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Having walked the Camino Madrid last year may I suggest you take a day or 3 extra and visit Segovia - a mere 100km from Madrid. A magical city and 30mins by train from Madrid. It was a highlight of the Madrid Camino.
Too funny.. would be useful for our lockdown urban caminos here. Doing a short walk with pack n whatsapp-ing with fellow pilgrims I was to be walking with today for a tea break !
Hi... thort I would try teaching myself to sketch in the afternoons enroute iso just taking photos. Then discovered Ian Fennelly sketch paintings and UrbanSletchCourse.com has a course by him. So just started that (USD249 can be paid in installments). Tried to get some Kiwi Pilgrims on Camino...
Another Kiwi supposed to be starting camino de Lana tomorrow.. sitting at home doing Urban Sketchers course to hone skills for next year. Best wishes to the people of Spain who are obviously doing it much tougher than us here.
Walking the Annapurna Circuit years ago I spent time watching the porters walk who were carrying up to 80kg ! Porters always 'bounce' as they walk ...in other words they engage their thighs and have a very regular bouncy walk. It seems counter intuitive to bounce up and down using your thighs...
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