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The night before 🤣

Rick bought a Rioja Promising Spanish Red to celebrate our night before lucky Brucee takes off 🥳 Read more
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    September 13, 2023
    Bruce StanleyThe night before 🤣Traveler

    East Killara

    September 13, 2023 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 17 °C

    1st test posting. Rick and I celebrating with a Spanish Rioja Red 🤣

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    Canada family Reunion

    September 15, 2023 in Canada ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Canada Memorable Family Reunion... Spain, Portugal and Morocco are treasured memories, but family reunions are treasured memories above all else.

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    Pontedeume

    September 25, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    My biggest walk so far at 19.09Km from Naron. Weather good, plenty hills (one I'm glad is behind me). Cheerful locals and more than once the stopped to tell me I'd missed a Camino Yellow arrow or Way marker. No one's fault but my own. This Camino Inglés is very well marked and just when one is wondering if you've over shot a turning point, a refreshing Yellow arrow pops up, it puts a smile on your dial and you bless it 😅 BTW the 3rd photos light is bad, but it is quite a marker complete with a drinking fountain.Read more

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    Pontedeume to Miño

    Sep 25–29, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Only 10.3Ks today and like yesterday a steep climb to begin with + more to follow.
    The hills and heat were easier to handle with more groups and individuals to chat to 😂. Nationalities were Spanish, Canadian, American, English and Swedish. All with the Camino Spirit and enthusiasm. Photos include a beautiful Border collie, and the welcoming Camino signs and arrows. Tomorrow up and onto Betanzos (said to be of historical importance.Read more

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    Betanzos Camino Inglés

    September 26, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    I'm in a typical Spanish Bar... arrived 6:55pm, no food until 8pm, but good Vino Tinto 😆
    Today was only 10.24Ks but v hilly. Went better than expected, got booked into an Albergue ... liked it so much, I extended my nights to 2. Betanzos has history and the following challenge consists of a huge climb Plus accommodations which are Booked out !!!!
    I wish you were here.. a young mother and her partner announced their 2 YO son was soon to have a sibling 🥰 All Spanish Family Fun 🥳
    Lastly I'm walking through landscapes in good Sunshine with a range of Galicia Greens to die for. 🥰 64.24 Ks to SdC 🥳    Read more

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    Betanzos Rest Day

    September 27, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Life is wonderful for lucky Brucee

    Today was a scheduled Rest Day.... tomorrow is 21Km uphill ending in Bruma. But as of late yesterday and early this morning I had 2 logistical problems. There were no vacancies for me at tomorrow's destination. Following from that I had no destination to Transfer my heavy BackPack.

    In walks the Albergue Manager, "Begoña".  With ease and a smile she phoned an Albergue in Bruma and bingo my Camino Angel solved my 2 stressful problems with a smile. 
    The thought behind me writing this is to share some of the magic that I receive travelling solo, and thereby the welcoming and joy of the Spanish and BMCS extend to me. I tell myself just jump in and Camino magic happens 🙏🥰    Read more

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    Sigueiro Central

    September 29, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    My Friday's 25Km Bus ride was a gift to myself from Thursdays Betanzos to Bruma ... a grueling 25Km Up Hill monster.
    Accommodation is fully booked 2 weeks out and your tour groups book most of them. Hence with no vacancies, my plan to walk ~15Ks had to be abandoned and a pleasant bus ride filled the bill 😆Tomorrow I walk ~16Ks into Santiago de Compostela. Accommodation too is a challenge but I'm confident I'll get a bed 🤞Read more

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    Arriving in Santiago de Compostela

    September 30, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    I'm just a few streets away from the Cathedral but enjoying great good with my Vino Tinto.
    Today's walk was from Sigueiro to my Camino Inglës final destination Santiago de Compostela.
    This morning started with foggy blue and somewhat damp conditions ... the bright morning sun soon cleared them and searching for shade was a priority.
    16K by JennyA/ John Brieirley's Caminy Inglés Guide. 21+K by my Garmin watch. Guess who got lost😅    Read more

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    Santiago de Compostela

    September 30, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    7th Day and arrived at SdC
    Beautiful start in blue Misty hills around Sigueiro. My Garmin watch reads 21+K, JennyA's / John Brieirley's Camino Inglés says only 16+. Did I get lost again....😃😅😂 The 2nd photo is the delightful owner of the Albergue I was in at Sigueiro.
    Right now I'm enjoying a Estrella Draught beer. The whole area is full of locals enjoying the lovely evening 🇪🇸 There will be a 2nd Estrella tonight 🥳    Read more

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    SdC Albergue Seminario Mentor

    October 1, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 23 °C

    I'm getting ready and experiencing accommodation challenges. Lucky me I've lock-in all the nights I need at 2 wonderful Albergues.
    Arriving to SdC days early, required a lot of email searching. Lucky Brucee ended up scoring 2 Albergues that are top of the liston my Wish List. Albergue Seminario Mentor (4 nights) and the Hospedería San Martín Pinario. Seminario. This is right at the Cathedral and allows me to eat in their classy restaurant) THANKS JENNY.A. and Carmel plus Jill !
    Lives good 🥰    Read more

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    SdC and my challenges

    October 2, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    In the heat of the day I was determined to get my Camino Inglës Credential. Earlier this year I told myself the Credential was only a piece of paper.... and although I had ones from Camino Francés and Camino Portuguese, it was son Richard who had these framed... my respect for these Credentials won through. Yes they signify achievements in my life's journey. Now I have a 3rd. Lucky Brucee. Here are a few photos in and around SdC. On another issue I understood (or failed to realise) how busy the 2023 Camino's are. Last minute accommodation has been impossible at some points. Today (2 October) I tried to get a Train ticket from SdC to Madrid. My booking was 6 days from now and all I could get was a seat in the evening and that is 1st class. Just hope my Albergue Manager will let me in when I arrive after 11pm 🤞Read more

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    Beautiful day in Santiago de Compostela

    October 4, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 20 °C

    I finally got my sketch book out.
    I savoured gourmet Lunch at San Martin Pinario and pleasantly relaxed in their impressive grounds.
    Slow walk to Cathedral. Took Saint James Tomb walk past and ended up behind the Alter where the devoted placed both hands on the back of a shiny brass 'sculpure'.
    BMCS friendships count and catching up with Carmel before she's off to Fennistre ACU Group was the highlight of my day 😂    Read more

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    First stage of heading home

    October 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C

    In 20 minutes I catch the Renfe train to Madrid. BYEBYE SdC.
    One of the extra special joys the Camino provides is the meeting up with BMCS in Santiago de Compostela.
    As you can see it was one of those special days.
    Tuesday I fly home to Sydney arriving Wednesday at 6:40pm 🥰    Read more

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    My last day in Madrid

    October 9, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Last nights 4 hours late arrival into Madrid took a toll for an early and intended Art Museums tour. There is only a short walk from my Hosta to many Art Galleries and Museum's. . I managed a good late breakfast before a quick tour of the Prado, and the Museo Reina Sofía. Prado is full of Master pieces... 1700s late 1800s and more, but what I did not want to miss was Picasso's Guernica in Museo Reina. Picasso painted this in protest to Franco's war on his people and Germany's bombing of the Basques in the Pyrenees.
    This exhibition includes large preliminary sketches. Guernica is gory and Picasso wish was to demonstrate the carnage of Franco's war. The painting was a private commission and 1st appeared in a Paris exhibition 1937(?). It was then shipped to NYC until after democracy returned to Spain.
    Madrid enjoyed lovely weather Sorry for no scenic photos of their fountains etc.
    It is goodbye to Camino and the Spanish culture. See you all in Oz 🥰    Read more

  • Trip end
    October 14, 2023
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