    Third time running - or rather, cycling - this time from Malaga, a little later in the year than I would have liked. Arriving June 4, departing from Santander July 1, reaching Santiago at some unspecified time between those dates. No route plans, no reservations, no expectations, some...
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    Charitable Celtic Camino coastal walk in May

    I’m hoping to take part in the Celtic Camino coastal walk from Bray to Dublin on Sunday May 5 in aid of the Caroline Foundation for cancer research. Are any other forum members willing to walk that day? Further details on the caminosociety.ie site.
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    A flower for St James

    In Idle Days in Patagonia (1893) the naturalist W. H. Hudson devotes the final chapter to a discussion of the lemon yellow evening primrose. From his description it is apparent that he is referring to the fragrant variety (oenothera stricta) that many pilgrims will have observed on the Camino...
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    The latest amateur restoration job in Asturias

    Will this lure you away from the Camino? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/mary-and-jesus-given-garish-robes-in-botched-spanish-restoration
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    Camino Voyage film show in Galway

    If you haven’t yet seen the outstanding Irish documentary The Camino Voyage you have the opportunity to do so next week at the Galway Film Fleadh. It will be screened on Wednesday July 11 at 18.00 in the Town Hall Theatre. Tickets are still available, but they’re selling fast.
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    Hidden in plain sight: a Santiago gem

    If you tire of being a tourist in Santiago, and even if you don’t, I recommend taking a walk up the hill beyond the Seminario Menor to the Bosque de Galicia, the civic celebration of its status as regional city of culture. Over the past three years this 34-hectare wasteland has been planted with...
  15. Paladina

    Yes, you can cycle from Seville airport into the city

    To all potential VdlP bicigrinos who have been wondering if it is possible to cycle from Seville airport, from today’s experience I can now confirm that it is. A compressed sand track running parallel to the autovia takes you to the outskirts of the city, after which there is a good network of...
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    Pilgrim with a harp and a message for the Pope

    Caministas of either sex might be interested in this woman’s pilgrimage from Clonakilty to Rome. Have at look at her website at theflautingharper.com
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    The lure of the open road

    My second camino begins as soon as I’ve sat my Spanish exam this Spring. I’ll arrive at Seville on May 22, spend a couple of days exploring the city before setting out on the open road - just me and my beloved bicycle, some bike tools, books, bivvy bag and a change of clothes. The only plan...
  18. Paladina

    Are you walking in this wintry weather?

    Who is walking in this unseasonably harsh weather, and how are you coping with the conditions? I wish all intrepid walkers a safe pilgrimage and a warm welcome at your journey’s end.
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    New ferry route from Cork to Santander

    Pilgrims travelling from Ireland will welcome the announcement from Brittany Ferries of a new service from Cork to Santander, scheduled to run twice a week from April onwards. How nice not to have to travel via the UK! Postscript: Sadly, this service does not accept foot passengers or cyclists...
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    A 'once in a lifetime' experience?

    Earlier this summer, in Calzadilla de la Cueza, I met a woman who was walking to Santiago from her home in Belgium. She had taken leave from work in order to do so, and was adamant that she would not undertake the journey a second time. Like a medieval pilgrim, she said, 'you only do it once in...

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