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Finisterre – the end of the earth

On July 17, 2017July 17, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

After a marvelously restful night's sleep, with probably the best pillow of the trip, we slowly got up and got moving. About when we planned to depart we finally had a sighting of our Irish friends. They stayed out enjoying the company of a previous year's hiking companion. Looking a bit worse for wear we …

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To Cee to see the sea

On July 16, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

We had a light supper at the albergue where we were staying as that was it for the town. It was directly across from the church, where the bell rang about 1730 for evening mass. The older local women all walked over, all dressed about the same, while the men stayed at the bar, solving …

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The grim reaper 

On July 15, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

After a night serenaded by a chorus of snorers and crinkling plastic bed covers each time someone turned over, we got up early. The hope was to get started a bit sooner than we had been to miss out on some of the afternoon heat. We ate a light breakfast from what we had purchased …

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And then there were 4

On July 14, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

After our rest and celebratory time in Santiago we bid farewell to two of our hiking tribe members - we had gathered a wonderful Camino family: Chris, the grandad, me, the grandmom, Tony, the dad, Stephanie, the mom, Mandy, the big sister and Simon, the young son. Chris we sent on his way this morning …

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Santiago!

On July 13, 2017July 13, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

After a good night's sleep we got ourselves up and ready to go on the last day of the route. We tend to sleep later than most hikers, say 0700, which is nice for us as most others will have gotten up and left, leaving us to pack up with more space and not having …

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Are we there yet?

On July 11, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

After our initial round of drinks at the bar closest to our albergue we headed out to find a market for food for the next day and for dinner. Simon had a relative recommend a Pulperia for the local specialty, pulpo. While it tasted fine, for me, having it once was enough. I did love …

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Primativo to Frances

On July 10, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

After a round of drinks outside on the albergue terrace we went inside for a communal dinner of seafood paella and wine. Delicious. We still didn't feel like calling it quits so we went to the cantina next door for a few pitchers of sangria. Our usual group of six that have been together for …

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The Diviner

On July 9, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

After cleaning ourselves up we strolled outside to a bar for drinks. Stephanie and I asked for gin and tonics and were amazed when the waitress brought all the glasses out and the entire bottle of gin! They are certainly generous in their portions as she filled half the glass and there was only one …

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Down from the mountains

On July 8, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

The usual suspects gathered as we headed out early this morning having our longest day yet in front of us, 30 km (19 miles) into the city of Lugo. We had our last day in the mountains and we're now heading into lower, more rolling hill terrain. Longer mileage but easier terrain than we've had. …

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10 Km to coffee

On July 7, 2017 By redpathateaseIn Camino PrimativoLeave a comment

We took our time getting up for breakfast and made sure to have our protein drink to power us for the day. We didn't have it yesterday and I  lagged a bit at the end of the day. We set off from Fonsagrada with no coffee, which seems to be becoming the norm. Mandy said …

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