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Images taken on the Camino path from St Jean to Orisson.
All photos by the author.
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Coming Down is Harder
After climbing up a whole mountain I was hoping for a certain cliche to appear before me. Actually, I was praying for that cliche, longing for it! Which is dangerous, as cliches are the core of bad writing and sloppy … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, adventure, camino-de-santiago, hiking, john-poole, johnny-cash, jonathan-frakes, mountains, nature, old-crow-medicine-show, travel
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The Biggest Albergue in the World! meh.
Stacy and I came out of the Pyrenees, wind blown and exhausted. So exhausted that the walls of the Roncevalles Orreaga albergue which loomed over us like a 1960’s Hammer Vampire film didn’t impress us. They should have, and on … Continue reading
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Stage one: From St Jean to Roncesvalles. Day One.
We left before the sun rose, walked through a quiet town, followed the yellow scallop symbols past a bend or two, and then we were here…… …so now what? We both felt kind of, well, silly. And, well, we did … Continue reading
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buddha meets jesus 