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The Camino de Santiago: the fruit of witnessing human goodness in a troubled world.

 The Camino de Santiago: the fruit of witnessing human goodness in a troubled world. It is two months since I completed the Camino Francés, weary but deeply at peace.  My heart,  which had spent the summer tormenting me with tachycardia … Continue reading

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Leaving Roncevalles on A Camino of the Heart.

Leaving Roncevalles on A Camino of the Heart.   To say that I was beginning this Camino with a broken heart would cover, more or less, my emotional and physical state as I set off.  It would not, however, suggest … Continue reading

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The Camino Francés: timeless and eternal.

The Camino Francés: timeless and eternal.   “What’s timeless and eternal is in the ordinary of our lives.” I came across this phrase while reading this morning.  It immediately snapped me out of a post Camino blues aggravated by a return … Continue reading

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Miracles. Two Days on the Camino Francés: Ponferrada – Hospital da Condesa (1)

Miracles.  Two Days on the Camino Francés:  Ponferrada – Hospital da Condesa (1)  Day 1. Ponferrrada – Pereje Some days a rucksack is much heavier than the day before, even though it is carrying less; and some days legs which … Continue reading

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Pain, the body and Love: Camino de Santiago. Samos, Camino Francés.

Pain The suffering Pilgrim: pain, the body and love.  On the final 200 kms of the Camino the number of pilgrims doubles, then triples.  I am always impressed at the determination with which those who have newly joined the Camino … 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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