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Tag Archives: La Plata
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
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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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Camino de Levante – Oranges and a word from Theresa of Lisieux.
Camino de Levante: Setting out from Valencia Oranges and a word from Theresa of Lisieux. On 8th Feb. 2011, I arrived by slow train in Valencia and headed south on the Camino de Levante to Santiago de Compostella. This was … Continue reading
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Tagged La Plata
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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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My doubts are eased by meeting a fellow pilgrim. The dead walk with us. Ruta de La Lana Day 3 cont.
A meeting in the Saline valley. I sat down to tend an emerging blister. I had no strength in my muscles and doubted my capacity to walk for many more days. It was 8am and I was wilting. I became … Continue reading
Posted in Pilgrimage and Prayer, Ruta de La Lana, The Raft of Corks.
Tagged Gerry Hughes, La Lana, La Lana Day, La Plata
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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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Tagged Camino Sanabr, Iona Community, La Plata
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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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Tagged Backpackers Hostal, La Plata, Patrick Day, Spain
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Repetitive Prayer on the Camino
Il est bon, il est bon, qu’il est bon, le bon Dieu. This was a phrase I had picked up from Gerry W Hughes S.J. who used it on his walks to Rome and Jerusalem. Walking long distances is only possible if … Continue reading
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Tagged Holy Spirit, La Plata
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