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Great thread!
Loved Granon and Gaulcelmo.
Last Camino Frances had a great time and was so well looked after by a great German hospitalero in the parroquial in Bercianos. Communal meal and a really lovely ceremony
Albergue de peregrinos on Forrester in Porto on the Portuguese, 2 miles or so...
Thanks! I got covid on return and long covid, and still have longer term health impacts from that time like asthma. I returned last year and walked again. I really wanted the experience of walking out of the desert, so I restarted in Burgos and walked to Sarria
https://covid19andtheendofthecamino.wordpress.com/2020/04/19/the-state-of-emergency-and-the-end-of-the-camino-escaping-spain-before-lockdown/
My story is on my blog.
The 2020 date likely gives it away!!!
I hope you recover quickly x
I thought about this then realised since I live in Manchester and could explain far better in English what I wanted I would do it here. I am really pleased I did because it's my first tattoo and I had not realised there is quite a lot of aftercare. Washing, sterile cleaning, wrapping in cling...
So much love for this post!
My favourite find last year was the parish hostel in bercianos with a communal meal and washing up, a walk to watch the sunset and a little ceremony for everyone.
It's ten years today since I first set out on my first pilgrimage
Apparently they are addictive!!
I got this tattoo to celebrate
Am waiting for my right foot to recover from surgery so I can do the primitivo next, God willing :)
Love this thread!
Water bladder so I don't have to stop to drink. I find I don't drink enough otherwise
Talismans - a st Christopher, a tiny angel and an icthus fish badge given by 3 friends.
I always buy a rosary en route
Absolutely shed loads of plasters!
A notebook. I love writing. I write...
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