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Category Archives: Via de La Plata
Via de La Plata – a domestic safari between Almaden de la Plata and Real de la Jara.
Via de La Plata – a safari between Almaden de la Plata and Real de la Jara. The walk from Almaden de La Plata to Real de La Jara is about 16 km. Many pilgrims find this too short for … Continue reading
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Tagged Ciudad Rodigo, Ciudad Rodrigo, La Jara, La Plata, Spain
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Via de La Plata – Seville into Sierra Norte de Sevilla.
Via de La Plata – Seville into Sierra Norte de Sevilla. Returning to my first Camino Paradise re-visited. For all the Caminos I have walked since my first, The Via de La Plata in 2010, I have held, deep within … Continue reading
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Tagged Albergue Luz, Antonio Albergue, La Plata, Natural Park, Sierra Norte
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The Camino which awakens. Via de La Plata towards Caparra.
The Camino which awakens. Via de La Plata, Caparra. Beginnings: Learning to walk once more. On Easter Monday 2010 I was arriving in the Northern part of Caceres where the South and warmer part of Spain ends and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Camino Practice, Easter Monday, Hernan Perez, La Plata, San Blas, Spain
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Finding self on the Camino (Part 2) Accepting Fascists and Sleeping with strangers
Finding Self on the Camino (Part 2) Merida to Aldea del Cano Accepting Fascists. Sleeping alone in a field, under the stars, and awaking covered in dew surrounded by mist gave me a delicious sense of freedom. It opened my … Continue reading
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Tagged Accepting Fascists, Camino Part, El Carrascalejo, Finca El Chaperral, Iona Community, La Plata, miracles, Proserpina Dam, Scotland, Veteran Pilgrim
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Finding oneself on the Camino (Part 1): Via de La Plata Merida.
Finding oneself on the Camino (part 1) Via de La Plata: Merida. The “Ego” in my rucksack. The person I was when I set off on my first Camino, the Via de La Plata, in 2010 … Continue reading
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Tagged Holy Week, La Plata, La Plata Merida
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Keeping reason in its place. Via de La Plata. Merida.
Disturbed by reason. Via de La Plata Merida. Almendralejo to Merida. [mapsmarker layer=”15″] I left Almendralejo on my 61st birthday. My legs felt better after the ungainly exercises the doctor had demonstrated to me in the hospital the … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, The Camino de Santiago, Via de La Plata
Tagged Christian Love, David Hume, La Plata, Richard Dawkins
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Hospitality on the Camino de Santiago.
Hospitality. On the Caminos de Santiago there are many forms of hospitality, usually albergues or hostels run by volunteers, or by a local authority. The work of the hospitalero is to welcome pilgrims and assure safe and cared-for shelter. The … Continue reading
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Tagged Guardia Civil, La Plata, Portugal, Spain, St Benedict
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Thanksgiving. Via de La Plata: Tierra de Barros
Thanksgiving: Genuine Gratitude in Awful Times. The Land of Mud Having spent two nights in the luxury of the Hostels in Fuente de Cantos and Pueblo de Sancho Perez, I lost all sense of comfort very rapidly as I set … Continue reading
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Tagged Convent Hostel, La Plata, La Tierra, Los Santos, Sierra Grande
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Meeting Prejudice. Via de La Plata, Fuente de Cantos to Pueblo de Sancho Perez
Stereotyping the French. My last post on the Via de La Plata, describes an early morning when I walked a few kilometres to Fuente de Cantos. Having slept out for two nights I was wondering about a shower. The Albergue … Continue reading
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Tagged La Plata, Sancho Perez, Seeing Christ, Transforming Prejudice
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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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Tagged La Plata
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