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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

Camino Catalán, stage 7

Posted on 21/05/2024 by magwood

Tamorite de Litera to Monzón, 24 km Elevation gain 145 m Elevation loss 230 m Total distance 188 km Another bright and fresh morning, blue sky, fluffy clouds, bright sun and a brisk breeze, which has prompted me to put … Continue reading →

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Camino Catalán, stage 6

Posted on 20/05/2024 by magwood

Algerri to Tamorite de Litera, 24km Elevation gain 144 Elevation loss 131 Total distance 164 km The day starts bright and sunny with various shades of cloud, but nothing threatening. The forecast is for sun all day. After a quick … Continue reading →

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Camino Catalán, stage 5

Posted on 19/05/2024 by magwood

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

Posted on 18/05/2024 by magwood

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 →

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Camino Catalán, stage 3

Posted on 17/05/2024 by magwood

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 →

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Camino Catalán, stage 2

Posted on 16/05/2024 by magwood

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 →

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Camino Catalán, stage 1

Posted on 15/05/2024 by magwood

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 →

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Getting there

Posted on 14/05/2024 by magwood

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 →

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Here we go again!

Posted on 12/05/2024 by magwood

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 →

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Post camino hanging around

Posted on 01/06/2022 by magwood

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

Posted on 27/05/2022 by magwood

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

Posted on 26/05/2022 by magwood

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 →

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Camino Primitivo, A Fonsagrada to O Cádavo 25 km

Posted on 24/05/2022 by magwood

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 →

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Camino Primitivo, Castro to A Fonsagrada, 21 km

Posted on 23/05/2022 by magwood

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 →

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Camino Primitivo, Navia Emblase to Castro 12.25 km

Posted on 22/05/2022 by magwood

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 →

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