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10. september 2017
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Dag 1
søndag 10. september 2017 16:31
🌧 15 °C
Høyde: 796 m
Frankrike Bois d’Orisson 43.10873, -1.2390443°6’31” N 1°14’21” W
And so it begins ...
10. september 2017, Frankrike ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
... with a single step on a French cobblestone lane under a stone arch which has seen millions of pilgrims over many centuries. Coleen and I add our names to the traveling ledger of wayfarers who have preceded us. Today was a short day but a steep up thru the mists and rains of the Pyrenees. Tomorrow we will summit these mountains and nightfall will find us sleeping under Spanish skies.Les mer
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ReisendeYou both look vibrant...if a bit wet. Love you two!
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ReisendeLove your opening words. Feel I am beginning to read an adventure novel.
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Dag 4
onsdag 13. september 2017 18:57
☀️ 30 °C
Høyde: 488 m
Spania Uterga 42.70837, -1.7609642°42’30” N 1°45’39” W
And that's no Bull ...
13. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
After a rough trip over the Pyrenees in driving rain and wind, Pamplona was a much needed boost today. In the City where bulls are loosed onto the cobble streets each summer, we enjoyed wondrous Spanish sunshine, scrumptious pinchos (tapas) and scoops of lemon and mango gelato in the city square. Then a hike to Alto Perdon where rusting steel pilgrims point the Way to Santiago de Compostella. Buenas dias.Les mer
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ReisendeYou two have a way of finding fine food and wine , glad Pamplona was waiting after your first few days.
13.09.2017Svar
ReisendeVery much enjoying following you on your journey! Love your written descriptions...and pictures!
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Dag 5
torsdag 14. september 2017 16:13
⛅ 16 °C
Høyde: 414 m
Spania Estella-Lizarra 42.66868, -2.023442°40’7” N 2°1’24” W
The Walking Wounded
14. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We have been told that you walk the Camino with your head not your feet. Lofty sentiments but there is no convincing my two blistered toes and wonky knees that this is true. All manner of pilgrims are limping along the Way, ankles or knees taped and braced. Pain relief is in high demand. And wine therapy is enthusiastically embraced by the pilgrims in the evenings.Les mer
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ReisendeI have just stepped into following the Paul journey. It looks like a beautiful start and now you need to work for the views and experiences. I hope that effort (and pain) makes them even more vibrant and breathtaking. It looks wonderful. Enjoy you 2. Oh A535 might be in order :)
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Dag 6
fredag 15. september 2017 16:16
⛅ 16 °C
Høyde: 493 m
Spania Sansol 42.55366, -2.2656342°33’13” N 2°15’56” W
Pointing the Way
15. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
It's hard to get lost on the Way. Flechas amarillos -- yellow arrows are always close by to guide you past historic churches, thru tiny villages and hillside trails. When a yellow arrow isn't available, all manner of material from rocks to pine cones are fashioned to ensure all errant pilgrims make it to Santiago de Compostella.Les mer
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Dag 7
lørdag 16. september 2017 20:13
☀️ 13 °C
Høyde: 516 m
Spania Navarrete 42.42865, -2.5618842°25’43” N 2°33’43” W
No room at the Inn
16. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 13 °C
Arrived this evening and all the albuerges are full. The town is putting up about 40 pilgrims in a library building which is bring renovated. Only 1 bathroom amongst us all. Looks like a refugee camp. Fortunately, most of us are used to sleeping in tight quarters. Hopefully the snorers will be at the end of the hall.Les mer
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ReisendeHope your back is strong Scott! Use the ear plugs that you brought. Hopefully :)
16.09.2017Svar
ReisendeHere's hoping the "refuge camp" isn't on food and wine rations.
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Dag 8
søndag 17. september 2017 16:51
☀️ 17 °C
Høyde: 750 m
Spania Cirueña 42.41272, -2.8943642°24’46” N 2°53’40” W
Always moving .... forward
17. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Illuminated only by our single headlamp, the trail out of Navarette was spooky this morning at 6:15 AM when we struck off. Once it has risen, the sun is a great guide in the morning as we need only to follow our shadows, inexorably moving further west. 230 kilometers completed and 570 remaining to Santiago de Compostella.Les mer
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ReisendeBeautiful....keep walking friends! I'm cheering you on from afar!
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Dag 9
mandag 18. september 2017 15:50
⛅ 17 °C
Høyde: 776 m
Spania Belorado 42.42047, -3.1905442°25’14” N 3°11’26” W
Walk, Eat, Sleep. ..
18. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
.... and then repeat. Life is simple on the Way.
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ReisendeWonderful to pare it down to the basics. Enjoying all the statues , signs, and markers along the way.
19.09.2017Svar
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Dag 10
tirsdag 19. september 2017 16:02
☀️ 17 °C
Høyde: 967 m
Spania Agés 42.36964, -3.4782642°22’11” N 3°28’42” W
O' Canada, O' Camino ...
19. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Of all the nationalities on the Camino right now, Canada would appear to be over represented. Lotsa Canucks from BC, the Prairies, Ontario and Quebec. Canadians have become the subject of much discussion amongst or pilgrim cohort walking to Santiago de Compostella.

But right now I am basking in the Spanish sun with a glass of vino blanco and in the words of the Canadian singer David Myles ...."countin' up my worries but I can't think of one." Hasta luego.Les mer
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Dag 11
onsdag 20. september 2017 17:13
☀️ 24 °C
Høyde: 874 m
Spania Río Vena 42.34891, -3.6976842°20’56” N 3°41’52” W
Burgos ... oh wow.
20. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
The medieval pilgrim arriving at the jaw - dropping cathedral in Burgos might have been tempted to stay here awhile for surely this was a place where heaven and earth seemed just a little closer. A place where angels and saints convened in joyous celebration.

It is without question the most beautiful cathedral I've yet to see in Europe.

On a less spiritual note, Coleen and I took the opportunity of the big city to tuck into incredibly tasty and cheap tapas along with our first ice-chilled sangria of this trip.

My spiritual and temporal needs now met, adios for from this most contented pilgrim.Les mer
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Reisendehi Scott and Colleen, I'm a bit slow joining your journey but feel like I'm there with your great photos and comments. This journey is in my future as well. You are making a great start into retirement. Will be joining the club in 3.5 short months. Regards Graham
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Dag 12
torsdag 21. september 2017 14:37
⛅ 24 °C
Høyde: 878 m
Spania Hontanas 42.31261, -4.0430542°18’45” N 4°2’35” W
Give a Pilgrim a grape ...
21. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
and he'll take a cluster.

Pilgrims are a rather unkempt, smelly and disheveled bunch until rejuvenating showers in the late afternoom make us human again. In the big cities we stick out like sore thumbs, often our laundry blowing in the breeze, safety pinned to our backpacks to dry wet socks or shirts.

Notwithstanding our appearances we will invariably be greeted by complete strangers with a genuine "Buen Camino" -- literally have a good Camino. Last week, Coleen and I walked along a dirt path where a Spanish troop of about 70 khaki clad soldiers wielding carbines were taking a rest-on-your-haunches break. We were treated with well wishes and dozens of Buen Caminos by smiling troops.

Perhaps we're not such a bad lot after all.Les mer
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Dag 13
fredag 22. september 2017 16:30
☀️ 22 °C
Høyde: 792 m
Spania Boadilla del Camino 42.25823, -4.3464242°15’30” N 4°20’47” W
Place and pace
22. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
The Way, right now, is the PLACE for me. The terrain on the Meseta is remarkably familiar to me -- sun-baked Southern Alberta without the coulees. Mostly flat but at times we hike up and out of a broad valley to walk past endless fields, the wheat long since harvested and swaths of sunflowers with their heads in quiet and permanent repose, awaiting the reaping.

Coleen and I are fast walkers, often overtaking and passing other pilgrims with an "Hola and Buen Camino". One peregrina likened us to the strong easterly wind that was at our backs all day. It is our PACE, certainly not a race, and our powerful strides make me feel alive ... strong.Les mer
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ReisendeIncredibly beautiful pics...thanks for your ongoing posts! Love the image I have of you both becoming stronger with every step!
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Dag 14
lørdag 23. september 2017 15:22
☀️ 25 °C
Høyde: 824 m
Spania Carrión de los Condes 42.33722, -4.6006242°20’14” N 4°36’2” W
Illumination. ...
23. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
... can take many forms. As we started off in the dark this morning from Boadilla our path was lit with my headlamp. Later in an ancient church, modern stain glass windows illuminated the stony interior. And then out in the daylight again where a blazing Spanish sun pushed our shadows westward to Santiago de Compostella.Les mer
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Dag 14
lørdag 23. september 2017 21:44
🌙 20 °C
Høyde: 829 m
Spania Cervatos de la Cueza 42.29968, -4.771942°17’59” N 4°46’19” W
The Fallen
23. september 2017, Spania ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Marita was born 27 years ago on a beautiful summer day in Calgary. This post is dedicated to her.

There are sobering moments on the Camino when you come across a monument or a cross memorializing a pilgrim's last steps in life on the Way. Some are simple markers and others full blown headstones. Some died well on in their years and others much younger.

We have seen tributes to people from many parts of the world -- all who dreamed of making it to Santiago de Compostella but fell short. We remember the fallen, honouring them by moving forward while keeping their memory warm and close in our hearts.Les mer
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ReisendeGlad to know you are on The Way for Marita's birthday. May her light shine on in our hearts.
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Dag 15
søndag 24. september 2017 15:23
☀️ 25 °C
Høyde: 858 m
Spania Moratinos 42.36098, -4.9277842°21’40” N 4°55’40” W
The simple things ...
24. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
... in life are the best. Today that was two large slices of watermelon, being enthusiastically greeted by our Spanish friend Andrés, and sharing a laugh with a Belgian hiking trio. And now a tinto verano (red wine on ice with some fizzy lemon pop) at an Italian albuerge, bare feet and the anticipation of supper shortly. Ah ... muy buen!Les mer
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Dag 16
mandag 25. september 2017 17:59
⛅ 21 °C
Høyde: 869 m
Spania El Burgo Ranero 42.4242, -5.2204142°25’27” N 5°13’13” W
Sing a Song ...
25. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
I've been singing on the Way from time to time. Right now I have the Carpenters' "Sing a Song" on my Camino sing list.

Last night at an Italian albergue we were treated to a live guitar performance by a Spanish pilgrim who is carrying his instrument, talent and voice on the Camino. His rendition of Simon and Garfunkel's Sounds of Silence was haunting and sorrowful.

After supper the party continued with the largely Italian pilgrim cohort singing improvisational versions of Bob Dylan's Knocking on Heaven's Door, accompanied by the beautiful strumming of the Spanish pilgrim. Magic.Les mer
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ReisendeKeep on singing......
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Dag 18
onsdag 27. september 2017 17:12
☀️ 25 °C
Høyde: 818 m
Spania Hospital de Órbigo 42.45949, -5.8850242°27’34” N 5°53’6” W
Leon .. like moths to a flame
27. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Medieval pilgrims and modern pilgrims alike are drawn to the Spanish cities for provisions and to be wowed by their cathedrals. Leon is no exception. An elegant cathedral with exceptional stained glass windows. I could take pictures of the stained glass work alone for hours.

But after the contemplative and peaceful countryside, Leon is a bit unsettling to this Canadian pilgrim. I'll be happy to get back to some solitude and leave Leon and its cathedral to other pilgrims. Buenas Noches.Les mer
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ReisendeLooking happy and healthy you two !
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Dag 18
onsdag 27. september 2017 18:05
☀️ 25 °C
Høyde: 818 m
Spania Hospital de Órbigo 42.45949, -5.8850242°27’34” N 5°53’6” W
A Knight's Tale ...
27. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
It's beginning to look a lot like ... the Medieval Ages. Grand cobblestone bridges, jousting fields and all manner of statuary and signage evoking the days of knights, chivalrous deeds and quests. Loving every medieval moment.Les mer
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Dag 19
torsdag 28. september 2017 16:26
⛅ 25 °C
Høyde: 989 m
Spania Santa Catalina de Somoza 42.4551, -6.1591242°27’18” N 6°9’33” W
Slow down ... you move too fast
28. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Ya gotta make the morning last. Just skipping down the cobblestones. Lookin' for fun and feeling groovy.

This Paul Simon song has come to mind many times over the past 24 hours. Last night, we stayed at a Spanish albergue that offered yoga, a vegetarian supper, and a few spiritual lessons. After this Zen experience, on our hike this morning we came across a donativo rest stop where fresh fruit and cold drinks were offered amidst some psychedelic backdrops.

Then we met a Polish expat living in Texas of all places who proudly showed us his silver bracelet that said "Old Hippy".

Groovy man.Les mer
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fredag 29. september 2017 18:23
☀️ 21 °C
Høyde: 1 183 m
Spania El Acebo de San Miguel 42.49784, -6.4546242°29’52” N 6°27’17” W
Cross my heart
29. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
We have left the Meseta, the great plains of Spain, and have headed into the mountains. Crosses everywhere including the famous iron cross at Cruz Ferro where we left a heart stone that Coleen found along the Way.

Last night we used a Sharpie on that same rock to write Marita's name on it. Always in our hearts and each step of the Camino.Les mer
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ReisendeSounds like you both are finding the healing you need to move forward and never forget. We are with you in spirit...
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ReisendeA very special and emotional moment. Thinking of you and your family . . .
30.09.2017Svar
ReisendeAlong the path ,one step at a a time.
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lørdag 30. september 2017 17:39
☀️ 23 °C
Høyde: 491 m
Spania Camponaraya 42.57972, -6.6687642°34’47” N 6°40’8” W
And the words of the prophet are written
30. september 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
... well in Spain, they are written everywhere. On Camino markers, underpasses and traffic signs. I have grown to appreciate the colours and novelty demonstrated by the Spanish graffiti artists and international pilgrims.Les mer
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ReisendeKinda like watching the trains go by. Lots of artwork on them too.
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Dag 22
søndag 1. oktober 2017 16:55
⛅ 23 °C
Høyde: 599 m
Spania La Portela de Valcarce 42.66008, -6.9180742°39’36” N 6°55’5” W
Look, there's a castle. ..
1. oktober 2017, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
I love castles.

Yesterday in Ponferrada we walked the castle walls of the former bastion of the Knights Templar. Great medieval castle with a secret tunnel, turrets and pageantry. I could imagine knights on their mounted steeds, their horseshoes ringing out on the cobblestones, riding off out of the castle gates to fight in the Crusades.

A boy's dream realized.Les mer
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ReisendeBeautiful photos. You are amazingly close to the end of you journey. Graham
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Dag 23
mandag 2. oktober 2017 16:35
☀️ 25 °C
Høyde: 1 288 m
Spania Fonfría 42.73107, -7.156942°43’52” N 7°9’25” W
Go Your Own Way
2. oktober 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
So I see a Pilgrim today walking down the trail backwards. Perhaps sun stroke ... perhaps just different strokes for different folks. But this peregrino was certainly hiking the Way on his terms.

And that truly is the case here on the Camino. Do we take the optional route, call over the lone pilgrim to share supper, hike onto the next town? For many this is a profoundly religous pilgrimage. Each decision a pilgrim make shapes and colours their Camino experience. We each go our own way.

By the way, I tried walking backwards for a bit. Not for me. I'll continue with my face to the West and the breeze at my back.Les mer
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ReisendeGo West young man, go West.
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Dag 24
tirsdag 3. oktober 2017 17:49
☀️ 21 °C
Høyde: 527 m
Spania Barbadelo 42.76943, -7.4444942°46’10” N 7°26’40” W
What's in a name?
3. oktober 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
I tried convincing 2 Italian peregrinas that my name was Juan Diego. I said it with gusto and exuberance, and a bit of a bow. They weren't buying it. Eventually when I said my name was Scott, the one woman thought I said "Stop" and so she did.

While Coleen and I are hiking the Camino Françes, it is also known as the Way of St. James in English, or Jakobsweg in German, or Chemin de Saint Jacques in French. All pilgrims head west to Santiago de Compostella -- the Iago being Spanish for James. All referring to Saint James.

A disciple of Jesus, James had a short mission to Spain after Jesus' death, returned to the Holy Land and was beheaded by King Herod for his efforts. James' followers send his body out to sea and somehow it makes it way to Spain where centuries later his bones are discovered near present day Santiago de Compostella -- field of stars.

What's in a name? A wonderful pilgrimage indeed.Les mer
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ReisendeCool story. You are becoming religiously enriched on this trip.
05.10.2017Svar
ReisendeI think the strong Canadian accent perhaps tripped the Juan Diego disguise. Can't fool those mafia types easily!!
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onsdag 4. oktober 2017 16:30
☀️ 22 °C
Høyde: 538 m
Spania Gonzar 42.82517, -7.6960642°49’31” N 7°41’46” W
What makes a pilgrim?
4. oktober 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
I still haven't answered that question.

Some would argue that it involves a measure of sacrifice,. There are those who fall in the "no pain, no gain" camp. For others it is walking every mile of the Camino with your full backpack -- no luggage service and no taxis.

I've developed shin splints and so incurred a measure of suffering today. That said, I don't feel any more a pilgrim today than I did yesterday when each step was pain free.

I do know that each pilgrim has the physical and mental resiliency to get up each day to walk 20-30 km. and then do it again the following day. Pilgrims share stories, medical advice and some deeply personal convictions. They help and look out for each other. A remarkable community that reshapes itself around you everyday.Les mer
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ReisendeEvery walker has a story and a privilege it must be to share. Hope they also have some ice to share for those shins!
05.10.2017Svar
ReisendeOf course, "no pain, no gain" has a different meaning at 16 than it does 40 years on. I do believe it does engrain a more lasting memory of an event if that is any consolation. So, you will never forget where you were on the Camino when the pain set in. Hope it was a picturesque spot. Keep well my friend.
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ReisendeAhhh...such a fascinating question...I wonder if you will have an answer once you complete this incredible journey? Hope your shins heal quickly!
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Dag 26
torsdag 5. oktober 2017 17:38
☀️ 21 °C
Høyde: 460 m
Spania Melide 42.91478, -8.017242°54’53” N 8°1’2” W
Feliz Cumpleanno
5. oktober 2017, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
On this fine day in Manitoba, Canada a beautiful baby, now woman, was born. Happy birthday Coleen.

Greetings from around the world are being sent your way from family, old friends and new Camino friends.

Have a great day mi amor.Les mer
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ReisendeHappy birthday Coleen! Hope it's Awesome!!! Love the pictures!
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ReisendeHappy belated birthday to you Coleen. Missed this post, sorry but i'm sure was a most memorable birthday this year.
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