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[QUOTE="jungleboy, post: 1249957, member: 77691"] [B]Day 8: Racalmuto to Agrigento — 33km[/B] It’s supposed to be two stages to Agrigento, but the ‘arrival anticipation adrenaline’ kicks in early this morning and I decide to try to make it to the end in one day. The evocative landscapes, more interesting towns and deep blue sky of recent stages all continue early on today, while in Comitini I see two things that I haven’t sighted for days: pilgrims and street art goats. [ATTACH type="full"]168869[/ATTACH] After the enjoyable early part of the stage, it’s a long, hot and shadeless slog to Agrigento in the afternoon. I shorten the walk a bit by skipping Joppolo Giancaxio entirely, leading me onto adventurous and occasionally theoretical alternative paths (and I have the scrapes to show for it). For the final act, one befitting this camino, the entry into Agrigento is a relentless climb right at the point when my energy reserves are failing. [ATTACH type="full"]168868[/ATTACH] Eventually I make it to the top, sort of — there are more steps to negotiate to reach the Duomo. It’s the first time I’ve been to the town of Agrigento for over 20 years, and it’s fantastic to be back. Although the town itself is not quite the end of my camino, I’m too exhausted to continue to my real objective today. But since it has survived for 2,500 years, it will hopefully still be there tomorrow. Some practicalities: Trail: from the wind turbines to Comitini it’s a fair descent and all asphalt, so it’s not great on the knees. Later, coming into Agrigento, the waymarking signs differ from the tracks I have. I followed the signs but it’s definitely the long way around. In this screenshot, the tracks are in red and my drawing in green approximates where the arrows took me: [ATTACH type="full"]168867[/ATTACH] Water: none after Joppolo Giancaxio. I don’t remember seeing any fountains all day but you pass several towns so you can fill up at bars etc if nowhere else. Testimonium: you can request it at the Mudia diocese museum near the cathedral. It costs €5 but this also gets you a ticket to three places (including the museum). The Testimonium says I did this pilgrimage for the love of God and the Madonna [B]or[/B] for the love of myself! [/QUOTE]
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