Icacos
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances (2013)
Interesting! No, I hadn’t heard of this, and I’ve passed it along to a “bird lady” friend to see if she can add anything.
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Interesting! No, I hadn’t heard of this, and I’ve passed it along to a “bird lady” friend to see if she can add anything.But have you ever heard the apparently not so bizarre theory that an owl committed murder?
Did the Owl Do It? Behind 'The Staircase''s Wildest Theory
A bizarre idea that never made the cut turns Netflix’s new-again docuseries into a true hoo-dunit.www.wired.com
An idea for a new thread possibly?But have you ever heard the apparently not so bizarre theory that an owl committed murder?
Did the Owl Do It? Behind 'The Staircase''s Wildest Theory
A bizarre idea that never made the cut turns Netflix’s new-again docuseries into a true hoo-dunit.www.wired.com
The Great Trail - my gosh, I think I saw that sign today. I’ll have to pay more attention in the future. Thank you for pointing that out.A walk with family today at Rocky Point along the Shoreline trail in Port Moody. A lovely varied walk. Part of it followed The Great Trail - a cross Canada system of linked greenways, waterways and roadways. 24,000 km from the Atlantic to the Pacific to the Arctic Oceans. We can now say that we've walked 8 km of it
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Go back and walk from one side of the pavement to the other and then you can say you walked the entire width of the Great Trail.We can now say that we've walked 8 km of it
An interesting site: https://thegreattrail.ca/The Great Trail - my gosh, I think I saw that sign today. I’ll have to pay more attention in the future. Thank you for pointing that out.
We're just people, being the instant gratification and do-the-easy thing-not the-hard thing junkies that we are. The human species does not deal with long-term thinking or considering consequences very well, soooooo... trash catchers.What have we done!!???
I decide to walk "The Capital Ring" this week. It's a circular walk around London of about 78 miles. It starts at North Greenwich a circles around at about 4-6 miles from Charing Cross. I split the walk up into five sections so I could complete in a week.
Thank you MarkI decide to walk "The Capital Ring" this week. It's a circular walk around London of about 78 miles. It starts at North Greenwich a circles around at about 4-6 miles from Charing Cross. I split the walk up into five sections so I could complete in a week.
Boston, Massachusetts has a trail like this too. The Appalachian Mountain Club saysI decide to walk "The Capital Ring" this week. It's a circular walk around London of about 78 miles. It starts at North Greenwich a circles around at about 4-6 miles from Charing Cross.
The Bay Circuit Trail and Greenway (BCT) is a 230-mile [370 km] trail extending through 37 towns in Eastern Massachusetts and linking parks and open spaces from Plum Island to Duxbury/Kingston Bay. To a large degree, it is a multi-use trail allowing hiking, trail running, backpacking, biking, horseback riding, cross country skiing, snowshoeing, and paddling.
I have the book and it's in the planning. But it will have to wait for a whole as I'm off walking the coast to coast again in a couple of weeks.Great pictures. Hard to believe that at all times you were in spitting distance of about 9 million people! I had to google around to get some info on this walk, not that it’s likely that I’ll ever walk it, but still. What a great creation. In the process, I also came across what could be your next challenge — how about the 150 mile London Loop?!
And it seems to come with its own certificate — so who needs the compstela anyway.
Never knew that the Loop has its own certificate!!Great pictures. Hard to believe that at all times you were in spitting distance of about 9 million people! I had to google around to get some info on this walk, not that it’s likely that I’ll ever walk it, but still. What a great creation. In the process, I also came across what could be your next challenge — how about the 150 mile London Loop?!
And it seems to come with its own certificate — so who needs the compstela anyway.
Take care, @Theatregal...not too many deep breaths.There is a kind of still hush and my village surroundings - mountain and island views, have disappeared. Deeply sad what is happening in those states.
Yes, we're all staying inside as much as possible now. I keep thinking, this smoke will clear eventually and is minuscule compared to the tragedy of what people are going through south of us right now.Take care, @Theatregal...not too many deep breaths.
These fires are a tragedy, on all levels.
But the exhilaration and sense of well-being that comes from self-propulsion through new terrain all alone with me and my thoughts reminds me why I am chomping at the bit to get back to the camino.
You're thanking us?Thanks for letting me crash the group with my biking pics!
Yesterday, here in the Boston area, a continent away the sky was hazy but I didn't see clouds. I think it was west coast smoke. I was better today.Smoke from the wildfires south of our border still here though lightening a little today with some sun filtering through.
Interesting that heather is blooming in mid September in Germany. It's an EU country that I have not yet visited, but assumed it would be into the start of fall like here in the midwest USA, so a surprise for me to see the new, unexpected heather...but what do I know.On Sunday I made a trip to the Harz mountains. The trail is marked as "Oberharzer Klippenweg" or "Cliff trail of the higher Harz". Most of the Cliffs you can climb on.
9,9km and almost 500m elevation in 3h.
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Even in the Harz you find places with stacked stones near the trail.
BC
Roland
Interesting that heather is blooming in mid September in Germany. It's an EU country that I have not yet visited, but assumed it would be into the start of fall like here in the midwest USA, so a surprise for me to see the new, unexpected heather...but what do I know.
It's said that the best time for the Lueneburger Heide is from 8.8. to the 9.9., depending on the weather. If it is to dry, the blooming period is much shorter. But even on the last weekend some heather still in bloom on the Harz mountains. But that is a region with almost alpine weather-conditions.Interesting that heather is blooming in mid September in Germany.
I love heather and have so far seen it in France, Spain and Ireland, not England or Italy. I have never seen it in my own country even though I have travelled quite extnsively here. Maybe other of my comrads have.?It's said that the best time for the Lueneburger Heide is from 8.8. to the 9.9., depending on the weather. If it is to dry, the blooming period is much shorter. But even on the last weekend some heather still in bloom on the Harz mountains. But that is a region with almost alpine weather-conditions.
BC
Roland
All in one day, Laurie?...Or a bit of this and a lot of that?I’m about 3 miles away from riding my age in miles.
Ha! All in one day — I leave every Sunday at about 6:30 and get home around 1 or 2, so it is not exactly at Tour de France speed.All in one day, Laurie?...Or a bit of this and a lot of that?
Amazing and I'm impressed! Possibly you will become a bicagrino when we are allowed back in Spain.Ha! All in one day — I leave every Sunday at about 6:30 and get home around 1 or 2, so it is not exactly at Tour de France speed.
Really enjoy seeing these rural communities, Laurie. Amazing you can see the west coast wildfire haze!Another bike ride, which took me to the one quadrant I had not yet ridden in — NE. Turns out it was a bad decision because I had to ride home for many miles into a 10 mph wind from the south. As always, I went through several little villages — Royal and Flatville were my favorites, though one is appropriately named and the other not so much. Saw a one room school house from the late 1800s, a church built by German Catholic immigrants in the same era, and some gorgeous green/yellow fields. In the farm shot, you can see the haze on the horizon from the west coast fires. I’m about 2,000 miles away from them, about 1,000 miles closer than Rick is, so I guess it’s not surprising.
I’m about 3 miles away from riding my age in miles.
Very odd. I passed through that arcade once over 40 years ago and I recognized it before zooming in at the far end to confirm. And the picture was small on my phone.Beautiful Melbourne.
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Yep. Hasn’t changed in 40 years Rick! It’s nice to know that some things stay the same.Very odd. I passed through that arcade once over 40 years ago and I recognized it before zooming in at the far end to confirm. And the picture was small on my phone.
After my 2019 Camino I continued to walk 30 miles a week. In 2020 I'm walking over 40 miles per week. Here's a foggy picture from Long Sands beach, York Maine.Thanks to everyone who contributed in the 2019 thread about all the lovely local walks.
Let's continue in 2020.
That's the best attempt at social distancing I've seen thus far.After my 2019 Camino I continued to walk 30 miles a week. In 2020 I'm walking over 40 miles per week. Here's a foggy picture from Long Sands beach, York Maine.
And i wasn't even tryingThat's the best attempt at social distancing I've seen thus far.
Beautiful, Annette!A walk up Green Gable.the Lake Districts dome shaped majestic mountain
Beautiful Autumn colours
A new type of stile for us
A bit of scrambling up and a lot of scree coming down
Beautiful open views and waterfalls
Passed over Green Gable mountain....but Anne spelt with an e wasn't there!!! View attachment 83615View attachment 83616View attachment 83617View attachment 83618View attachment 83619View attachment 83620View attachment 83621View attachment 83622View attachment 83623
Storm today in Ostend with speed of wind 120 k. per hour.
During Covid lockdowns, we can "walk locally in 2020" inside our own homes wearing slippers.@nycwalking posted this picture elsewhere. I thought it deserved some attention here.
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Elsewhere is here. Give her a like.
Unfortunately the photo attachment did not open for me.A few days ago, I walked through a beautiful forest at a nearby nature reserve.
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Hi KirlieA beautiful day forecast, and so it was. I walked the legs off myself. From Dunlaoghaire back home to East Wall. The train to Dunlaoghaire was empty so very comfortable for this Senior who should only be on public transport for an essential trip. Does sanity count??? I could hear Carlos, from the Camino Portugués: C’mon, Sandra! Keep going! And so I did. How blessed to have the conditions to be able to do so. Feeling fine, surprisingly. A few photos along the way.
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Thank you so much!@Tulle : absolutely stunning!
Thanks, I just figured that out and deleted my post. Thanks for letting me know.Unfortunately the photo attachment did not open for me.
But maybe it opened up for other people to see and enjoy. Maybe it was just my phone and I'm not very tech savvy.Thanks, I just figured that out and deleted my post. Thanks for letting me know.
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