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I will OF COURSE do "too much" !! ... but certainly not too quickly.JabbaPapa,
Please don't try to do too much too quickly. Will you be taking your famous black cape?
I loved Carcassonne and have good memories of walking the rampart walls.I am now in Carcassonne. Hooray !!
So real / no expectations … and I’m enjoying reading your pilgrimage notes. I hope your night beside the river was as comfy as I am seeing it in my imagination… (lush soft grass beside clear flowing water ????).It's a lovely warm evening, and I'll be sleeping on the grass next to the river Ariège
That's what I did last time here in 2005, and that's a very close description of what the river bank is like here. I slept a little further up this time, against a low wall for some protection against wind and street lights. Also good to sit on and sort out my things this morning.So real / no expectations … and I’m enjoying reading your pilgrimage notes. I hope your night beside the river was as comfy as I am seeing it in my imagination… (lush soft grass beside clear flowing water ????).
Buen camino
the Camino really does provide ...
There are 3 possibilities from there - the Francés, the Invierno, or the Francés/Via Künig to Lugo/Primitivo. So it's a good idea - gives you choice.which may leave Ponferrada as my only real option.
Unless someone has a different suggestion ?
That deserves a cerveza or two!I am in Spain. Hooray !!
On the second one right now.That deserves a cerveza or two!
I will just have to multitask.
Oh. Sad. That was a lovely stretch.The roadworks devastation of the valley before Navarrete continues apace, sadly, as they are putting through yet another motorway ...
The approach to the village was one of the most picturesque, and they are turning it into a horror.
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Tomorrow is pay day hooray, and a certain restaurant in Nájera is about the best place I can think of for a long expected pilgrim menu..
That is exactly the "certain restaurant" that I have in mind.JP,
Over past years when I stayed at the Najera municipal a good value nearby resto was Mesón El Buen Yantar, Calle Mártires, 19, bajo. tel. +34 941 36 02 74 If it still us operating perhaps you might also enjoy it. Carpe diem!
Both no doubt out of the freezer. Sort-of food. But if there a fiesta going on surely there'll be food outside for a reasonable price. Good luck, @JabbaPapa - glad you're not out there trying to find a restful spot amidst the throng.paella or pizza at the Albergue
Day 25 - - Fillobal
That was a tough 17K, mainly from the terrain.
I am starting to feel confident that I could manage a 20K+ on easier terrain, such as my preferred flat places.
I think my daily average will end up higher than it's been for a while, and it has already increased from 12K - 13K to about 14K.
My legs feel like they did on my 2005, though of course I'm walking about a third of the daily distances.
I did anyway yesterday decide to simply walk as far as I could get, which is what I used to do on most of that 2005 Camino, and the feeling in the legs is similar - - some pain in the knees too, but just normal from the hiking stress and none from the chronic pain which is still gone. I still can get a little twinge in the knee as there's still diminished cartilage and diminished function, and this was a partial healing, not a complete remission.
Anyway, down to Triacastela where I shall not linger, but I'll carry on from there.
What is it in cerveza that alleviates your condition?I am in Triacastela, and not sure what I'm doing yet, except that I need some more cerveza. My legs are a bit stiff this morning ; and honestly it's getting close enough to lunchtime that I am naturally thinking of it, particularly given that I had just a bit of tortilla yesterday and some mini sandwiches in the evening (the great bar at Fillobal has been closed for a few days).
Hops are a mild anti-inflammatory and alcohol is a mild anaesthetic.What is it in cerveza that alleviates your condition?
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