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Camino Catalán, stage 5
Linyola – Algerri, 33.3 km Elevation gain 251 m Elevation loss 144 m Total distance 140 km We didn’t really make an effort yesterday to discover Linyola in any great depths. When we arrived, we walked through the church square … Continue reading
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Camino Catalán, stage 4
Tárrega to Linyola, 25 km Elevation gain 24 m Elevation loss 133 m Total distance 107 km We were joined in the albergue last night by a Spanish guy and his nephew who are from Barcelona and had walked the … Continue reading
Camino Catalán, stage 3
Panadella to Tárrega, 31 km Elevation gain 146 m Elevation loss 485 m Total distance 82 km We almost missed the turn onto the track when we started off this morning. It is very soon after leaving the hostel and … Continue reading
Camino Catalán, stage 2
Igualada – Panadella, 23 km Elevation gain 450 m Elevation loss 77 m Total distance 51 km I forgot to turn on Wikiloc for around 1.5km so I have added this to the distances mentioned in this post. We have … Continue reading
Camino Catalán, stage 1
Monestir de Montserrat – Igualada, 28 km Elevation gain 340 m Elevation loss 744 m Total distance 28 km On leaving the Albergue at 07:00 we found our way to the first camino sign (well, the first one we noticed!) … Continue reading
Getting there
Thank you for so many fabulous and truly heartwarming comments on my recent blog post. It really is a wonderful community of friends here. Some of you I have known for many years, many more are recent friends and there … Continue reading
Here we go again!
After almost two years of silence following my last adventure in 2022, I am on the verge of making another attempt at walking a Spanish camino. After seven years of annual incident-free caminos, my last two attempts were terminated early … Continue reading
Post camino hanging around
I last posted on Friday after arriving in Finisterre. On Saturday I had such a lazy day – I limped to the shop to buy some food and painkillers and spent the rest of the day on the bed. This … Continue reading
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Enforced R&R
Sorry for the prolonged silence. You must have been wondering what’s been going on. And the answer is – pretty much nothing. The combination of right knee and left foot malfunction has left me unable to do much more than … Continue reading
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Camino Primitivo, O Cádavo to Lugo 32 km
Last night in the dorm was atrocious – nine people, eight men, very close and smelly, lots and lots of snoring. I gave up trying to sleep at 1 am and put in earplugs and listened to the radio for … Continue reading
Camino Primitivo, A Fonsagrada to O Cádavo 25 km
Yesterday the number of views on my blog tripped over 900,000. I find it unbelievable that it has reached this number. Thank you all for taking the time to visit. And a huge thank you to everyone who goes to … Continue reading
Camino Primitivo, Castro to A Fonsagrada, 21 km
The day starts fresh but dry. Very soon after leaving the albergue I am directed onto a track, which is lovely and soft due to the rain, but luckily not at all muddy. After quite some time there is a … Continue reading
Camino Primitivo, Navia Emblase to Castro 12.25 km
You can read my blog post from 2017 for the stage Campiello to Berducedo here You can read my blog post from 2017 for the stage Berducedo to Castro here Having made elaborate plans last night to skip the next … Continue reading
Camino Primitivo, Tineo to Campiello 13.5 km
Tineo is a rather strange town. Bustling on a Friday evening with lots of children running to the sweet shop and lots of parents running to the bar. It is a strange mix of very modern and quite old – … Continue reading
Camino Primitivo, Salas to Tineo 20 km
We are in the woods almost immediately on leaving Salas on an ever upward climb. This is an area rich in spring water and there are channels trickling alongside the path most of the time, and now and then fuentes. … Continue reading
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