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Camino de Santiago Day Fifteen: Monreal to Puente la Reina: Goodbye, Aragones

Aug 1, 2017
3 min

Camino de Santiago Day Fifteen: Monreal to Puente la Reina: Goodbye, Aragones

We left Monreal chirpy and well rested. It's our final day on the Camino Aragones before we join the pilgrim river at Puente La Reina. Up...

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Camino de Santiago Day Fourteen: Sanguesa to Monreal: We Get A Raw Deal

Charl Durand

Jul 30, 2017
3 min

Camino de Santiago Day Fourteen: Sanguesa to Monreal: We Get A Raw Deal

After last night's ten-in-a-room albergue accommodation complete with dysfunctional shower and dodgy kitchen we were in the mood for...

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Camino de Santiago Day Thirteen: Ruesta to Sanguesa: We Are Tempted

Charl Durand

Jul 29, 2017
3 min

Camino de Santiago Day Thirteen: Ruesta to Sanguesa: We Are Tempted

Today we submitted to sin. We stole. Well, that's what my mother would say. But it was just a little steal, and we couldn't resist. We'd...

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Camino de Santiago Day Eleven: Santa Cruz de la Seros to Arrés: Air Guitar and Catalans

Charl Durand

Jul 28, 2017
2 min

Camino de Santiago Day Eleven: Santa Cruz de la Seros to Arrés: Air Guitar and Catalans

So we're doing a brisk pace, about two kilometers down this out-of-the-way footpath from Santa Cruz leading down to Santa Celia. I've got...

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Camino de Santiago Day Ten: Jaca to Santa Cruz de la Seros: We Are Puritanical

Charl Durand

Jul 28, 2017
3 min

Camino de Santiago Day Ten: Jaca to Santa Cruz de la Seros: We Are Puritanical

Despite our best intentions, we were the last of the ten or so pilgrims staying in Jaca's well-appointed albergue to get up, do ablutions...

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Camino de Santiago Day Nine: Sabinanigo to Jaca: We Join The Aragones

Charl Durand

Jul 26, 2017
3 min

Camino de Santiago Day Nine: Sabinanigo to Jaca: We Join The Aragones

Excuse us if we emerged from our hotel in downtown Sabinanigo looking a bit bewildered this morning. Someone decided to turn on the radio...

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Camino de Santiago Day Eight: Biescas to Sabinanigo: Nope, We're Not Black

Charl Durand

Jul 22, 2017
3 min

Camino de Santiago Day Eight: Biescas to Sabinanigo: Nope, We're Not Black

Determined to stop our bad habit of late morning starts and to stretch our sightseeing time on the road we started out of Biescas at the...

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Camino de Santiago Day Seven: Sallent de Gallego to Biescas

Charl Durand

Jul 21, 2017
3 min

Camino de Santiago Day Seven: Sallent de Gallego to Biescas

Our swish apartment was difficult to take leave of after the previous day's tough hike. We wandered around old Sallent, peeked into the...

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Camino de Santiago Day Six: Gabas to Sallent de Gallego: We Cross The Pyrenees

Charl Durand

Jul 20, 2017
3 min

Camino de Santiago Day Six: Gabas to Sallent de Gallego: We Cross The Pyrenees

We're standing outside the front door of Chez Vignau, in Gabas, ready to take off for the day. A blue Renault with two old (very old)...

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Camino de Santiago Day Five: Gabas Rest Day: We Put Our Feet Up

Charl Durand

Jul 17, 2017
1 min

Camino de Santiago Day Five: Gabas Rest Day: We Put Our Feet Up

It's been raining since early morning, so glad we're not walking today. We had breakfast, the usual croissants, jam and coffee, but also...

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Camino de Santiago Day Four: Laruns - Gabas: We Get Lost. Badly.

Charl Durand

Jul 14, 2017
2 min

Camino de Santiago Day Four: Laruns - Gabas: We Get Lost. Badly.

Had a restless night, confirming my suspicion that a tiny, windowless room with six stacked beds and no en-suite is not my favourite...

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Camino de Santiago Day Twelve: Arrés to Ruesta: Life Among The Ruins

Charl Durand

Jul 11, 2017
2 min

Camino de Santiago Day Twelve: Arrés to Ruesta: Life Among The Ruins

I walked the extra mile on the Camino this morning. I hope it helps me get to heaven. We'd left the Albergue in tiny Arrés early and...

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Camino de Santiago Day Three: Arudy - Laruns: Know What You Eat

Charl Durand

Jul 10, 2017
2 min

Camino de Santiago Day Three: Arudy - Laruns: Know What You Eat

We walked out of Arudy along a quiet street next to the Ossau river, then a short stretch along the busy main road and finally picked up...

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Charl Durand

Jun 28, 2017
3 min

This Camino Thing

I didn't think I could do it. Well, I sort of did believe I could. I'm reasonably fit, and the doc says the old ticker is in fine...

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Fishy Fridays on the Sunshine Coast #2: Port Alfred River & Ski-boat Club

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Eastern Cape padstal of the month: Baddaford Farm Stall, Fort Beaufort

Aug 6, 2021

Ten differences between living in Joburg, and living in a small town on the coast...

Sep 13, 2020