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Sorry, I know it is not fair...No fair!!!! Beautiful pictures, Luka (for forum members who aren’t familiar with wikiloc, you can add pictures as you walk, and Luka added some beautiful ones to her tracks if you go to the link).
I remember that years ago we had some conversations about getting to the coast directly from La Nueva and continuing on to Ribadesella. I went into La Nueva, had a coffee, and then a few kms further on turned off to the coast. But as your tracks show, you can get there directly from La Nueva. Oh, would I love to go back to the Norte and add more “alternatives to the Norte’s asphalt” thread! Glad to see you enjoying some nice weather, Luka.
Buen camino, Laurie
Another 10K walk not far from home. On the road we visited some chapels... as you can see.
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So what is that bird in the tree? I saw a pair that looked an awful lot like that yesterday on my bike ride out in the country. Their heads might have been a bit bigger relative to the body size, but the colors were identical.Walking today at the Maplewood Mudflats Conservation Area in North Vancouver. A beautiful area I haven't visited for a while.
It's a Red-tailed Hawk in the tree. I think the gull has a starfish in it's mouth, with the arms facing out and the back in it's mouth.So what is that bird in the tree? I saw a pair that looked an awful lot like that yesterday on my bike ride out in the country. Their heads might have been a bit bigger relative to the body size, but the colors were identical.
Question number 2 — any idea what’s in the gull’s mouth? It looks like octopus????
Yes, it’s a starfish. They try to get those things down whole; not something one might really choose to watch.I think the gull has a starfish in it's mouth, with the arms facing out and the back in it's mouth.
Hi there, @YoyoWith almost spring-like temperatures, last Wednesday I drove to Uffenheim where I had left off my little German Camino last September (see post #14) and walked another leg of about 28 km through forests and fields to the beautiful medieval town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. I then took a train back to my car. Easy walking with just a day-pack!
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Hi there, @Yoyo
Were you able to go inside the St Jakobskirche? There is a fine wooden altar piece carved by Tilman Riemenschneider in which St Jakob is to the left, wearing a hat. I walked along the Romantische Strasse for a few weeks back in 2003, finishing in R.ob T. I think Riemenschneider's larger carving of St Jakob the Elder is in a museum elsewhere...
Another hobby of Team Koidream is Geocaching.
Today we did a 12K tour with 22 caches. What's a cache? More info you can find at geocaching.com
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Dilserbos in Dilsen-StokkemKattenvennen? Or I might be completely wrong of course...
Sabine, given the elevation profile and what look like large ag fields, you could be walking in my neighborhood!
They headed for the water.....Huckleberry Finn, eat your heart out!
Trying to jump the stream and landing in the water ...really did I care at that stage?
Ha ha They'd almost dried off by the time we were going home!..the middle lad was the wettest as he has the shortest legs! . All in the name of FUN you see!The picture of the backs of their pants shows a lot of mud, but I have to say I expected to see a lot worse since they landed in the water.
You must be a beloved grandma if you let your grandkids do those things! (maybe not so beloved by the parents who have to clean up, though)
What a nice question! I miss it daily, being able to travel to Spain and walk the CF again. However, I now walk the Netherlands pelgrimpath, from Amsterdam Central Station to Maastricht, each saturday I walk one stretch. I am enjoying the countryside in Holland tremendously, especially after spending 60 hours behind the Team’s screen for workHello everyone and Happy New Year!
Looking forward seeing your pictures and stories behind it.
What a brilliant idea!I bought myself a bikecarrier, dropping off the bike each time at the endpoint and parking the car at the beginning of a stretch.
Dear Sabine, I looked up Belgium’s “declaration of honor” about crossing the Belgian border, because the final stretch of the Nl Pelgrimpath runs to Visé in Belgium, where it connects to the Camino Santiago, but I believe that indeed I need to wait, as walking this final stretch is not considered “essential”@Madeleine Jacobs : South-Limburg is indeed gorgeous! Rolling hills. When it is again permitted do cross the border so you can visit Belgian Limburg ( proud inhabitant !) .
Enjoy!
Drove to Waremme ( 15 min.from here ) just across the language border. ..
Ha haSabine, If you drive to Borgworm tomorrow, you will see exactly the same as what you saw today in Waremme...
Inside joke. Let me explain for non-Belgians... Waremme is the French for Borgworm in Flemish. Do we live in a complex country? Well, let me say, I am happy it's not bigger than it is
So true,... we can run to another country, you have to swimHa ha
Complex!
You should try living in Ireland or the UK then!
Hi there @kirkie, these ladies remind me of a friendly lady I sat beside on a bench in Amsterdam one cold mid-winter's day: Greatest Amsterdammer of all time, Majoor Bosshardt! I had a wonderful Christmas dinner in Amsterdam one year along with 200 others. The Salvation Army brass band, timbrel players and singers entertained us all as we ate a feast cooked by a team of Amsterdam's leading chefs! Majoor B is sitting opposite the Sally Army drop-in centre, a great place for chatting + sharing stories...In and around Dublin City centre.
No matter at what hour of the day or night, these two ladies are always sitting chatting...
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What a pretty pig! Were you one of the contestants, @Camino Chrissy?...Our community sponsored a contest last summer painting the fire hydrants.
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Sadly, not.What a pretty pig! Were you one of the contestants, @Camino Chrissy?
Wow - lots of love locks in this area! What part of the waterfront is this in your photos? Lovely days we're having right now!d a spell at the waterfront watching the goings on while I sipped a latté. A juvenile gull and an adult glaucous-winged gull (as a birding friend tells me).
Lovely photos. I too have the native health app and I ditched the other one as it had ads. Today, 12,787, 7km. Yesterday almost zero, and previous day a double quota because I knew yesterday was a no-no. I have stopped using wifi when out and it still clocks up the steps.Only recently have I learned that my iPhone has a built in app that automatically counts my steps. Yesterday I put in 10,000+ steps which at my slow pace takes me about two hours. A surprise sighting of an early flowing rhodo and azalea(?), and a spell at the waterfront watching the goings on while I sipped a latté. A juvenile gull and an adult glaucous-winged gull (as a birding friend tells me).
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This is down at Lonsdale Quay. I heard a discussion a few days ago about locks having to be removed from bridges because their weight causes problems. But these locks at Lonsdale Quay are not on a bridge and, so far, I guess their weight has not been an issue.Wow - lots of love locks in this area! What part of the waterfront is this in your photos? Lovely days we're having right now!
I love Maine!Ogunquit Maine again and again
Hello everyone and Happy New Year!
Looking forward seeing your pictures and stories behind it.
Oh if I could walk back in time, and have a cup of tea with the Countess. What a woman. Thanks for sharing. Great pics!On my way home...
I met Constance Markievicz, a stevedore opposite the Custom House, a seagull, and then I was surprised by Joy - signs of Spring outside a multinational Financial powerhouse!
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Fantastic! Oh just the thought of it as I sit here by the ocean. I can imagine a full gallop, the wind in my mane, the ocean spray, the saltiness in the air and spirit. To be one of these four legged masterpieces for just a moment in time...Love the horses on the beach, check these ones
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Have you been for a ride in one of these, Laurie?Finally, a day with above freezing temperatures, sun, and winds below 15 mph. Perfect combination. First, I went down to Amish country,
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..weathered smiles, rainswept terrain. water trickling down my neck.
Map: Villebramar circuit (8.8 kms)
*église St-Saturnin, Villebramar (first mentioned in 1017, belonging to the monks of St Livrade sr Lot)
*in the distance, hilltop villages of Montastruc and Monbahus
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Hi there, @SabinePJust did a google search. Wow!
Rénovation de l'église de Villebramar - Villebramar, commune du Lot-et-Garonne en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Un peu d’histoire L’église paroissiale Saint-Saturnin existe probablement à Villebramar dès le haut Moyen Age, d’après la dédicace de la paroisse à Saint-Saturnin de Toulouse, elle n’est mentionnée pour la première fois qu’au 13ème siècle ; sous l’Ancien Ré- gime, elle est une dépendance du...villebramar.fr
For you, @Lexicos....Where did you walk ( locally ) in 2021?
Same place as in 2020.
To hell and back again.
I hope I have more options in 2022
Looked it up at Wikipedia. Australia is 7,692,024 km2. And you have it all seenWhere did you walk ( locally ) in 2021?
Same place as in 2020.
To hell and back again.
I hope I have more options in 2022
Where did you walk ( locally ) in 2021?
Same place as in 2020.
To hell and back again.
I hope I have more options in 2022
Hi there, @SabineP
At the beginning of the 12th century (1117), the monastery of Sainte Livrade sr Lot was occupied by a college of canons which ceded all its property, including the church of Villebramar, to the Benedictine abbey of La-Chaise-Dieu and placed itself under its dependence. This donation is confirmed by Pope Eugene Il. (source: Philippe Tamizey de Larroque : Notice sur le Prieuré de Sainte-Livrade d’après un manuscrit inédit de la bibliothèque impériale, Agen, 1869)
Interesting stuff!
*Covid and Le Lot-et-Garonne: There is a curfew from 18 00 until 06 00. At the moment, we are free to roam the department and in most other parts of France during the daytime. Read about it here: Le Couvre-feu en Lot-et-Garonne...How is the situation in that part of France regarding a visit? ...
Will there be a notice where to collect to key for a quick peek? A warden or another local to go to?
Ohhh...I can see it in your splendid photoAnd I don't mean to embarrass @Theatregal but I've taken a splendid photo of a snowy owl.
Hell is located in the Netherlands (Zip/Postal code 3822 SM) if anyone is thinking of repeating Lexicos's route.
Just added a picture of Hell, which doesn't look that unappealing.
Another town named Hell is located in Grand Cayman island in the Caribbean. I loved snorkeling there and any community in any country named Hell is probably more named as "tongue in cheek".Hell is located in the Netherlands (Zip/Postal code 3822 SM) if anyone is thinking of repeating Lexicos's route.
Just added a picture of Hell, which doesn't look that unappealing.
I love France...a sad day that continues for me as an American traveler from the USA.International travel: 'While the borders with the European Union remain open, with some exceptions, the external borders are closed.
We are starting to get our own now. We've had a nice stretch of weather lately and most of the ice and snow on the trails has gone away but some of the meltwater is mixing with the soil. We primarily walk on trails in the woods though and have not had a thousand years of farmers and farm animals creating the mud masterpieces that you have in Europe.Some mud for @Rick of Rick and Peg.
There is yet one more, at least. Northwest Poland. I ate pierogi there some years ago...View attachment 95393Another Hell, in Norway
There's another Hell - in Michigan - for those from North America who want to plan their trip.
But there is no Heaven anywhere - according to the World Gazetteer
Pierogi, Yes!There is yet one more, at least. Northwest Poland. I ate pierogi there some years ago...
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What a beautiful subsitite for Spain's Caminos...you are a "lucky duck" imo!And here's where I walked yesterday....
Map: Lauzun -Iffour -Lauzun (18.9 kms)
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*Lauzun
*église St-Laurent, Iffour: plundered during the Religious wars. All that remains of it's romanesque facade are two capitals.
I saw this on a cabin not far from Eymet, dated 1999.
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Cheers..
Yes, a "lucky duck" am I. Thanks to good friends and loving care.What a beautiful subsitite for Spain's Caminos...you are a "lucky duck" imo!
Hi Kirkiethe
There is yet one more, at least. Northwest Poland. I ate pierogi there some years ago...
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In his autobiography, John Logie Baird refers to Alderman Tree, his landlord in Queens Arcade, as ‘Mr Twigg’, and describes how he required him to vacate after an explosion in his engineering workshop there in July 1924. The two men argued on the pavement outside, Baird further entertaining the small crowd that gathered to watch the altercation by splitting his trousers. He left Hastings altogether soon after.
Live on Long Island (NY), went up to the Hudson Valley for some hikes. Still a little ice/snow on some, but good practice. Old Croton Dam, Walkway over the Hudson, and the Wallkill Rail Trail. It's all only about 2-3 hrs from home, so the whole area is becoming my favorite (except driving through the Bronx...poo).Hello everyone and Happy New Year!
Looking forward seeing your pictures and stories behind it.
Seriously SabineMore than twentythousand steps today. Citywalk and museumvisit in Antwerp.
And then....to my favourite chocolate shop The Chocolate Line. Chocolate with a twist : wonderful and intriguing combinations.
Producten - The Chocolate Line Brugge, Antwerpen :: Dominique Persoone
Dominique Persoone is een smakenacrobaat. Sinds enkele jaren is The Chocolate Line, met winkels in Brugge en antwerpen, terug te vinden in de Michelin-gids.www.thechocolateline.be
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