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Camino Mozárabe stage 9 – Quentar to Granada 18.5 km

Posted on 22/04/2018 by magwood

Apologies for no elevation information today – I accidentally deleted it – very annoying! Today’s distance 18.5 km Total distance from Almería 208 km This morning dawned quite mild, no harsh breeze. After a quick stop at Bar Los Angeles … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe stage 8 – La Peza to Quentar 28 km

Posted on 21/04/2018 by magwood

Today’s distance 28 km Elevation gain 747m Elevation loss 861 m Total distance from Almería 189.5 km We leave earlier than usual at about 7:20 because of today’s long hike. Some grey cloud is hanging in the sky and the … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe stage 7 – Guadix to La Peza 27 km

Posted on 20/04/2018 by magwood

Today’s distance 27 km Elevation gain 563 m Elevation loss 487 m Total distance from Almería 161.5 Guadix is a beautiful city with stunning period property, which was enhanced by the early morning sun as we left for today’s stage. … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe stage 6 – Alquife to Guadix 24 km

Posted on 19/04/2018 by magwood

Today’s distance 24km Elevation gain 201 m Elevation loss 505 m Total distance from Almería 134.5 It became very cold during the night and I had chosen a very lightweight blanket and didn’t sleep too well as a result. Manuel’s … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe stage 5 – Huéneja to Alquife 20 km

Posted on 18/04/2018 by magwood

Today’s distance 20 km Elevation gain 349 m Elevation loss 289 m Total distance from Almería 110.5 Well, this is what we have been waiting for. Now we are talking camino walking – and it doesn’t get finer than this. … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe stage 4 – Abla to Huéneja 21.5 km

Posted on 17/04/2018 by magwood

Today’s distance 21.5 km Elevation gain 432 m Elevation loss 139 m Total distance from Almería 90.5 km A much nicer start to the day, with the snow topped mountains to our left and walking along comfortable country lanes and … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe stage 1 – Almería to Santa Fe de Mondújar

Posted on 14/04/2018 by magwood

I forgot to turn on my gps for a while so the distance walked was perhaps 1km longer than stated below Today’s distance 24 km Elevation gain 254 m Elevation loss 81 m Total distance from Almería 24 Nine Pilgrims … Continue reading →

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Two days and counting…

Posted on 11/04/2018 by magwood

Two days and counting!  Backpack is almost sorted, most items on the packing list are ticked off.  Rather than show you the standard series of photos of  folded clothes that will accompany me on my camino, I thought I would … Continue reading →

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Carry on caminoing

Posted on 22/02/2018 by magwood

It must be about time I shared my plans for my next camino. What started as a vague commitment to walk in 2018 with a member of the camino forum, has snowballed into a multinational group of anything between 6 … Continue reading →

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A word in your ear…

Posted on 09/06/2015 by magwood

OK guys, you haven’t heard the last of me just yet. I have a favour to ask – in fact I have two, but I will save the second one for another post. So here’s today’s favour… I know that … Continue reading →

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Journey’s end

Posted on 06/06/2015 by magwood

And so I have really come to the end of this journey. There have been so many highlights, so many people I will remember and not very many that I want to forget. Firstly there was George – we spent … Continue reading →

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…..and then there was one

Posted on 31/05/2015 by magwood

Well, that very odd feeling of being alone in a bustling city is here again. Very strange after being in the company of new but much appreciated friends for so long. Yesterday morning (Saturday) Olivier and I stowed our backpacks … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe (Camino Fisterra) – day 52 – Olveiroa to Finisterre 35 km

Posted on 30/05/2015 by magwood

Sorry folks for the delay of my post for my final stage. I spent my blogging time soaking up the sun on the beach…it seemed the right thing to do. I left the bustling albergue yesterday well before 07:00 and … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe (Camino Fisterra) – day 51 – Negreira to Olveiroa 35.5 km

Posted on 28/05/2015 by magwood

I met two English speaking women on arrival yesterday, one from the U.S. And one from Australia. It was nice to speak to them, but it transpired this morning that they are light shiners and bag rustlers, the scourge of … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe (Camino Fisterra) – day 50 – Santiago de Compostela to Negreira 21.6 km

Posted on 27/05/2015 by magwood

Life was just too exciting yesterday to spend my precious time waiting in line at the pilgrims’ office for my Compostela. So here I am at 07:40 waiting for the office to open at 08:00 so that I can pick … Continue reading →

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