You haven't provided much information and that makes it very difficult to figure out what your problems might be.
A WhatsApp call may go unanswered for many reasons including you calling at a time when the person receiving your call is asleep...
After a passably successful career as a generalist I stand in awe of someone who actually knows what he’s talking about, they are surprisingly few and far between.
Keep the rocks coming.
I passed through Nájera today. To quote John Lennon, “ I just had to look”.
As you probably know, the red sandstone cliffs run right alongside the houses.
Definitely unusual. These red beds underly the whole area from near Navarette almost all...
I’ve gone thousands of kilometers on my Brompton, marketed as “made for cities.” Much of that has been on rural paths and/or rough terrain, including Santiago to Cee, Fisterra, and Muxia, from Pamplona to León, from Zamora to La Bañeza, etc...
I have just attended, online, the midday transmission of mass. The botafumeiro did not swing, but that was not my goal to see.
I often go in to the 07.30 transmission, but life took me to the midday one today. A bundle of priests and monaguillos...
We’re in Melide tonight. The pre-Sarria path was sparse. The day we walked by Cruz de Ferro we were alone. Since Sarria it’s been crowded mornings. School groups etc.
I started in Atapuerca (where an injury ended my walk last year) on May 31. There have been many times when I didn't see another pilgrim for an hour or two. I've never failed to get a bed in my first choice of albergues. Mostly I stay in "off...
This is why I love walking the Francés in june / july.
Better weather than in spring, and not that busy (well, until Triacastela...).
I've never taken the Variant via Luquin. I think I'll try to next time I walk. It sounds good. Thanks for...
I wasn’t aware, but you are surely right. Just checked Wikipedia which says alabaster windows are common in medieval churches throughout northern Spain.
Blocks from some of these horizons would be easy to cut into thin sheets.
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