My adventures with walking, backpacking, running (hobbling?), cycling, amateur radio, traditional folk music and song...and loads of other stuff.
View from Oban Bothy
Thursday 25 September 2014
Tuesday 23 September 2014
Via de la Plata, to Montemarte
Via de la Plata, to Granja de Moreuela
Sunday 21 September 2014
Via de la Plata
Saturday 20 September 2014
Via de la Plata: To Calzada de Valdunciel
Thursday 18 September 2014
Spanish Spain, in the beginning.
Wednesday 17 September 2014
Wednesday 17th Sept, off to Spain on an aeroplane
Via de la Plata – a bit of a walk
Arco de Caparra on the Via de la Plata
Later today I’ll be flitting off to Spain, on my ownsome, for some serious brain-straightening and a goodly amount of walking.
The Plan (Ho-ho!) is to fly to Madrid then travel by bus to Salamanca where I’ve booked myself into the flashy Revolutum Hostel for the night. I’ll set off north-ish the next morning.
I’m only over there for a couple of weeks so I won’t get to the end of the route at Santiago de Compostela but I’m not particularly mithered about that – I want to spend some time doing the culture-thing as well as the walking.
I’ll try to blog en-route although it depends whether I can get WiFi connections – mobile internet is an expensive do over there.
The Via de la Plata is one of the Camino pilgrimage routes and whilst it’s not terribly popular it’s an interesting route, there’s all manner of Roman remains to gawp at. I must buy extra film for the camera.
Watch this space.
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