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A Salceda

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    • Day 39

      Von melide nach salceda

      June 10, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Hola a todas, heute stand die vorletzte längere Etappe von melide nach salceda auf dem Plan, welche mit 25km schon eine der längeren war. Also ich muss sagen, dass mir Galicia landschaftlich und von der Vegetation am besten von alles Bundesstaaten Spaniens gefällt. Natürlich hatte jede Sektion ihren besonderen Reiz. Die Temperaturen waren heute ideal zum pilgern und wenn Stella mal aufblühte, konnte man meist im Schatten der Bäume auf traumhaften Waldwegen schlendern. Es fand sich immer eine Möglichkeit mal einen cafe con leche y un bocadilla von jabon y queso zu genießen. Ich stelle ausserdem immer wieder fest, wenn man dem Land und den Menschen respektvoll gegenüber tritt, wird das freudig erwidert. Morgen geht es dann auf die vorletzte Etappe zum Monte do Gozo und am Sonntag der Einlauf nach Santiago. Gänsehautfeeling. Erkenntnis des Tages: Keine Ahnung 🤣🤣Read more

    • Day 40

      Tag 40 von Melide nach Salceda

      June 10, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

      Heute war wieder ein sehr schöner und ruhiger Tag.
      Der Weg wahr wieder wunderschön es ging hauptsächlich durch Wälder und kleine Dörfer.
      Was die Landschaft angeht kann man nur sagen Wahnsinn.
      Es hatte schon angefangen mit einem außergewöhnlichen Sonnenaufgang.
      Ich selbst war heute so ruhig und gelassen genau das Gegenteil von gestern.
      Ich hoffe das es morgen so weitergeht.
      Jetzt ist die erste Etappe bis Santiago auch bald erreicht 💪.
      Mir selbst geht es richtig gut.
      Natürlich merkt man die Kilometer in den Beinen aber so wollte ich es ja haben.
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    • Day 12

      Day 28 Melide to Salcema 604 km

      October 20, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      I must apologize as I did complete the Primitivo however I am continuing to walk. I am not completely finished walking yet. I am now on the Camino Francis route to Santiago 27 km away but I am doing it in 2 days as I have had some rather hard days.

      Pouring with rain this morning so there are not many pictures.

      It did stop off and on and gradually improved towards the afternoon.

      I can't believe how many bars are on this section
      There are so many more pilgrims. The atmosphere is different. Some people don't even say "Hola" when you great them🤔

      The landscape is so flat now. I walked by an active logging site:
      Falling, removing branches, decking and loading. Unsure of the type of trees as it was dark.
      Very interesting.

      Beautiful scents from the eucalyptus trees.

      I saw my first pilgrim with a dog walking. It barked excessively at me..... The owner said it was a lovely rescue dog that sometimes does that to people🧐 It was part blue heeler so no surprise.

      I am staying at an Albergue that I stayed at last year. It is close to the restaurant with the excellent food. I met Stacey from Maine and Denise from the Hamburg area, and we went out for a fantastic dinner. Fresh scallops and the best salad with goat cheese I have had in Spain yet👏🥳 Delicious!!

      2 more sleeps until Santiago. It will be so fun as Denise, Stacey and I will see Mass together on Sunday. The botafumeira will be used.
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    • Day 57

      Vilamaior (18.6km / 758km)

      June 8, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C

      We were prepared for rain but it was a sunny morning for our last longish day of walking. Tomorrow is more about the finish than the walk.
      We continued through forests, mostly in the shade but there was one last long hill to climb to remind us we were not done yet. In places there were pools of water and very muddy tracks after several days of afternoon and night storms.
      We walk around the airport and watched a plane coming into land just above us before enjoying our last lunch! Hard to believe …
      It really isn’t anywhere near as crowded walking as we thought it might be. We have been avoiding the popular stage start / end points which has helped. We have heard that there are more than a thousand pilgrims arriving every day into Santiago and then hang around for a few days. We are looking forward to catching up with a few of them.
      We are however noticing a significant jump in the prices of everything as we near the end. Lunches or light meals that were costing 6 or 7 euro are now over 10 and we used to be able to get a piece of cake for 1 or 2 euro and that can now be over 4! A good way to cut down in the eating when the walking is done.
      The 5 of us have been walking together now for a week which has been nice and very different to walking independently and we shared our last dinner on the walk in our Albergue, Casa de Amancio that was awesome! We shared some scallops to start and ended with the most delicious desserts and a herbal liqueur. Louise was kind enough to pay for us all.
      Off to bed now and ready for the last 9km tomorrow.
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    • Day 45

      Walking w a Friend to Amenal

      November 1, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C

      We met Paul from Ontario last night in our hostel. Since it is the end of the Camino season we were the only people there last night. We enjoyed dinner together last night & walked most of today together. The walk seems so much shorter when you're talking with a friend. I didn't take many pics today. It was a beautiful sunny day in the low 60's perfect for walking. Many woodland paths & small villages with chickens, sheep & horses.

      Hard to believe tomorrow is the last leg of our Camino adventure!
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    • Boente to Salceda

      October 22, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

      21km of mostly beautiful rural paths and an hour of rain.

      We planned for an early start to enable us to avoid possible rain patches with strategic coffee breaks. Down to the bar for 7:00am breakfast and found the place in darkness. We returned to our room to pack up and be on our way and found breakfast in full swing at 7:30 as we went down to leave.

      So refuelled we walked in darkness with a headlamp for 40 minutes until first light. For 8km the Camino followed a country path below overhanging trees up and down across several small river valleys until our coffee and cake stop in Arzúa.

      Arzúa also gave us access to an ATM to replenish cash and a farmacia for blister dressings and Vitamin I (ibuprofen). It would have been nice to check out the weekly street market but rain was predicted and we moved on.

      Leaving Arzúa through unpaved country lanes we encountered more of the eucalyptus groves we had seen yesterday. There are 400k hectares of Aussie eucalyptus forests in Galicia. Saw some fine old Stringy Barks.

      We stopped for a lunch of empanadas at Casa Do Hórreo in Ferreira just 3.5km short of our destination for the day. It started to rain and continued quite heavily for an hour so we stayed under cover for dessert and coffee. With no letup in the rain we donned our ponchos and walked on in the now easing rain and continued onto our accommodation.

      Now after dinner we are drying wet gear for tomorrow’s predicted downpour.
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    • Day 35

      A Salceda

      October 9, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 63 °F

      12 miles.
      Started off dark and foggy again this morning. I kinda love it! There have been a lot of eucalyptus trees along the path in the last few days. Also, there are many of these grain or corn storage buildings.
      Tomorrow is supposed to rain. Hopefully not when we're walking.

      Last photo: When it's raining outside and your socks aren't dry yet...you have to improvise.
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    • Day 39

      Arzúa to O Pedrouzo

      June 11, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C

      Weather was good today, quite hot so I enjoyed the shaded paths I walked on. Met Nicki, Jacky, Puk, Ying, Lee and Duncan. Also had a blether with a couple of young lads from Greenock who overheard my accent.
      Stopped at a great place for lunch and had Caldo Gallego, Croquettes and Zorza. Arrived in O Pedrouzo and everything was shut as it is the Sabbath. Absolutely shiting it for finishing tomorrow.
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    • Day 32

      More people

      August 23, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

      The two girls in the photo with me, Elena and Yolanda, plus 2 others who were travelling alone, got together in the garden of a bar on the Camino.
      When they saw other pilgrims passing, they asked them to join for a drink.
      The group got bigger and bigger, there was singing and dancing, and everyone had a bit of fun.
      The group was already quite large when Jan and I arrived.
      Most were young Spaniards who started the walk in Sarria. This shows the different mindset of the 4-day walkers as opposed to most people who do a longer pilgrimage. One group is there to have fun, the other is searching for inner peace. This is obviously a gross generalisation, but you get the idea.
      The demographic of the Camino undoubtedly changed after Sarria, and albergues in many villages were full.
      For this reason, in the last 110k of the walk we had to book ahead. For the same reason, we completed this section a day earlier than originally expected- to avoid the hassle of ringing around to find a bed for an extra day.
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    • Day 32

      The plan

      August 23, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      So, what to do with 9 spare days?
      There's an obvious answer: continue walking to Finisterre and Muxía. These are official pilgrimage routes as well. If I keep walking at the current rate, I can even walk back to Santiago and complete 1,000 kms.
      That's my next challenge! 😀
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