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Nov 10, 20232 min read
Day 55 - Same Same But Different
Santiago de Compostela, Thursday 9th November. I had zero intention of blogging today. I said my virtual farewells yesterday, but then...
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pac
Nov 9, 20233 min read
Day 54 - In Spirit
Wed 8th Nov., Santiago de Compostela Today was the ultimate (penultimate??) rest day. We had nothing planned, other than to simply hang...
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Nov 8, 20235 min read
Day 53 - 2,382,084
Tue 7th Nov., Vedra (Santa Cruz de Ribadulla) to Santiago de Compostela, ~19 klms, 28/30,000 steps The pilgrimage ended in the rain and...
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pac
Nov 7, 20233 min read
Day 52 - "With Wings"
Mon 6th Nov., Silleda to Vedra (Santa Cruz de Ribadulla), ~22klms, 30/31,000 steps When I wrote my first real-time travel blog back in...
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pac
Nov 6, 20235 min read
Day 51 - What if??
Sun 5th Nov., Estacion de Lalin to Silleda, ~15klms, 20/22,000 steps Water, where it's meant to be 😉 ... ... and where it's not meant to...
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pac
Nov 5, 20235 min read
Day 50 - The Camino Provides (or does it?)
Sat 4th Nov., Oseira to Estacion de Lalin. ~15 klms a pie, ~16 klms a coche I risk offending some good folk here - not my intention, and...
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Nov 4, 20233 min read
Day 49 - One day we'll laugh about this, maybe ...
Fri 3rd Nov., Cea to Oseira, 23+klms ... This is not the post I was intending for today. My planned post can wait. Remember my last...
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pac
Nov 3, 20232 min read
Day 48 - The Battle
Thu 2nd Nov., Ourense to Cea, ~23klms, ~27,000 steps Today the Sun God and the Rain God battled above us. As a mere mortal, who am I to...
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Nov 2, 20234 min read
Day 47 - Enigmatic Fiesta
Wed 1st Nov., Ourense Today, I discovered entirely by accident, is a public holiday for All Saints' Day. It's also known by the name All...
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Nov 1, 20232 min read
Day 46 - Reset
Tue 31st Oct., Ourense. Well, we made it to Ourense via an unintended path, but such is the way of life. As our Scottish ancestor Rabbie...
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Oct 30, 20234 min read
Day 44 - Connections (interconnections), Pt II
Sun 29th Oct., España. I wasn't intending to write any more blogs until when we hit Ourense and started walking again, but some have...
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Oct 27, 20232 min read
Day 41 - Decisions
Thu 26th Oct., Lubian back to Puebla de Sanabria, ~30 klms, by taxi The rain pelted down nearly all night, and showed no sign of easing...
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Oct 26, 20232 min read
Day 40 - Handling Disappointment
Wed 25th Oct., Puebla de Sanabria to Lubian, 21 klms on foot, 9 by taxi. This is not the post I had planned as the day started. I had...
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Oct 25, 20232 min read
Day 39 - Paradoxes and Connections , Part I. 18klms
Tue 24th Oct., Entrepeñas to Puebla de Sanabria So much to say ... Let's start with a wolf report. No wolves, but here where we are...
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Oct 24, 20235 min read
Day 38 - Little Things
Mon 23rd Oct., Rionegro del Puente to Entrepeñas. Approx 22 klms. This might sound a bit pretentious (not meant to) or maybe just a bit...
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Oct 23, 20234 min read
Day 37 - Old and (sometimes) new
Sun 22nd Oct., Santa Marta de Tera to Rionegro del Puente, 27klms, ~ 36/38,000 steps Today's theme popped into my head as we wandered...
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Oct 22, 20235 min read
Day 36 - Pythonesque
Sat 21st Oct., Tabara to Santa Marta de Tera After yesterday's grumble we awoke to a message from home that we should "always look on the...
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