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The daily ramblings of a daily rambler - this time on the Camino de Santiago


    • Oct 30, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 27 EPISODES


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    Camino Primitivo - Final Day!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 28:18


    Recordings and reflections on the last day of the Camino Primitivo, as we, along with many others approach Santiago de Compostela. The Pilgrim Mass, our own 'last supper', and more limoncello than is healthy for anyone! See you next time!

    Camino Primitivo Day 14

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2021 10:07


    Penultimate day's walking from Boente to Pedrouzo. Much busier on the route as we start to close in on Santiago de Compostela, with a definite feeling of being in the final stages.

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 13

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 15:02


    From Ferreira to Boente, taking in a very untypical fast food experience, making new friends, and celebrating the patron saint of drunks!

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 17:17


    From Lugo to Ferreira - a long, hot day's walking, with observations on the wildlife, a thunderstorm of biblical proportions, a taste of regional wine and a candlelit, communal paella!

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 23:34


    Cadavo to Lugo - bizarre encounters, Beatles songs and Bobby Charlton! Roofing methods and the rural idyll.

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 14:56


    Fonsagrada to Cadavo Baleira, via Paradavella. More up and down than a fiddler's elbow! Great company, and a 'session' cementing Anglo Italian relationships to finish!

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2021 13:51


    Episode 9, Day 9 - Grandas de Salime to Fonsagrada. Camino marketing opportunities, wind turbines, cross border relief and drainage and a big lunch!

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 8

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2021 6:50


    Berducedo to Grandas de Salime. Downhill does your knees in!

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 7

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2021 16:19


    Tineo to Berducedo via the 'Hospitales' route. Vultures, views and a solitary mountain top picnic.

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 17:15


    Salas to Tineo - Rogers and Hammerstein, and the great Safety Pin theft!

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2021 8:31


    Short but hot day's walking from Grado to Salas. The guidebook has it as about 22Km, but it felt a lot longer!

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 11:33


    Oviedo to Grado - first official day of the Primitivo route. A day (and night) full of the Camino spirit....in more ways than one!

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2021 16:21


    Day 3 leaving San Salvador de Valdedios and heading for Oviedo. Compeed, Calamares and una copa de vino tinto, what more does a man need.

    Camino Primitivo - Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 9:45


    Second day - from La Isla to San Salvador de Valdedios. A day of rain, nuns and spiders with tatoos!

    The Camino Plodcast - Camino Primitivo - Episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2021 25:21


    In late August 2018 I started my second Camino de Santiago, the Camino Primitivo which is traditionally walked from Oviedo to Santiago de Compostela in northern Spain. Having flown to Bilbao, I got a bus to Ribadesella on the northern coast of Spain, where I started walking, following the Camino Norte for a day or so until it diverged and I was able to follow the Primitivo. This is day 1 - cheese, rain and lots of cider!

    Camino Portugues - Episode 12

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 17:22


    Final day's walking, into Santiago de Compostela, and the end of my Camino Portugues and the Camino Plodcast....until next time! (Though with the current Covid situation, when that will be is anybody's guess. One thing is for certain - I will definitely be going back.)

    Camino Portugues - Episode 11

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 8:57


    Day 11 of the Camino Plodcast starts with a fantastic boat trip on 'el barco de peregrino' up the river Arousa, via the 'Via Crucis Maritimo-Fluvial'. A fascinating journey, following the maritime route of the relics of St.James the Apostle, to Padron. The recordings don't quite do the trip justice, but I took plenty of photos along the way. Something very eerie about these beautiful stone crosses rising out of the water at intervals along the route. A sight that will stay with me for ever. At this point it wold have been just about possible to have reached Santiago, but it would have been a very long day. Discretion was the better part of valour, and the collective decision was to lay up after a good few miles, and enjoy another day of the Camino experience. Another memorable and enjoyable day in great company!

    Camino Portugues - Episode 10

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2021 9:33


    Day 10 0f the Camino Plodcast takes me from Armenteira to Vilanova de Arousa, birthplace of the famous Spanish writer, Ramon Maria dell Valle-Inclan. Most of the day spent with two of the nicest and funniest Irishmen I've ever met. There was a lot of very irreverant humour shared!

    Camino Portugues - Episode 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 18:02


    Day 9 of the Camino Plodcast - Pontevedra to Armenteira. Clam picking, attacked by dogs and meeting two lovely, crazy Irish blokes.

    Camino Portugues - Episode 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2020 11:29


    Day 8 of the Camino Plodcast - Redondela to Pontevedra, via the Rio Gafos option. New undies and salt foot baths!

    Camino Portugues - Episode 7

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2020 11:19


    Day seven of the Camino Plodcast. Vigo to Redondela via the Traiga de Aguas. A hard climb out of Vigo, followed by a tranquil woodland walk, the tranquility shattered by me singing to try and take my mind off my blistered feet!

    Camino Portugues - Episode 6

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 14:56


    Day 6 of the Camino Plodcast, from Baiona to Vigo. A day of blisters, pan pipes and far too much flesh on display!

    Camino Portugues - Episode 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2020 13:06


    Day 5 of the Camino Plodcast, following my progress along the Camino Portugues, bound for Santiago de Compostela. Today sees me travelling from A Guarda just into Spain from the Portugese border, to Baiona, where I'm hoping to stop at a particular albergue recommended by a fellow 'peregrino'.

    Camino Portugues - Episode 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2020 23:29


    Day four of the Camino Portugues ' Plodcast' sees me crossing the border from Portugal into Spain. Highlight of the trip so far was the fast boat ride across the river Minho and the walk around the glorious headland en route to 'A Guarda'

    Camino Portugues - Episode 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 14:43


    Day 3 of my 2019 Camino de Santiago, following the coastal version of the Camino Portugues route. Rock pools, sand dunes and frogs today as I walk from Marinhas to Carreco, about fifteen miles short of the border between Portugal and Spain.

    Camino Portugues - Episode 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2020 16:37


    Day 2 of my Camino Portugues, from Vila do Conde to Marinhas. Voice recordings from the trip, and notes from my daily journal.

    Camino Portugues - episode 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 18:15


    Day one of the Camino Portugues, one of 57 variants of the Camino de Santiago, which I walked in April/May 2019. Starting in Porto (about half way through the 'official' route), and ending the day in Vila do Conde at the municipal albergue.

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