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    There would be no bars open until Huesca according to Gronze and the other guides I follow. But when I sat down to rest next to the Centro Social in Pueyo de Fañanás, a woman spotted me from across the square and said she could open the bar for...
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    I wonder if anyone here has and would kindly post a picture. Here is a picture from one of the bathrooms in Albergue Juvenil de Castro on the Primitivo just past Grandas de Salime. This place always has multiple vibrant afternoon 🌈 🌈 🌈 . This...
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    Leonor27, Years past I too often stayed at the welcoming albergue at San Roque above Corcubión. It was always a pleasure. In the dark from the dorm window when the last lighthouse beacon shining out to sea at Cape Finistere could be glimpsed it...
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    I walked Via de Plata last year and hoping to walk the Catalan later this year which is why I am avidly reading all your posts. I am an Australian so travelling to Europe is a bit of a trek. Also add to that I am an older person 😊 This forum is a...
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    Day 10: Monzón - Pertusa, 33 kms I slept a little bit too long and didn't leave Hostal Venecia until around 7 a.m. I couldn't resist the cafés on my way out of town either, so all in all I left Monzón much later than I had anticipated. Today I...
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    Finally in Pertusa, waiting for someone to open the albergue... Problems with Gronze and waymarking today so I scoped out my own way to Pertusa. Like walking 4 kms straight ahead on an asphalted road in the afternoon heat. Here is part of it:
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    timr reacted to Rex's post in the thread An Aussie on the VF with Like Like.
    @timr You are correct, the Croq'Loisirs place was closed (aftermath of COVID had something to do with it) and the lady at the Mairie office gave me a key to their small pilgrim house with four beds and a rudimentary kitchen. It is a donativo of...
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    timr reacted to Peregrinopaul's post in the thread More rocks. Can you bear it? with Like Like.
    I googled it and found that as usual the US always has bragging rights for all things geological! Mind you, in my backyard (by Australian standards) we have this in Karijini National Park. (Not my photo: WA Tourist Commission.) The rocks are...
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    timr reacted to henrythedog's post in the thread More rocks. Can you bear it? with Haha Haha.
    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.
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    timr reacted to Peregrinopaul's post in the thread More rocks. Can you bear it? with Thank you Thank you.
    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...

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