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- 2023/06/10 15:23
- ☁️ 20 °C
- 海抜: 245 m
- スペインGaliciaSantiago de CompostelaPraza do Obradoiro42°52’50” N 8°32’44” W
Day 5- Santiago de Compostela
2023年6月10日, スペイン ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
63 tough kilometres to Santiago. Setting off with my American friends at 9am (yes in the rain again!) we followed the walking pilgrim route. What a path! We decided to split as a group and I soon latched on with a group of Portuguese mountain bikers, everyone is super friendly all headed to the same place. It was some of the most challenging but beautiful trails of the route so far. At times it was tough keeping up with them but I dug deep and stuck in there for 47km. We all stopped for lunch in a real characterful place, and the sun even made an appearance. Meeting more people, chatting and laughing about the day over a beer and croissant. Everyone has their own story and reasons to walk or bike the Camino, and even more willing to share if you take the time to just ask. There is a saying on the Camino, Blessed are you pilgrim if when you contemplate the Camino and you discover it’s is full of names and dawns
Blessed are you if you have discovers that the authentic Camino begins when it is completed
Blessed are you if your knapsack is emptying of things and your heart does not know where to hang up so many feelings and emotions
Blessed are you if you discover that one step back to help another is more valuable that a hundred forward without seeing what is at your side
When you don’t have the words to give thanks for everything that surprises you at every twist and turn of the way.
I can say with a full heart that everyone of these I have experienced in such a short time. 5 days in the saddle and what an experience.
I arrived in Santiago at 15h, battered, bruised and very tired, but the atmosphere of finishing pilgrims was electric, the groups that I had cycled with saw me and came over to congratulate me, people I had passed I saw later in the day hugging and congratulating each other like long lost friends, such special moments. After a long hot shower and collecting my certificate of completion I am now sat silent and alone in a busy square with a lovey glass of well earned red wine contemplating the last few days, pondering where to eat and wondering what lovely people I will meet this evening.
If on the way you meet yourself and gift yourself with time without rushing so as not to disregard the image of your heart you are truly blessed.
May the road rise to meet you may the wind always be at your back, May the sun shine warm on your face any the rain fall soft upon your fields. No advice for a chafing pilgrims arse though🤫which would have been useful.
until we meet again, may the universe hold you in the hollow of its hand
Bonne nuit mon amours ❤️もっと詳しく
旅行者 Congratulations Lisa 👏👏 you xuid brilliant love you xx
旅行者 Great riding Lisa. Jealous? Moi? 👏
旅行者 Hey stranger! Oh you would just smash this. Very much up your street if you haven’t already done it.