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Camino Spring 2024
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- Apr 24, 2024, 7:03am
- ☁️ 39 °F
- Altitude: 1,473 ft
- Spain Galicia Portomarín Cortapezas 42.807137, -7.63516642°48’26” N 7°38’7” W
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April 24 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F
Today we started walking before sunrise as usual and realized that the way had changed. What previously were small groups of pilgrims starting their morning - today became to look like the commute into Portland on a weekday morning. Pilgrim groups of 4, 5, 6 and more were crowding the trail. "Our" way has changed. It was until 3 hours into the walk that the distance between groups spread further and further apart. Lydia and I truly enjoy walking along the sounds to the birds, cows, and occasional dogs. A peaceful time in nature.

Now time for a movie quiz. Guess the photo and the movie it represents. Good luck!Read more
Traveler What a lucky view of the moon!
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Traveler Striking!
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Traveler Oh, and the cow poop is a given on the trail
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Traveler Cal’s Camino Adventures
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- Sep 26, 2022, 7:29am
- ⛅ 7 °C
- Altitude: 447 m
- Spain Galicia Portomarín Cortapezas 42.807608, -7.6340242°48’27” N 7°38’2” W
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Day 34
September 26, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C
As we know I don’t panic anymore 🤪.. so, i woke up this morning to an eek moment 😂. My back was so stiff that I couldn’t bend over and had to sit on the floor to put my trainers on!!!
Breakfast and ibuprofen later and I’m on my way…
Again the first 17 km’s today were like a sponsored walk.. I can’t believe the amount of people now! After 17km it thinned out a bit and then by the last 6 or 7km’s I was virtually on my own.. bliss!!!’
The scenery was fabulous, the weather changed from really misty and cold, to sunny and reasonably warm.. the temperature has definitely dropped, whilst I was walking I was fine, but have had real trouble keeping warm since I finished..
Palas de Reí is quite small and not really a great deal to do/see.. a good day to catch up on some sleep as I’ve not slept very well the last few days..
I’m starting to feel ready to be in Santiago now.. the remaining days are considerably shorter and I’d happily double them up…Read more
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Carl & Hollie's Camino
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- Sep 18, 2023, 8:08am
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 458 m
- Spain Galicia Portomarín Cortapezas 42.809261, -7.64196742°48’33” N 7°38’31” W
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Camino Day 25 - Palas de Rei
September 18, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
A short 25kms today so we left early to beat the rain. Turns out the rain didn't come and it was a dry day, with a few clouds.
The "walking dead" were a bit quite so we walked in relative peace.
Not many sights on the way today, but had a great Ox burger for lunch, along with a cold radler.
The legs were a bit tired once we arrived at our destination, and luckily albergue was close to start of town.
After a rest we headed in for dinner and found a great pasta place run by an Irish couple. We dined with a group from Poland and shared a few stories. Overall a great night!Read more
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Traveler Sounds like a great day. 👍
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Traveler Camino Francés
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- Oct 13, 2019, 8:46am
- 🌧 57 °F
- Altitude: 1,463 ft
- Spain Galicia Portomarín Cortapezas 42.80833, -7.6442°48’30” N 7°38’24” W
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Palas de Rei - Albergue Zendoira
October 13, 2019 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 57 °F
Rain, rain, and more rain. Not very many pictures today as I was trying to keep my electronics as dry as possible. Mia and I arrived at our destination in a less than dry condition, her even more so than I. We have three more days of walking in the rain. Are we there yet? Now we are dry and tucked into another pod albergue but we have to venture out to find food this evening.

Lluvia, lluvia y mas lluvia. No hay muchas fotos hoy, ya que estaba tratando de mantener mi electrónica lo más seca posible. Mia y yo llegamos a nuestro destino en condiciones menos que secas, ella incluso más que yo. Tenemos tres días más de caminar bajo la lluvia. ¿Ya llegamos? Ahora estamos secas y metidas en otro pod albergue, pero tenemos que salir a buscar comida esta noche.Read more
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Peregrina Camino Francés 2019
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- Jun 15, 2019, 9:01pm
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitude: 440 m
- Spain Galicia Portomarín Cortapezas 42.807831, -7.63780242°48’28” N 7°38’16” W
Day 25
Durch Wald und Wiesen - immer aufwärts
June 15, 2019 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Heute war ein schöner Tag zum Laufen, die Temperaturen angenehm und endlich mal kaum Wind. Das macht auf die Dauer echt einen großen Unterschied. Nachdem dann auch die meisten anderen Pilger an mir vorbei gezogen waren, es ruhiger wurde, bin ich heute das erste Mal durch eine waldähnliche Landschaft gewandert, so wie man es auch aus D kennt. Viele Pflanzen kamen mir bekannt vor, was es hier allerdings in Unmengen gibt, ist pinkfarbener Fingerhut. Den hab ich bisher nur einmal vorher gesehen, wunderschön. Kaum zu glauben, dass der so giftig ist.

Die Bäume sind hier auch unglaublich. So alt, knorrig und vor allem mit riesigen Umfängen. Für einen Baum hat es sechs Leute gebraucht, um den Baum zu umspannen! Und da steht nicht nur einer davon rum, alle fünf bis zehn Meter kommt der nächste Baum.

Ich hatte auch ausgiebig Zeit die Bäume in meinen zahlreichen Pausen zu bewundern. Es ging, mal wieder, nur nach oben. Dieses Mal wieder richtig schön steil. Mein Fitnesstracker hat mir das heute auch mit einem Verbrauch von 5457 kcal bestätigt😎. Das hab ich noch nie erreicht.Read more
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Wow, ein Irrer Verbrauch! LG Reinga
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