I walked the Camino de Madrid last June. You can see my reports along the way in this thread. As you'll see, I went to Santa Espina - and on to Urueña (based on the virtual Camino thread here). I stayed in La Granja, but the place I stayed seems...
Day 1:
León to La Robla, 28.7km, 477m elevation gain
I got a late start from León (well… 9am) and headed to the Parador San Marcus. I followed the trail along the river for as far as I could before joining the camino along the road. I was...
In case anyone would like to see it. I thought it was a great photo of him and it was such a great night. I had stayed there back in 2006 and a young man showed up at dinner time in raggedy clothes and barefoot and was not speaking at all...
The allegedly smart phone I carried on the Via Francigena developed a glitch which only came to light on a wet and completely overcast day in the rice swamps that @lovingkindness mentions above. The inbuilt compass was reading 180 degrees out -...
On the basis of one unfortunate experience in fog on the summit of a munro in the 80’s, whenever I stop for a break I try to leave my walking poles pointing in the direction I’m intending to continue. The easiest wrong direction to head is 180...
for crying out loud, the woman is coming from a war area. there will be precious little pilgrims from where she leaves. ans bombs will not mind if she is open to whatever or not.
Indeed the World can be a cruel and selfish place...........
It's up to us to try to make it better bit by bit.
Which I try to do every day.
Every little bit counts ;)
Perhaps you could share what you personally do to improve our World?
I'm...
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