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- martedì 3 settembre 2019 20:54
- 🌧 19 °C
- Altitudine: 158 m
CanadaToronto Pearson International Airport43°40’36” N 79°36’45” W
We’re off!
3 settembre 2019, Canada ⋅ 🌧 19 °C
The journey starts now! Leaving Toronto at 11:30 tonight, and arriving in Lisbon 11:30 am tomorrow morning. After a 2 hour layover, off to Madrid arriving at 4:15 pm local.
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- mercoledì 4 settembre 2019 19:12
- ☀️ 32 °C
- Altitudine: 666 m
SpagnaPlaza Santa Ana40°24’55” N 3°42’9” W
Madrid!
4 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Arrived in Madrid after a long day travelling. Slept very well last night. Currently staying in a fellow pilgrims apartment here. Spent today seeing the sites of Madrid. We start out walking Sept 07.Leggi altro
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- sabato 7 settembre 2019 17:41
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitudine: 738 m
- SpagnaPlaza de la Palmera40°36’7” N 3°42’50” W
Madrid to Tres Cantos
7 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
First day on the trail out of Madrid. Being a Saturday, the streets where very busy. A pilgrim from New Zealand was also starting out today and was glad to join us. The first couple of days are alwaysLeggi altro
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- domenica 8 settembre 2019 03:35
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Altitudine: 924 m
- SpagnaSoto del Real40°45’13” N 3°47’5” W
Onto Colemenar Viejo
8 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Was a clear blue sky again today, with the temperatures not too bad. Trail was long and dusty tho. Mostly thru dry creek beds and farm roads. Hostel here is pretty good. Taking 2 litres of water aLeggi altro
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- lunedì 9 settembre 2019 08:47
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitudine: 946 m
- SpagnaManzanares el Real40°44’13” N 3°51’2” W
Manzanares
9 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Left Early this morning for a place called Manzanares el Real. Another clear blue sky day. Again we walked down cow paths and rocky trails into a lovely town. Tonight we are staying at a donationLeggi altro
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- martedì 10 settembre 2019 01:48
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitudine: 1.176 m
- SpagnaCercedilla station40°44’17” N 4°3’59” W
Manzanares el Real To Cercedilla
10 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
We started early today,. The first stage was 7 Kim’s to a village named Mataelpino. Here we stopped for a break. Most of the morning was on cowpath, with the imposing mountains on our right. It wasLeggi altro
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- mercoledì 11 settembre 2019
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitudine: 999 m
- SpagnaPlaza del Azoguejo40°56’53” N 4°6’54” W
Cercedilla to Segovia - Broooodal!
11 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Cercedilla to Segovia
Today was a long hard day. The first part was a long upward climb on an old Roman road over the mountain pass between Cercedilla and Segovia. The large rocks were a real problemLeggi altro
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- giovedì 12 settembre 2019 05:11
- 🌙 9 °C
- Altitudine: 940 m
- SpagnaPerogordo40°55’45” N 4°10’14” W
Rest Day In Segovia
12 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Needed a rest day after the mountain crossing yesterday. Segovia was a great city for site seeing. This town is famous for it’s incredible intact Roman aquaduct. Also an incredible cathedral, andLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreTHIS is a good rest day, scenery/market look fab. after your hard mountain climb, a castle or two are pretty cool.
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- venerdì 13 settembre 2019 05:25
- 🌙 12 °C
- Altitudine: 1.011 m
- SpagnaZamarramala40°57’57” N 4°8’3” W
Segovia to Zamarramala
13 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
Just a short walk to Zamarramala today. It was the only way to split up the next 2 days without having to walk over 30 Klm’s. Segovia now in the distance. Just a few old churches on the way, andLeggi altro
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- sabato 14 settembre 2019 02:20
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitudine: 909 m
- SpagnaPascuales41°3’32” N 4°23’30” W
Zamarramala To Santa María la Real
14 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
It was a long hot 30 km day. Walked thru 4 small agricultural towns, that had nothing except maybe a fountain. Came across a flock of sheep, and also thought that the pine trees being tapped for sapLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreI've told you that at a certain point it was hard even to get water: no café, no grocery store, nobody,...
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- domenica 15 settembre 2019 05:26
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitudine: 809 m
- SpagnaNava de la Asunción41°9’30” N 4°29’12” W
This Is No Bull!
15 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Santa María la Real de Nieva To Nava de la Asunción
The promised rain of the last 2 days held off again for us. Walking was easy in a cloudy cool day. We walked thru a lot of pine forest. InLeggi altro
Hi team! I'm glad that you had a much easier walk today through woodland. Paul has footage of the bull running. Mary-Anne McLaughlin
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- lunedì 16 settembre 2019 04:31
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitudine: 663 m
- SpagnaParco del Buen Retiro40°25’2” N 3°41’2” W
Nava de la Asunción To Villeguillo
16 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A vary nice walk today thru pine forest again. Our first stop was the city of Coca, which had a very nice castle. The castle was built by Moors on the orders of Bishop Alonso de Fonseca who had beenLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreI wonder what the chef would have said had you decided you wanted cat for dinner ?
Looks like a nice trail terry. Lovely to see you meeting up with some of your old walking pals thanks for sharing
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- martedì 17 settembre 2019 09:13
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitudine: 663 m
- SpagnaParco del Buen Retiro40°25’2” N 3°41’2” W
Villeguillo To Alcazarén
17 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Another day of pine forest paths. The day after having a feast put on by the local bar owner last night, Paul was having a hard day walking, suffering from last nights feast. Most of us are not tooLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreGosh Terry, these are great 'buys' on real estate.. think you should invest!
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- mercoledì 18 settembre 2019 02:24
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitudine: 681 m
- SpagnaPuente Duero41°33’7” N 4°47’37” W
Alcazarén To Puente Duero
18 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
How much more pine forest and farm track can I take!
We broke into the 400’s today!!
It was an early start to a 24 km day. With only one town as a rest stop in between. Paul has recovered from hisLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreHi Terry, does everyone know to hit the Heart by the comment line in order to "like" your posts???
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- giovedì 19 settembre 2019 09:44
- ☀️ 15 °C
- Altitudine: 848 m
- SpagnaPeñaflor de Hornija41°42’40” N 4°59’2” W
Puente Duero To Penaflor de Hornija
19 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
.An early start this morning led us onto more farm track into a meseta like landscape for 24 kilometres. At least there were 3 towns with cafe bars to break up the day and to top up our waters.
TheLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreHope there are Cafe stops with shade tomorrow for you. The early start might be downhill with a bit of luck!
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- venerdì 20 settembre 2019 19:20
- ☀️ 24 °C
- Altitudine: 744 m
- SpagnaCanal de Campos41°52’51” N 5°2’28” W
Penaflor de Hornija to Medina de Rioseco
20 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
A long 24 kilometres stretch today, with about 10 kms of road walking. The scenery is getting more Meseta like. Very dry with large open spaces.
We are relaxing in an albergue here, the used to be aLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreTerry, these are fab photos - manicured spaces to... maybe not so much, they capture your journey! Thanks.
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- sabato 21 settembre 2019 03:41
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitudine: 772 m
- SpagnaCuenca de Campos42°3’29” N 5°3’20” W
Medina de Rioseco To Cuenca de Campos
21 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
We left Medina a little late (9:30) this morning, since Petya had to take a bus back home to Alicante. After a breakfast of coffee and some crappy toastados, we headed off.
The first 11 kilometresLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreWe noticed alot of greyhounds on the Norte too. Of course they stuck out to me since my daughter owns a rescued one. Beautiful pictures!!!!
ViaggiatoreBon appetit this evening! You need a good cup of tea after that day and hopefully a square meal!
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- domenica 22 settembre 2019 03:44
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitudine: 759 m
- SpagnaSantervás de Campos42°13’4” N 5°6’6” W
Cuenca de Campos To Villalón de Campos
22 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
After the last few hard days, we decided to do just a short walk to the next town. We still broke thru the 400’s into the 300’s. Most of the way was along an old railway track bed.
A niceLeggi altro
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- lunedì 23 settembre 2019 22:05
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitudine: 759 m
- SpagnaSantervás de Campos42°13’4” N 5°6’6” W
Villalón de Campos To Santervás de Campo
23 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Today we started off with a great breakfast for a change. At the albergue, they had some milk, eggs, and bread. I cooked us up some French toast with this. The hospitalerio also gave us some melon. WeLeggi altro
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- martedì 24 settembre 2019 02:08
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitudine: 807 m
- SpagnaGrajal de Campos42°19’15” N 5°1’10” W
Santervás de Campos To Grajal de Campos
24 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
After a typical breakfast, we said goodbye to our great host Isadoro and Reyes.
BTW, any town named with “de Campos” at the end of it’s name, means “of the field”.
A pretty straightLeggi altro
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- mercoledì 25 settembre 2019 02:11
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitudine: 818 m
- SpagnaMonasterio Real de San Benito42°22’14” N 5°1’58” W
Grajal de Campos To Sahagun
25 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
What a day. We arrived in Sahagun earlier today, completing our Camino de Madrid! We obtained a document at the end to commemorate this at an old church/ museum at the entrance to town.
We are nowLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreNo Camino Frances for me, excatly because of what you said: tooooo many people! What language the reading? How was the weather on Camino de Madrid. I have the impression that you had a lot of cloud days...
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- giovedì 26 settembre 2019 01:39
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitudine: 868 m
- SpagnaEl Burgo Ranero42°25’18” N 5°13’6” W
Sahagun To El Burgo Ranero
26 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
A relatively easy day today along the Frances. What a difference it is along this trail. Many other pilgrims along the trail, and at rest stops. The trails are all well groomed, and shaded by rows ofLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreAny future caminos for me I'm not sure the compostella is that important. When we joined the Frances from the Norte at Arzua I was in shock! It was a fun end of Camino pub crawl!
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- venerdì 27 settembre 2019 03:17
- 🌙 11 °C
- Altitudine: 800 m
- SpagnaMansilla de las Mulas42°29’50” N 5°24’53” W
Burgo Ranero To Mansilla de la Mulas
27 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
Another very pleasant easy walk today along the tree lined trail. It really brings back memories of 2013 when I see things on the trail such as the “Elvis Bar”, and the tired pilgrims statue.Leggi altro
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- sabato 28 settembre 2019 09:12
- ⛅ 10 °C
- Altitudine: 850 m
- SpagnaParque Del Cid Campeador42°35’56” N 5°34’3” W
Mansilla de la Mulas To León
28 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 10 °C
Another day of great weather. We made it to the great city of Leon. I registered at my albergue, shortly after 1:00 pm. It is another parochial one. Just 6 euro includes breakfast! We are inside theLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreLooking forward to hearing about your San Salvador! I believe Oviedo is where the Primativo starts. John and I would love to walk that one with our daughter one of these years. Bid adieu to Paul for us. Buen Camino!
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- domenica 29 settembre 2019 00:53
- 🌙 12 °C
- Altitudine: 961 m
- SpagnaLa Robla42°48’28” N 5°37’42” W
León To La Robla
29 settembre 2019, Spagna ⋅ 🌙 12 °C
The nun’s woke the albergue up at 6:00 am sharp this morning. This was ok with me, as I wanted to get an early start. I ate a couple of yogurts that I bought the night before, and hit theLeggi altro
Sounds like a day as I have imagined so far - early start (but not the nuns kicking you out so early....), beautiful scenery, solitude, and new friendships.
Let the adventures begin... Have a super time - see you in November!
Hey dude; don’t forget to hand out a few Canada pins to lighten the load!