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I new here on the boards and this is my first post. Just got back from spending 9 days in Sochi, Russia. Spent everyday walking 5 to 7 kilometers around the city which is really hilly. I was hoping someone here might be able to tell me what kind of distances I should be walking in order to be more prepared for the Camino?
Start slow. When you get out first thing in the morning walk to the nearest place to get coffee. Once the staff starts to recognize you extend that further by walking to a bar. Optionally you can take a break anywhere with a brief stop at a church.I was hoping someone here might be able to tell me what kind of distances I should be walking in order to be more prepared for the Camino?
Defiantly the best advice I've seenStart slow. When you get out first thing in the morning walk to the nearest place to get coffee. Once the staff starts to recognize you extend that further by walking to a bar. Optionally you can take a break anywhere with a brief stop at a church.
WOW! Love the circular arch! Lovely architecture - but sad to see so many derelict....brought back memories of Spain in many ways. S xxI am trying to branch out, so yesterday I cycled all the way down to Amish country, only to remember that it was Sunday so none of the buggies would be out.But it was still a very nice ride over some new terrain — lots of falling down houses and barns, which made me wonder what happened to these places that were once so loved.
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!Stewart Island, NZ
This is perforce our Collective motto now!Not quite the Camino, but it’ll do.
KirkieThe above seems to be a link to my blog. My blog! I find that so hilarious, as if I had nothing else to do but keep a blog!!!If you are interested, and if I succeed in giving the correct link - have a peek at some of the many interesting spots along the Dublin quays.A stroll along the Quays, Dublin, Ireland, Friday 13th November, 2020
Such a glorious day! this is to whet your appetite, should you ever have some tie to just wander along the quays in Dublin, Today as yesterday – only yesterday? – it was a truly gloriou…wp.me
The link above is a trip down memory lane, with wonderful images capturing the harsher times before any Celtic Tiger roared and then was quieted...
if the link does not work, to my blog, it is a Wordpress document and maybe kirkie47 will take you there. I am sorry I am not too good at finding the way to reach it. the name of the document is A stroll along the Quays, Dublin...
Don’t hold off. This thread is precisely for such as you are posting, and thank you!This one is about 25 minutes away by foot.
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There are lots more but I will hold off until I am sure others want to see these here.
The corn fields look like home to me. Is that a tree house for children in the picture? I think it is a great idea to branch out with short drives in the car to new walking routes. This one is very nice!Drove to the next town. New circular route. Mostly forest
Lately, doing so many short local walks, I have begun to do exactly that and it has been beneficial for mental health reasons after being sequestered for so long.I think it is a great idea to branch out with short drives in the car to new walking routes.
The corn fields look like home to me. Is that a tree house for children in the picture? I think it is a great idea to branch out with short drives in the car to new walking routes. This one is very nice!
Please!There are lots more but I will hold off until I am sure others want to se
Sabine, what a lovely town..it must be a pleasure to work thereSome time to spend in between housecalls today so took some pics of the town in lockdown.
The abbeytower and the fountains.
The main church.
The town hall, now only used for ceremonies and tourist office.
Onze Lieve Vrouwekerk met schatkamer - Toerisme Sint-Truiden
Deze gotische kerk, gelegen…www.visitsinttruiden.be
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Annette, I consider you extremely lucky, as well! Hard to believe you live on the fringes of London, yet have all this beauty in nature not far away.Sabine, what a lovely town..it must be a pleasure to work there
For us another walk through lanes and leaves
An arrow to guide us, otherwise we'd probably have got lost...but what's new there!
A bridge across the M25 notorious motorway. And .boy could we smell the fumes as we passed over it to the little church
Some mushrooms of some kind...maybe they are fungi as there are signs nit to pick the fungi...not sure
And the cattle are working hard too...
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Thanks Crissy,Annette, I consider you extremely lucky, as well! Hard to believe you live on the fringes of London, yet have all this beauty in nature not far away.
For those of you who want to know a little more about the Coast Track, check out my blog post at https://tinyurl.com/y423pvcb and be sure to add it to your itinerary when we can all travel freely again.The Coast Track in the Royal National Park, Sydney Australia. 26KM with an overnight camp about 18KM in, right on the beach at North Era. An absolutely beautiful little trek.
Sabine, you never told us you lived in such a beautiful town!!Some time to spend in between housecalls today so took some pics of the town in lockdown.
For many of us your photos are incredibly exotic — thank you for posting them!Maybe not as inspiring as a day on the camino but still.....
Sabine, you never told us you lived in such a beautiful town!!
@Theatregal, do you take these stunning pictures with your phone?A beautiful morning and a chance for a long walk along the dyke path. With the rain of the past days and high tides, the pasture of a farm along the tidal flats was flooded. Barn day for the cows!
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A good idea!The second picture looks like it could be the cover of a holiday/Christmas card. So beautiful!
I’ve been wondering this myself. I suspect not!@Theatregal, do you take these stunning pictures with your phone?
With both my phone and camera. These are with my phone - I didn't want to carry my heavier camera this morning@Theatregal, do you take these stunning pictures with your phone?
With both my phone and camera. These are with my phone - I didn't want to carry my heavier camera this morning
Today at 11.00 at my homely hill. Very low sun, may be the last glimps of it until end of January.
I didn't think you were suggesting that at allI was reluctant to ask you this question, because I know that good photography requires much more than a good camera. But it just seemed to me that the resolution and lighting on those shots was far better than a camera phone can produce. They are, as usual, beautiful. I was in no way suggesting that your camera was the reason they were so good.
I’ve told this anecdote on the forum before, I think it involved Kinky. I had a good friend who was a very talented photographer. She often heard things like — you must have a great camera, those are excellent pictures. So once she said at a dinner party — this dinner is delicious, you must have a great oven.
If The Spire were located in Cambridge, Massachusetts the story would be how MIT students got a police car to balance on top.The photo is of The Spire, a modern structure in O’Connell Street, Dublin. It has a story, but you need to have a look for it if you want to know more.
Interesting final sentence. Can you trust a witness?! Good trick, though. Innocent. Well done, Rick.If The Spire were located in Cambridge, Massachusetts the story would be how MIT students got a police car to balance on top.
´The activity on the sun is high these years so if the weather is clear there might also be aurora borealis or nordlys as we call it, regularly in periods. I am not good at taking pictures in the dark and add a picture my son took some days ago .
I grew up in the tropics, and can't imagine this Our day length changes by maybe an hour and a half (at the most) between midsummer and midwinter. But then I've never seen an aurora borealis, and I bet you've seen plenty @ranthr.
Under covid-19 conditions, the seasonal Darkness must feel a bit more intense than normal.
Today I was more in the mood to search for the story.The photo is of The Spire, a modern structure in O’Connell Street, Dublin. It has a story, but you need to have a look for it if you want to know more.
Here is the bougainvillea by our front door. Many years ago I visited a local school fair and they had a bougainvillea cutting that looked dead and they offered it to me for 50 cents......
My not quite the Camino but it'll do is the fireworks of a bougainvilla that's grown up a tree near my cloister walk — Scarlet flowers against the sky.
No filters? I didn't think any of us used any filters to enhance our camino photographs. I never have...it is what it is.
No filters? I didn't think any of us used any filters to enhance our camino photographs. I never have.
Lots of room. Beautiful photoBehind my backyard. No filters.
What a sky!...and lovely clear photosI took my ride yesterday since it was sunny and no wind. Temps were below freezing when I started out but it was a very nice ride! My destination was Cerro Gordo, whose name is curious because it is a town with no hills anywhere for miles around. I learned the name comes from the fact that one of the founding residents had been instrumental in defeating the Mexican Army at the Battle of Cerro Gordo in the Mexican-American War, 1855. To take a bit of luster off the name, this same citizen then returned to fight with the confederacy in the Civil War.
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Today's 13K walk next to the canal in Bocholt (BSeems it was not
Hi, Annette,What area of America were these photos taken in
Which state?
I absolutely loved that cafe in 2015 for it's incredible hot chocolate. I returned in 2017 and was disappointed to find it out of business. (Sorry about hijacking the thread, my lovely memory compelled me.)to-die-for hot chocolate, the likes of which I had not had since my visit to the cafe across the plaza from León cathedral. I'm sure many of our forum members will know that cafe.)
Hi Annette,Hi, Annette,
I live in Illinois, about 150 miles south of Chicago.
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