On Saturday the 4th of May 2013, I walked from Astorga to Foncebadon. The Brierley distance from Astorga to Foncebadon is 27 kilometres. I walked all day with Harold and Juan. They were good company.
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Harold and I on Saturday 4 May 2013. Harold was 81 in 2013 and he was extremely fit, much fitter than I was.
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Me and Harold’s friend Juan on the Camino.
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The Peregrino, Helen from Canada.
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Another burst of entrepreneurial spirit shown by a local along the route of the Camino on that Saturday. The food and drinks were of good quality and very reasonably priced.
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One of the features of the Camino which is etched across my memory is the long lines of peregrinos that were always stretched out in front of me and behind me.
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More peregrinos on the Way on 4 May 2013.
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Harold took this photo of me resting among the flowers.
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The Camino gradually wound its way upwards.
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Another view of the rising height of the Camino.
Ruined structure on the route of the Camino.
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Diary Entry Made on Saturday 4 May 2013 at 3:50 pm
I am in an albergue at Foncebadon. I arrived at about 3:00 pm after walking all day with Harold and Juan. The Brierley distance today was 27.2 kilometres. The day's walking was spent in beautiful sunshine although again it was very cold when we left Astorga at 7:15 am. Adding to the good weather, today the Camino followed its own path for much of the day and didn't just follow roads. We walked through gorgeous countryside with spring flowers all in bloom. The Camino gained altitude all day as it approached the mountains and the highest point on the Camino.
Tomorrow we pass the Iron Cross where I will deposit Alf's stone that I have brought from Adelaide. I still have some blister issues but I am hopeful I am near the end of the blister problems. I now feel astonishingly fit and healthy and don't need to have a 2 hour nap as soon as I get to an albergue. I have been that way now for 3 days including today.
Distance Walked Today: 27.2 kilometres.
Total Distance Walked So Far: 526.6 kilometres.
Total Distance Covered So Far: 547.8 kilometres including the 21.2 kilometres by taxi.
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Soul Song Number 25 - Pathway to Heaven
(4 May 2013)
Today you started to walk upward.
Today, the Camino approached and started to climb the Montes.
Flowers bloomed around you.
Sunshine bathed the very air that you breathed.
Almost imperceptibly at first,
The Camino lifted you up.
Literally and spiritually.
All day the Camino did its duty,
Providing a Pathway to Heaven.
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