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About magwood

Trepidatious Traveller - camino blog is about preparing for and walking the Camino de Santiago. Many future pilgrims have found the blog useful and inspiring, and many who have no plans to walk the camino have simply enjoyed the dialogue http://www.magwood.me

It’s a dog’s life!

The shopping trip couldn’t be delayed any longer (we had run out of cava!), so we trundled down to the coast yesterday and, as it wasn’t too hot, we took Roly with us. We can leave him at home without … Continue reading

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A ride out with los hombres

My occasional riding partner, Pepe, telephoned me yesterday to invite me to ride with a group to El Acebuchal. I was fairly sure I had the meeting time and place correct, but not so sure of other details because I … Continue reading

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It was a dark and windy night…….

I was aware during the night of some vey gusty weather, with the sounds of the wind whistling outside the window and the scraping of garden furniture moving across the terrace. However it had died down to just breezy this … Continue reading

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Maggie and Ella’s other adventure

I am finally getting around to posting a log of my adventure with my daughter last year (2012) when I met Ella mid-way on her return trip to the UK from Sydney, Australia, where she had been living and working … Continue reading

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Such wonderful comments

I don’t know if this is good blogging etiquette, but I wanted to put together some of the wonderful comments I have received from strangers who have read my blog. As I write this post, I have received a few … Continue reading

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Noche del Vino XXXVIII, Cómpeta 2013

No sooner are the ferias over than it is time for the night of the wine, Competa’s annual celebration of the grape harvest, held every year on 15 August. La Noche del Vino festival developed from an age old tradition … Continue reading

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The Spanish certainly know how to throw a party

The feria season is drawing to an end in our area of Andalusia, Southern Spain. Every July/August the local villages take it in turns to transform their streets into a venue for funfair / equestrian games / pop concert / … Continue reading

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A wonderful article that I think you’ll enjoy

I loved this piece so much that I asked the author’s permission to reproduce it here. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did A 5-foot-3 woman’s got to learn to be big sometimes, especially when her 6-foot-tall … Continue reading

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Post camino assessment and reflections

So, I have at last got around to writing the final assessment of my camino, completed some ten weeks ago. I dont know why it has taken me so long to put fingers to keyboard. May be some deep psychological … Continue reading

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To be a Pilgrim

Isn’t is strange. I was brought up in a home without religion. I have never been inside a church with either of my parents. And yet I love hymns. I just looked up the words of the hymn ‘To be … Continue reading

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Assessment of clothes and gear

This post is an assessment of the items that I took on my 2013 camino from the point of view of a trekking novice. I have since gained a little experience and have posted an assessment of the items I … Continue reading

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Getting back to normal, 13 June 2013

So life is just about back to normal. It took longer than it should have because, after being home for a week, two things interrupted ‘normal’. On the Sunday afternoon we had been to see one of our favourite bands … Continue reading

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Back home, 26 – 28 May 2013

It as very late Saturday night/Sunday morning when David and I arrived back in Canillas. The only animal at home was Sheba, our beautiful Siamese-looking cat who is actually just a moggie. I called her but she must have been … Continue reading

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Life after the camino, (falling in love with Santiago) 24 and 25 May 2013

David arrived at about 10pm last night (Thursday) and after dumping his bag at the hotel we went towards the old town for a ‘welcome to Santiago’ drink. The next morning we decided against breakfast in the hotel and I … Continue reading

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Life after the camino, 23 May 2013

This morning I fiound a lovely short cut to the inner city through a food market, full of meat, fish and fruit stalls. What a pity I haven’t got access to a kitchen – it all looks fabulously fresh. I … Continue reading

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