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The end is near for this camino
... landscape is very similar. The pace of life is polar opposites to what I'm used to in London and probably one reason I'll never live here until I retire but for the few weeks I spend here every year I get time to relax, see family and I'm always on the search for finding things and places I've never seen before and every time I come I learn something new. It's only recently that I've seen outdoor media spaces advertising Galicia as a ...
Day 9, Computer geeks to vege peaks
... of production is machine operated, certain parts still require a human's touch. That's what they told us anyways, although I think the reality is it's a hell of a lot cheaper for labour, than it is to buy new machines.
In comparison to other days, this was a relatively easy going and quiet day, tomorrow though will bring with it a day of white water rafting and gnarly times.
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Santiago de Compostela
Having passed many pilgrims (all of which had large backpacks with a clamshell attached and were holding a stick) on the drive over to Santiago from Lugo, I decided to walk the last 30km of the Camino route in to town. Was definitely a bad idea as my feet are still killing. Goodness knows how people walk the whole Camino from France to North West Spain in 30 days. I sure as hell wont be doing ...
Finally in Santiago
... day as both our bodies are rather tired. It 's currently windy, cold and raining but we hope it will pass by the morning. Thursday Nobember 8th Silleda - Ponte Ulla Hiked 14 miles Weather forecast projected a wet day but fortunately it was sunny and the rain held of until we were an hour from our destination. Staying at a Casa Rural which is also a winery with a 400 year old stone wine press which is still in use. Friday November 9th Ponte ...
Day 31 - Salcedo to Santiago de Compostela
... Luckily there are good signs of where one is - like a huge airport runway which has to be walked around. The last 5 kilometres are not glorious, the Santiago suburbs, a motorway, several industries and the weirdest monument (huge) built on the Monte de Gozo. Apparently constructed during the last Jacobeo in 2010 and visited by John Paul II. A horrible piece similar to communist art. I walked all the way to the Cathedral. I had walked this way quite a few times in my life, ...