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    • Carl & Hollie's Camino
      1
      Day 18

      Camino Day 13 - Astorga

      September 6, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      An early start this morning with another big day in which we covered another 28 km's.
      Out before 6am have us a good couple of hours before the sun comes up fully and most of that was walking beside a busy road.
      The scenery has changed and now we are walking through forr forrest and farmland with small villages breaking up the path it was a long hot day with a few tasty hills thrown in to test us, but we arrived in beautiful Astorga by 1pm.
      We had no booking for tonight so we were aiming for the local albergue at 7 euros per bed. Very nice old 3 story building.
      Clothes washed and all of us showered we wandered off in search of food and drink.
      Then back for a rest before heading out for dinner then another early night.      Read more

    • TravelerAventure de randonnée
      Day 36

      Randonnée CO2

      May 24, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

      Traverser León ses banlieux pendant 9 km la circulation du matin a 10 C, la senteur d'essence consommée et longer la route N-120, autoroute nationale utilisée par les camions remorques, un éloignement de la nature que l'on espère venir.
      L'auberge choisie à St-Martin del camino dépasse de loin nos attentes, chambre très confortable
      moderne propre avec une nourriture attentionnée, un service professionnel, le chemin nous a rendu un répit pour débuté le périple des six prochains jours.

      À travers un constat de la journée plutôt sobre nous avons préféré
      marché et souhaité buene camino
      à tout les pèlerins que nous croisions.

       Un buene camino fût particulier lorsqu'une dame dans la soixantaine accompagné de son mari faisait le chemin malgré un handicap à la jambe gauche un courage qui a été pour l'instant après 652 km de marche un sans précédent.

      Ce dernier buene camino eu été
      un baume à la pensée d une plainte de notre part.      Read more

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    • TravelerJakobsweg 2022
      Day 3

      Der Weg sorgt für dich

      September 26, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 11 °C

      Die Entfernung von Virgen del Camino nach Hospital de Orbigo entlang einer Schnellstraße beträgt 21 KM. Ich entscheide mich für eine alternative Route durch das Hügelland, dem Camino Paramico. Dieser ist landschaftlich sehr reizvoll und ursprünglich, aber 10 KM länger. Wir treffen freundliche und gesprächige Landwirte. Gesprächsbarrieren werden durch Gestik und Improvisation überwunden. Man fühlt sich wie in einem Pantominen-Theater. Die Einheimischen warnen uns vor imaginären Bahnübergängen, gefährlichen Tieren und Sümpfen sowie vor morschen und nicht nutzbaren Sitzbänken.
      Außer den tollen Menschen, die wir treffen, erfreuen wir uns an Früchten am Wegesrand. So essen wir süße Feigen, Brombeeren, Trauben, Äpfel und Birnen.
      Hospital de Orbigo ist ein kleines Dorf. Es entstand um das 12. Jahrhundert und wurde von Rittern des Johanniterordens als Pilgerhospiz gegründet. Älter als das Dorf selbst ist eine ab dem 10./11. Jahrhundert auf römischen Fundamenten errichtete 20-bogige Brücke über den Rio Orbigo. Berühmt wurde die Brücke durch den Lanzenkampf des Ritters Suero de Quinones. Im Heiligen Jahr 1434 gelobte der Edelmann, 15 Tage vor und nach dem 25. Juli, also dem Tag Santiagos, mit neun Genossen gegen jeden über die Brücke kommenden Ritter zu kämpfen. Durch die edle Tat wollte er sich von einer Halsfessel befreien, die er jeden Donnerstag als Zeichen seiner unglücklichen Liebe für eine Edeldame anlegte. Don Suero und seine wackeren Freunde besiegten der Legende nach 166 Ritter. So konnte er sich von seiner Liebesfessel befreien.      Read more

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    • TravelerThe Camino - phase two.
      2
      Day 8

      Leon to Hospital de Orbigo

      September 28, 2018 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

      Hey from Astorga, Spain. I left Leon on Friday morning. I had a 4or 5 mile walk through Leon and the industrial areas just to get out of the city. The days walk was abreast a major highway heading west...pretty much the major truck route from Leon to Astorga...so, not a lot of scenery. I ended the day at the municipal albergue in the town of Villadangos del Páramo. It was the usual bunkroom accommodation and a pilgrim meal. I left around 730 in the morning...a bit more of a pleasant hike as now I am out of the meseta and heading into the hills again. I arrived in the town of Hospital de Orbigo and had to decide to hang there or hike the 16k to Astorga which is a larger city. I decided to stay put as the room situation did not look good for Astorga that night. Another albergue but in a 4 person room which is better than a 20 bed dorm. I pretty much hung out with my roommates for the afternoon...two guys from Australia, and one guy from Germany who pretty much lives out here. Dinner was with two Australian women who I run into each day who wound up in the same albergue. That’s it for now....thank you as always for checking in!Read more

    • TravelerCamino de Santiago
      1
      Day 32

      Villavante from León; 1st Blister

      June 28, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 88 °F

      While walking today I realized I've walked more than 300 miles (500+ km) so far. If we include in-town, it's significantly more.

      That's a lot of steps. My phone says 41,000 today alone and that's pretty typical for a 32km (~20 miles) day.

      The landscape was attractive, gentle rolling hills with corn, beets (?), Wheat, a flowering plant we don't recognize, sunflowers, some tree farms, flax, and probably others that I've forgotten because my blood sugar is low and my head is half-baked from the heat and the remarkable paucity of shade.

      Right after lunch I discovered my first blister! I'm sad and annoyed by this... I've been successful thus far and don't know what factors contributed. Did I tie my shoe too loose/tight? Socks got too damp? A rock? Some dirt?

      Whatever happened, my left 2nd toe now has a little (pea sized) painful blister. Phooey.
      I'll decide later what to do to mitigate more problems; after a cool beverage.

      Despite each of us discovering blisters, the rising heat, and friendly company .... We opted to do another 10km after lunch in ~90 degree weather. They were 10 boring, but flat, km along first a straight paved road then a straight dirt road. Highlights include: León just after dawn; getting some adorable puppy skritches; watching an eagle eat a snake in a hayfield; watching a different raptor glide around a field, presumably hunting; enjoying a lunch of veggie burger w fries; cool breeze on sweaty bodies; several rivers; standing in the overspray of aomw corn irrigation; meeting some nice people along the way; and taking off my shoes. All in all, a very good day.

      We made it. Maybe we should have walked another mile to a cute b&b by the river but took the "good enough and here" option of a humble but clean Albergue. Adding "just one more mile" after 20 miles in the peak of afternoon heat.... Is a tough sell.

      Emotionally.... I am glad to say that I had a number of chances to check in with myself and feel great. I've shed some of the burdens with which I started this trip and the others feel much more manageable. Doing hard things every day is good therapy. Combining in the opportunity of 5-10hrs of moving meditation helps, too. Life is feeling good.

      I'm dang tired. Staying up till 11+ last night wasn't ideal training. Or maybe I shouldn't have had that penultimate glass of vino. We shall never know.      Read more

    • TravelerSPAGNA ATLANTICA
      Day 20

      ⛽ 9° RIFORNIMENTO

      October 5, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      RIFORNIMENTO FATTO:
      ⛽ 💲 Costo CARBURANTE
      1,58€ A LITRO
      ⛽ 🪙 PAGATO
      46,00 €
      ⛽ 📐 LITRI
      29 circa

      🛣️ STRADA PERCORSA DA ULTIMO RIF. ⛽
      518 KM circa
      🚙 CONSUMO MEDIO DA ULTIMO RIF. ⛽
      20 Km/l circa

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    • TravelerCamino Frances
      Day 2–3

      Day 2 Hospital de Orbigo

      October 30, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      Day two started without any troubles. I met two people from Netherlands so I practised my Dutch. The lady had a problem with her ankle and she could barely walk. They have been on Camino for seven weeks, me 2 days and I already feel quite beaten. The route was nice and quiet. The last stretch of La Meseta. Most of the time the route followed back country road with almost no traffic. One could see from horizon to horizon, nothing around. It reminded me of a story back in my hitchhiking days. One driver mentioned that he experienced something like that in Kazachstan. I strangely became happy when a car appeared on a horizon. I met a German peregrino. He called taxi since his ankle was also swollen and he could not walk anymore. He offered me a ride, I refused. First test? The bridge in Hospital De Orbigo is impressive, the longest on Camino, from 10th century. My albergue is just next to it. Super convenientRead more

    • TravelerCamino de Santiago
      Day 26

      Ur jousting me

      April 17 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 8 °C

      Compared to the Meseta, towns are beautifully spaced now, and I came, in time, to Hospital de Orbigo and its wonderful bridge.

      I was completely in my head until I got here, and it pulled me into the moment where I stayed the rest of the day.

      I was looking at the wooden stuff on the grassed side, making another Knights Tale joke to myself when I realised, later confirmed by a sign, no that is an *actual* jousting set up. Brilliant.      Read more

    • Traveler2023 Passport Chronicles
      Day 34

      Camino Day 24: León to Hospital deÓrbigo

      September 4, 2023 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

      Total Distance: 41.5km
      Step Count: 58k
      Blisters to date: 2
      Tortillas to date: 21
      Injuries: shin splints

      Blippin’ longest day ever walking! Not just on the Camino but in my lifetime! - to date anyways.

      What was meant to be a 34km day (a bit of a stretch for my leg and the longest day I’d have so far) ended up being 41km! All the guide books and trail info about this stage were wrong as confirmed by the locals later.

      The walk itself was flat, uneventful, serene, with minimal stops, a very early start and some rain during the morning. I ended up walking the whole day with a Mexican woman who’d asked me in León if she could stick with me just to make her way out of town. It would be dark and she didn’t want to get lost but we found our way out easily thanks to another pilgrim who was heading out at the same time.

      Grumpiness kicked in after 30 odd KMs when I realised I still had another 8 to reach my destination but all the aches and pains disappeared in an instant when we arrived! Hospital de Órbigo was by far one of the most beautiful arrivals to a village with its long Roman bridge and the beautiful love story surrounding it (el Passo Honroso)! ❤️

      We were also going to stay at an Albergue run by Venezuelans which to my surprise was all dedicated to paintings by pilgrims. It was so colourful and reminded me of posadas by the beach back home! 💛💙❤️

      Lukas and I spent like an hour painting and then went to enjoy a well deserved dinner with Tim and then lots of sleep! The next day would be a short one 😊      Read more

    • TravelerClaire’s Camino
      Day 25

      Stage 22 - along the way

      April 26 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

      Today the Camino was back to its verdant, more interesting style after days of straight and flat.

      So many highlights, including the most beautiful supermodel chickens in a cafe we stopped at, the stunning Hospital de Órbigo (with its bridge that legend has it saw 300 knightly fights when one guy got turned down by a girl and decided he had to defend his honour by challenging everyone else to a fight in the 1400s!), and the most gloriously hippy food and rest stop in the middle of nowhere!Read more

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