Day 21 - Rookie Error
Fri 6th Oct., Carcaboso to Jarilla, ~33/34 klms (~45,000 steps according to various devices) Well, that certainly was a big day. Planned...
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Oct 6, 20234 min read
Day 20 - Solar
Thu 5th Oct., Galisteo to Carcaboso, 12 klms. Today's theme/title came to me early in the day. It’s actually a sort of amalgam of three...
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pac
Oct 5, 20232 min read
Day 19 - Explosion
Wed 4th Oct., Grimaldo to Galisteo, approx 20klms, approx 5 hours door to door. The number of perigrinos on the path literally exploded*...
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pac
Oct 4, 20232 min read
Day 18 - Channeling Isaac
Tue 3rd Oct., Cañaveral to Grimaldo, maybe 9 klms ... I tempted fate last night by predicting that today would be an easy day. Easy in...
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Oct 3, 20232 min read
Day 17 - Restart
Mon 2nd Oct., Cáceres to Cañaveral, en coche It's been a funny old week this last one. Haven't quite been in the groove. Sickness,...
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pac
Oct 2, 20234 min read
Day 16 - History
Sun 1st Oct., Cáceres Today was initially planned to be a relatively gentle stroll to the mid-sized town of Casar de Cáceres, 11 klms to...
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pac
Oct 1, 20233 min read
Day 15 - Genuine
Sat 30th Sept., Aldea del Cano to Cáceres, 22 klms Possibly only a short post today. It was a hard but enjoyable walk, and to use a...
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pac
Sep 30, 20235 min read
Day 14 - Muy Amable
Fri 29th Sept., Alcuéscar to Aldea del Cano, 15klms I had many choices for the title of today’s post, but this one slightly pips the...
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pac
Sep 29, 20232 min read
Day 13 - Slow News Day
Thu 28th Sept., Aljucén to Alcuéscar It's not that it was really a long day today, it just seemed that way. Only around about 20 klms,...
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Sep 28, 20233 min read
Day 12 - Good call
Wed 27th Sept., Mérida to Aljucén, 17klms Today started with much uncertainty - should I walk or should I not? I didn’t want to just sit...
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pac
Sep 27, 20231 min read
Day 11 - Relapse
Tue 26th Sept., Mérida The bug struck back with a vengeance last night, so today really was a day of rest. Early afternoon we ventured...
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Sep 26, 20232 min read
Day 10 - Recovery/reset day
Mon 25th Sept., Torremegía to Mérida Today’s blog will be a somewhat disjointed affair. After our enforced stop at Torremejia, in which...
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pac
Sep 25, 20231 min read
Day 9 - Well, I didn't see that coming ...
Sun 24th Sept., Villafranca de los Barros to Torremegía, en coche You don't need all the gory details, but in summary I've been struck...
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pac
Sep 25, 20231 min read
Day 8 - Ups and Downs, Pt II
Sat 23rd Sept., Zafra to Villafranca de los Barros Just a brief catch-up photojournal, for reasons which will become obvious ... The path...
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pac
Sep 24, 20232 min read
Day 8 - Ups and Downs, Pt I
Sat 23rd Sept., Zafra to Villafranca de los Barros, approx 21klms Surprisingly, we've arrived into the mid-sized town of Villafranca de...
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pac
Sep 23, 20235 min read
Day 7 - What's Important?
Fri 22nd Sept., Fuente de Cantos to Zafra, ~26 klms [Some stats – estimated at a little over 26 klms, 33/35,000 steps recorded on our...
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pac
Sep 22, 20232 min read
Day 6 - Pretty Tough
Thu 21st Sept., Monesterio to Fuente de Cantos, 21klms I think that "pretty tough" is an Aussie colloquialism. We'll add the word...
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Sep 21, 20233 min read
Day 5 - Azul
Wed 20th Sept., El Real de la Jara to Monesterio, 20klms I could just as easily called today A Tale Of Two Roads, but that title has sort...
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Sep 20, 20234 min read
Day 4 - Lo viejo y lo nuevo
Tue 19th Sept., Almadén de la Plata to El Real de la Jara; 13.8 klms I'm seeing a pattern here already - if I think the day's to be hard,...
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pac
Sep 19, 20233 min read
Day 3 - Under the Andalusian Sun
Mon 18th Sept., Castilblanco de los Arroyos to Almadén de la Plata, 28 klms First, a pronuncian lesson for the Aussies in the audience. ...
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