- Time of past OR future Camino
- Oct/Nov 2022_Mozarabe from Almeria
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January 1990. A bus between Pokhara and Kathmandu in Nepal. An older gent sitting in the bus seat behind me. A very young goat sticking its head out between the buttons of his tweed jacket and bleating mournfully. Somewhere far off I could hear a plaintive bleat in return. With a fair bit of mime I asked where the mother was. The man pointed up through the roof to the luggage rack on top of the bus. Sure enough an hour or so later we saw him climb up a ladder and retrieve mama-goat from the roof then chase her for a couple of hundred yards as she put as much distance from the bus as she could!the train's cancelled, now I'm on a bus with a chicken on my lap . . . whatever . . . : ).
I think that's my main objection to a packaged tour. Why pay a high premium to have someone else do my thinking for me and restrict my options? How do they know where and how far I'd like to walk each day?It struck me as a reasonable price to pay for not having to plan, research or even think much. Get out of minibus, walk as directed, get back in minibus, get to hotel, eat as directed, repeat…
Cheapskate! I remember this advert from a while back. I wonder if inflation has bumped it into the luxury bracket....I’ve just been offered 15 days on the Invierno for £1300. Wine, food and Orujo extra. It struck me as a reasonable price to pay for not having to plan, research or even think much.
In 2021 on the way after Arcade there were several mini bus loads embarking together it was pouring with rain.When I walked from Porto to Santiago in 2019 I saw more people who were on a tour than I have seen on the Camino Francés.
Think again.And I don't think we'll see them as we pass through the Meseta!
Ok, will you meet me at Shoreham airport?Meanwhile, any one in need of a fully curated pub crawl in Shoreham by Sea, kebabs optional. My rates are reasonable
Time to get really off-topic: Alec Clifton-Taylor in his "The Pattern of English Building" (the bible of vernacular building studies in England) comprehensively exploded the myth that re-purposed ship's timbers were ever used to construct timber-framed houses. Now I sit back and wait.@Barbara No problem. We can make a start with the 16th Century Red Lion, move on to the Amsterdam, reputedly, but unlikely, to have been built with the timbers of a wrecked Dutch merchant ship and then The Swiss Cottage, now the sad remnant of a spectacular Victorian pleasure garden comes next. After which we lose sight of the airport….
I’m not sure that the weekly flight from Le Touquet runs at this time of year, so see you in the Spring
Oh, that's not a problem. My other activity is aviation. I'll fly myself, but not until the weather is better. Little aeroplanes and winter weather don't mix well.@Barbara No problem. We can make a start with the 16th Century Red Lion, move on to the Amsterdam, reputedly, but unlikely, to have been built with the timbers of a wrecked Dutch merchant ship and then The Swiss Cottage, now the sad remnant of a spectacular Victorian pleasure garden comes next. After which we lose sight of the airport….
I’m not sure that the weekly flight from Le Touquet runs at this time of year, so see you in the Spring
As long as the beer is good....Time to get really off-topic: Alec Clifton-Taylor in his "The Pattern of English Building" (the bible of vernacular building studies in England) comprehensively exploded the myth that re-purposed ship's timbers were ever used to construct timber-framed houses. Now I sit back and wait.
Tinkers and winter weather don’t mix as well as they used to do neither. The trick is to catch that time when the beer is still cool enough and the sunshine warms the bonesOh, that's not a problem. My other activity is aviation. I'll fly myself, but not until the weather is better. Little aeroplanes and winter weather don't mix well.
With the greatest respect to my esteemed colleague, you would be going to the wrong end of the country for that.As long as the beer is good....
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