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    • Eagle Walkers in Spain
      Day 30

      San nicolas del real camino

      September 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 61 °F

      They say this is the half way point in the Camino but I have heard that before this is the second time we have walked in the rain but we still walked. I got my boots cleaned off which should make getting them on and off easier Socrates told us to stop at the second bar which we did great food. Sorry I have not posted much the last couple of days we have been tired and sore. Buen CaminoRead more

    • TravelerCamino
      2
      Day 30

      Toradillos to Bercianos

      October 3, 2023 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 10 °C

      Due to technological difficulties somewhere in Spain I couldn't send my blog from my tablet so rewriting on my phone.
      Anyway today has been a great day with an early start of 630 am and a walk of 24 km.
      It was going to be a hot day so before 8 am we had walked about 7 km.
      Desperate for breakfast we came along by accident a delightful cafe in Sabln Nicholas . Full of memorabilia and a gorgeous old piano we had our coffee and croissants! The coffe was great
      On we walked to Sahagun which is quite a special place as it marks the half way point if the Camino! Take a bow our team if eight.
      Lovely town with lots if churches and monuments to people we will never know!
      But it was pretty and the coffees again were good.
      On we walked and the temperatures rose but luckily we had a lot of shade from old old trees. After 23 km we came across Bercianos. A sleepy little town with its crumbly buildings but I have to say we have had such a fun night.
      After our siesta we wandered the village. Wine was being pressed and a bottle of fresh grape juice given to us. Then a look at the local potanque competition.
      To end the evening we had dinner with a Dutch man called Toon . He was turning 70 and we were all in tears as he told us of his wife's death at 42 of cancer. Needless to say we had birthdday songs and comforted him. I guess that is the true magic of the Camino, not just the scenery but the characters we meet and we are sharing the same experiences.
      As I wrote this Brian is chatting to yet another pilgrim and the cafe humming.
      Time for bed      Read more

    • Camino de Santiago
      Day 28

      More than 1/2 way to Santiago!

      October 15, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

      We walked and uneventful 10k to the small city of Sahagun. Some where east if the city, approximately 383.5 kilometer mark we crossed the half way point of our walk.

      Later we passed through two statues claiming to be the mid-point.

      Another couple of kilometers and we walked into Sahagun, our stop for today. 22 kilometers total      Read more

    • TravelerCamino de Santiago
      111
      Day 23

      Stage 21: Calzadilla de la Cueza-Sahagún

      October 5, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      22.4 km/13.9 miles, 46°-75°, about 7.5 hours
      The foot felt so much better today, I started early at 7:15, the first time I've used a light to walk with. By 8:00 I didn't need it anymore. I stopped every chance I got to sit down, rest and eat something, so grateful not to be in pain. By 10 miles the pain started to return and I was getting stumbley. A strategically placed park with picnic tables and shade appeared just as I was about to fall over and turned out to be the geographic center of the Camino. So I have passed the halfway mark! Found my hostal in Sahagún and did the usual chores- shower, laundry, book the next couple nights, go in search of food. Reconnected with a couple from Longview I first met in Navarrete,and keep tag teaming with, and a couple from Denmark that stayed in the same hostal with me in Fromista and we made a merry band for dinner. I'm going to go to the Tourist Office in the morning when it opens at 9:00 to get my halfway certificate, then walk the 8.5 miles to Calzadilla de Los Hermanillos. I've been walking since September 13, need to try to plot out my stages for the rest of the Way. The plan was to be in Porto, Portugal October 22. That would mean some long stages the next couple weeks. Will have to get input from the team on that.Read more

    • TravelerCamino de Santiago
      1
      Day 22

      The halfway celebrations continue

      April 13 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

      Sahagun, enterprisingly, has attempted to corner the midpoint market. While it might not be geographically correct if you started in SJPP, it offers two lovely opportunities to mark the occasion - an arch near the city, and a halfway certificate (Carta Peregrina) at the Sanctuary of the Pilgrim Virgin. Pretty certain they made this certificate up to get people to visit this sanctuary but whatever, it worked.

      I bush-bashed the approach because I didn't know you could take a more demure path if you went round the block. It was going well until I encountered basically a dry moat between me and the sanctuary. I said to myself 'you probably should have gone round' as I started my descent.

      I promptly fell down the hill. I've spent nearly a decade teaching new skaters not to fall backwards so muscle memory kindly ensured I smashed down onto my knees, with the weight of my backpack then pushing me flat onto my stomach so it looked like I was attempting to skeleton the slope. Getting up from that position is actually quite hard, it involved a bit of rolling.

      Casually adjusting my straps and hoping I could get the grass stain out, I admitted aloud 'you DEFINITELY should have gone round' and then, humbled, went and got my certificate.

      You'll look at this photo of it and you'll like it, because lord knows whether it'll make it home in one piece. It's currently sandwiched between medical letters in the water bladder pocket of my pack, and I wish it well.      Read more

    • Camino
      1412
      Day 32

      Bercianos del Real Camino (10.1km/416.4)

      May 14, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

      A peaceful start as there is “silence” until 7am. The overnight stay was so relaxing. We only had a 10km walk so we went into the town centre for breakfast. Eventually we found a place that was open. Sundays are very unpredictable.
      We walked at a gentle pace after a long week of walking (133km this week!) and 7 consecutive days. We have a couple more 20km days and then we will have a day off in Leon and slow down a lot from there.
      We enjoyed a few phone calls home while walking. The only thing of note on todays walk was an impressive bridge at Sahagun as we left town and a quick visit to a small church (Ermita de la Virgin de Perales) just before the end of the walk.
      The town of Becianos was very quiet until they all walked out of mass to go for Sunday lunch and it has the strangest bell tower I’ve ever seen - a steel structure that does the job but doesn’t look pretty!      Read more

    • TravelerCamino 2023
      2
      Day 28

      Day 25

      September 15, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

      Train from Sahagun to Leon.
      Train departed at 8.35 am and arrived in Leon at 7.30 am.
      What a day to take a ride as it is an overcast day, ideal for walking.
      After arriving in Leon, we had a down pour, but we're lucky enough to shelter under a cafe's umbrella.
      We had another trip on a tourist train, which we thoroughly enjoyed and kept us dry. It's a strange thing to say but we enjoy seeing the shops.

      We are spending the night in a Convent.      Read more

    • TravelerCamino de Santiago 2023
      22
      Day 22

      Sahagún to Reliegos

      May 25, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

      Left Sahagún about ,8. Walked about 11km with Rowena to a wee.place that did eggs and bacon. Then met Tammy, Melissa.and Gerrard. We walked to Reliegos together. Went to the most famous Bar on the Camino ....Bar Elvis, for an hour then got a taxi to the accommodation for the night which was about 7km off Camino. Bar Elvis is known as a dive bar. What a great hour it was.Read more

    • TravelerCamino de Santiago
      21
      Day 24

      Stage 22: Sahagún-Calzadilla

      October 6, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C

      Calzadilla de los Hermanillos (too long for the title) except that I missed the cutoff for the alternate route here and was in Bercianos del Real Camino before I realized it. Was just not having it this morning. I can feel the need for a rest day, luckily have 2 nights booked in Leon Saturday and Sunday.
      I got my beautifully printed halfway certificate at the tourist office when it opened at 9:00, had a proud and happy moment, then started the march out of Sahagún, cool overcast and windy. 53°-66°, got to Bercianos about 12:30, only about 10.5 km/6.5 miles, first place with any services. That's too long for second coffee for me. Was so grumpy, just stumping along, head down, that's why I missed the cutoff. It was a couple hours before anybody got a civil "buen Camino" out of me.
      It's getting harder to find accommodations as I get closer to Santiago, due to the rebound glut of pilgrims. I'm worrying about what I'm going to do for the last 100 km, the minimum distance one can walk to get the Compostela, as the numbers walking increase dramatically at that point. Already I find large chattering groups going by to be a disruption, but I guess that's because I'm attached to having my own private Camino. I realize they're having their own Caminos so I enlarge my heart to include them and send them a silent blessing as they pass. We're each doing it alone and we're all in it together. Insight for the day.
      Anyway, got a taxi to the town I was supposed to have walked to and the Casa El Cura kindly let me in early. Nice not to feel bone tired and beat up. Tomorrow will be about 11 miles to Reliegos. Time for a siesta.      Read more

    • MikkaTo the End of the World
      Day 15

      Half Way Point

      July 31, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

      This is not 100% accurate, and obviously I am walking further so it only applies to pilgrims ending in Santiago de Compostela, but it’s a moment nevertheless, passing the half way point of the Camino Frances.Read more

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    Sahagún, Sahagun, Safagún, サアグン, Саагун, 萨阿贡

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