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Tag Archives: La Plata
Camino de Santiago: Letting go and seeking simplicity.
Two Gifts of the Camino de Santiago: Letting go and seeking simplicity. Gifts of the Camino de Santiago: Letting go and seeking simplicity. Two great benefits of walking the Camino de Santiago are the experience of letting go of … Continue reading
Posted in The Camino de Santiago, The Raft of Corks., Uncategorized
Tagged La Lana, La Plata, Santiago Letting, Walking Caminos
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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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Wanting to help others. Picking up and falling down.
Wanting to help others. Picking up and falling down. The Iona Pilgrimage Every Tuesday on the little Scottish island of Iona a group of visitors set off on a pilgrimage around the island. This year on my visit to Iona … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, Pilgrimage to Iona from Loyola.
Tagged Celle Saint Avant, Every Tuesday, France, Iona Pilgrimage, Juan Carlos, La Plata, Le Chemin
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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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The Canyon of Caracena. Ruta de La Lana
The Canyon of Caracena. Ruta de La Lana Isolation, challenge, awe and majesty. The Canyon of Caracena is a majestic gorge cutting through the limestone rock for over 7km. Here is a secret landscape. It begins in Tarancueña and ends … Continue reading
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Tagged La Lana, La Plata, North America, Spain
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Prayer – just letting it happen.
Prayer – just letting it happen. The great plains of Spain. One of the great joys of being on the Camino, especially walking it alone over long distances, is the emptiness. Emptiness is everywhere. There are none of the usual … Continue reading
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Tagged Castilla La Mancha, Ignatius Spiritual, La Plata, 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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Experience of Communion. Two stretches of the Ruta de La Lana
The experience of communion. Mass in Campillo de Altobuey, Cuenca On the Ruta de La Lana, I arrived in Campillo de Altobuey the day after my “shock”, when I had a fierce reaction to antibiotics. This had forced me to … Continue reading
Posted in GPS, Pilgrimage and Prayer, Ruta de La Lana, The Camino de Santiago
Tagged Camino Parishes, God Love, La Lana, La Plata, Padre Crescente, Roman Catholic, Spain
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