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Category Archives: GPS
Via de La Plata: Crossing Badajoz to Fuente de Cantos
Learning about the Camino [mapsmarker layer=”1″] When I left Monesterio with my blister popped by the patient nurse, I soon lost my way. Probably I was distracted by having to put my opened blister in the water when … Continue reading
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First doubts. Ruta de La Lana GPS Tracks Day 3
First doubts. Novelda to Sax 23.5km [mapsmarker marker=”6″] Novelda Arriving on the outskirts of Novelda, I was approached by a man who asked if I was on the Camino. This is not so obvious as it might seem: I … Continue reading
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Camino Francés, Cruz de Hierro, Rabanal del Camino, Foncebadón, Manjarín
When the symbolic does its job and helps us to change. I begin this first post on the Camino Francés with the stage which passes by the Iron Cross, El Cruz de Heirro. It is a part of the … Continue reading
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Iona Community Prayers on the Camino de Santiago 1.
Prayers can be surprisingly sensual and very joyful. In the summer after finishing the Via de La Plata, I spent a week in the Abbey on the Scottish island of Iona where visitors make up the community for the … Continue reading
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Ruta de La Lana GPS tracks: Day 2
From Motorway E15 to Novelda [mapsmarker marker=”5″] This is my own GPS track. The squiggly bits at the start are due to the erratic way in which my awful GPS (Garmin e-trex) finds the signal. A beautiful morning to wake … Continue reading
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Ruta de La Lana GPS data Day 1
Overview Alicante to Atienza [mapsmarker marker=”3″] This is a track I downloaded from Wikiloc to help me. It is probably drawn by hand. What follows is my own tracks, including all the twists and turns of visiting an occasional … Continue reading
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Via de La Plata – into Extremadura
Five nights after leaving Seville, I was still adjusting to walking a Camino. On my second day, after sleeping in a field, I dawdled and even took a long siesta, arriving at my first ever albergue at 9 pm, in … Continue reading
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Via de La Plata – First Steps
On St. Patrick’s Day, 17th March 2010, I set out on my first Camino to Santiago by the Via de La Plata. I collected my Credentials, the essential document for the pilgrim, from the Backpacker’s Hostal in Tirana, Seville and … Continue reading
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The Caminos to Santiago de Compostella. The Camino as Pilgrimage.
The Caminos to Santiago de Compostella Here you will find information, maps, GPS routes for the Ruta de la Lana, albergues which are open on some of the long Caminos de Santiago in Spain. My intention is to tell a … Continue reading