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Apparently I am planning my next camino ..

Camino Mascot

Those who have walked the Camino will probably have seen one or more of the Camino mascots along the Way but do you know their names? http://m.elcorreogallego.es/xacobeo/ecg/xubi-jubila-pelegrin-mascota-xacobea/idEdicion-2010-06-08/idNoticia-555962/

Qualifications for walking

'Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humour, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.' - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Saint George's Day

Happy Saint George's day- Saint George is not only the Patron Saint of England but is also important in the area of Aragon in Spain (see this article http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/spain/st-george-day ) and when in Leon you can see his image in a few places. Image taken from archivalmoments.ca

Sellos into Santiago

Santiago Cathedral tonight

Now I am a tourist

I recieved my Compostela yesterday but attended the Pilgrim Mass today - seeing as I arrived after 12 yesterday it was in today's mass that my arrival, and that of my family, was announced.

Congratulations Cards 2015

I made Congratulations cards for Becky, mum and Dad for our arrival in Santiago: A ddecorated quote For this card I drew an arrow and wrote the names of all of the places between Triacastela  and Santiago.

Arrived in Santiago!

After setting off from Arca this morning at 8:20 we arrived in Santiago at anout half three this afternoon

With rain comes..

I had just finished blogging when this beautiful rainbow appeared! Buen Camino everyone

Sellos to Arca o Pino

20km to Santiago

I wish that I could say that it had stayed dry all day but it rained a little for the last hour or so of walking today and I got drenched on my way back to the albergue from tea! Oh well, tomorrow is meant to be better weather .....

Sellos from Melide to Arzua

It is raining master pilgrim..

.. and it will keep on raining until the rain has stopped! To mis-quote Gandalf. A wet day with little let-up, never really heavy thankfully but wet enough (and the weather forecast suggests the next three days will be much the same).

Melide

There was a little rain before we started walking today but Iit had gone by the time we had started walking.

Today's sellos

Palas de rei

Today has been a longer day's walk as me and Dad took the 5km round trip to see the Templar Church at Vilar de Donas which dates from the 13th century. 

Sellos from Sarria to Ventas de Naron

The pilgrim office in Santiago says to get two sellos a day. Some days I am getting more than that!

Ferreiros

The Camino was quiet as we left Sarria this morning and indeed last night was the only time that I have ever seen the old main street (where almost all of the albergues are lovated) completely empty.

Portomarin

We set off a little bit later today as the nar did not open until 8 and we needed to drop off mums bag there for the carrier to pick up.

Today's sellos

Samos

At about ten last night mum and dad arrived in Tricastella after a long journey exasperated by a french air controllers strike. Today we walked about ten km to Samos

Sellos today

Camino crafts - Bon Voyage card

As it's Mum's first Camino I made a little bon voyage card. You may not be able to tell but this will be a paper aeroplane and clouds then I cut this out Here's the card cut out with black outlines added and yellow paper put behind.

Clever Pilgrims to have climbed so high!

Just a quick post today. We walked 25km today from la faba (where there is no wifi at all hence no post) to Tricastella.  Another hit day except in O Cebreiro where the wind was so strong I was glad that I had my backpack to weigh me down! They say a picture is worth a thousand words so here's a few from today

Cacabelos

Another hot day (at about 11 I saw a sign saying it was 24 degrees Celsius) and we have walked about 23km to Cacabelos.

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter from the Camino!

Rabanal Del Camino

I'm sorry this one is a day late but I was a bit busy yesterday! We were out of the albergue by about half 7 and walking in half dark. The day stayed windy but was really sunny - next to no clouds.

Astorga

After three days of travel we have arrived at the starting point for this year's Camino! The weather is hot - about 20 degrees Celsius now and after the winds and hail back home it almost feels like we've gone through some magical portal to summertime!

We are in Spain!

After setting off on the bus at midnight yesterday and sending about 8 hours failing to sleep at the airport we are in Santiago and have our bus tickets to get to Astorga by half one tomorrow! We had a couple of hours in Santiago finding food and also saw the Maunday Thursday parade

Spanish Easter Parades - re-post

In Spain the Easter processions are organised by 'Co-fradias' or 'The Brotherhoods' and the floats that they carry are called 'tronos'. The people who carry them are called 'Costaleros' (a 'costal' being the small cushion often used to stop the tronos causing sores when being carried - the tronos can weigh up to 6 tons!). The people who follow the tronos who wear the cone-shaped hats (these are worn in the belief that it will bring them closer to the heavens) are called 'Nazarenos'. For anyone lucky enough to be in Santiago from the 27th of March to the 12th of April here's a link to a site with information on what's going on during Holy Week http://www.semanasantasantiago.com/ Information on the processions is on http://www.semanasantasantiago.com/procesions The Confraternity of Saint James has a page listing a few processions at http://www.csj.org.uk/question/what-about-going-in-holy-week/ If anyone knows any details