tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40725503323390087332024-03-13T19:45:03.218+00:00Rambling with Ric Out Rambling:
"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”
St Francis of AssisiRambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.comBlogger111125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-55943720165096116002024-01-21T15:17:00.009+00:002024-01-23T15:12:56.529+00:00It is late in the afternoon …<p style="text-align: center;"> <a name="_Hlk156656991" style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">It is late in the afternoon … of … Sunday 13<sup>th</sup> October 2024</span></i></b></a><b><i><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Pilgrimage<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p style="background: white; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: -16.5pt; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm -16.5pt 0cm 72pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">I discovered that my imagination came alive when I moved away
from the immediate world around me<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="xdisclaimer" style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: times;">Kazuo Ishiguro</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ciao,
Pellegrini ! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In September & October 2019 …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Pilgrims were out rambling on The
Way of St Francis: from Florence via Assisi to Rome.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A gentle stroll of some 530 kilometres (330 miles).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A mere 17,300 metres of ascent; equivalent to
climbing Everest … Twice!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who ever knew Northern Italy was so flat?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrgGjqtDVlxIVRKqlsLCOspd11uXWSrsF1LteTXq-Tka9KtQF4gXMF26St1_T2oKk-UUsnNuXoTCvQrYUQSXhHCerVGAtlQ5g9T2RV1euyQBTe-yusyK_IVTw9PzYrxp3vk2WGou3cfGjohgNH4JimCsQKsH6f6cYfahVVPKA6WC_bWkydrA-qJ-jKh4/s1009/Rome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="1009" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDrgGjqtDVlxIVRKqlsLCOspd11uXWSrsF1LteTXq-Tka9KtQF4gXMF26St1_T2oKk-UUsnNuXoTCvQrYUQSXhHCerVGAtlQ5g9T2RV1euyQBTe-yusyK_IVTw9PzYrxp3vk2WGou3cfGjohgNH4JimCsQKsH6f6cYfahVVPKA6WC_bWkydrA-qJ-jKh4/w400-h300/Rome.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Heading into St Peter’s Square, Rome<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">#Journey’s End<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Five years on ...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In October 2024 The Pellegrini will be back in the Old Country; Italy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This time it is <b>Sicily</b>.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The <b>Magna Via </b><a name="_Hlk156659087"><b>Francigena</b>.</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What did Andrea
Camilleri, the author of Inspector Montalbano, say about Sicily:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“Sicily has suffered 13
foreign dominations from which she has taken both the best and the worst. </span></i><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The sequence of different
cultures has made Sicily a fascinating place, quite unlike any other.”</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Magna Via,
which follows ancient drovers’ paths, became a pilgrimage in 2017 and is little
known outside Italy.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">As for the walk, the
story is simply told:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 18.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 18pt;"></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Saturday 5 October</i>: Start at the cathedral in Palermo</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Head slightly</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> southeast.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Sunday 13 October</i>: End at the cathedral in Agrigento.</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjERayaJu8D7DDfDxrERF4r8E1wEiZVrJY0Dxzupm1zpm5Dy2YlCLxJzwUOdkoK_efa9iIJXh3dFbK8yslmJj8twC8bbO2xbj6iFj5TxRRSwYKOkywWkcaP_LmwlizWheKAYT7U9-CCqdjNZUFnHkJpwje7t6onZNEdKx2xNo9dvqnyLeCCetuMogyxc/s578/Map.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="314" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwjERayaJu8D7DDfDxrERF4r8E1wEiZVrJY0Dxzupm1zpm5Dy2YlCLxJzwUOdkoK_efa9iIJXh3dFbK8yslmJj8twC8bbO2xbj6iFj5TxRRSwYKOkywWkcaP_LmwlizWheKAYT7U9-CCqdjNZUFnHkJpwje7t6onZNEdKx2xNo9dvqnyLeCCetuMogyxc/w348-h640/Map.png" width="348" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">So .. What of the </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Spirit
of the Magna</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">It is beautifully
encapsulated in the walk’s Motto …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Mettici
Manu</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Never remain still, be committed to changing whatever you can<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- with a smile on your face </span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">As always on Pilgrimage … we will be </span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Trusting the Statistics</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to the Reverend Susan.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7yhXY7Kkt7S0TsEnAMPUqq2ARyWeSia6u8nI8IQCkB09h9Ixbib2ykI2OH-yEJTNVQlLj6l_-yM6j7PFcz6naF12ZDEVDJtPQaEiA_1PoEhJv2q52IKFX74w896NGPY1MhtV1QYiidebZq526EXJx92GW3V19_YA84FB2rpE5xYEGwSYnJ21MUb9OXc/s1433/Screenshot_20191123_140133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7yhXY7Kkt7S0TsEnAMPUqq2ARyWeSia6u8nI8IQCkB09h9Ixbib2ykI2OH-yEJTNVQlLj6l_-yM6j7PFcz6naF12ZDEVDJtPQaEiA_1PoEhJv2q52IKFX74w896NGPY1MhtV1QYiidebZq526EXJx92GW3V19_YA84FB2rpE5xYEGwSYnJ21MUb9OXc/s320/Screenshot_20191123_140133.jpg" width="241" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">All we need to know is
that on average each day we be strolling:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">23
kilometres (14 miles)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 39.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">850
metres (2,750 feet)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Guidebook is
purchased and the GPS downloaded.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUy3LZLUKWSjVg7kCq00d1gefCh9lekV0KT7Kf9ufNj0tgMjED3VhaCv1yaKNuwNcEXXKyccvegWdKaYyWm55rID6zLj5Lm7WodoXfELSiWIwCDHX-eJrGrZK3KOfnLjwWoorH-QmUeUXK0kJTW-MJ9_MwoMihd_j7J9xRCegHWg014gNxJ6szlXEQBU/s870/Guide.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="455" data-original-width="870" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtUy3LZLUKWSjVg7kCq00d1gefCh9lekV0KT7Kf9ufNj0tgMjED3VhaCv1yaKNuwNcEXXKyccvegWdKaYyWm55rID6zLj5Lm7WodoXfELSiWIwCDHX-eJrGrZK3KOfnLjwWoorH-QmUeUXK0kJTW-MJ9_MwoMihd_j7J9xRCegHWg014gNxJ6szlXEQBU/w400-h209/Guide.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">But I sense we won’t be
needing to check the way all that often.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">For the route is well
signposted: little stencilled pilgrim figures, Magna Via stickers, a
splash of red and white paint.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHQSWugzN2yi0gXF7NvsLy0E_fOJzjUdL-frXik-v6ewSScmvtpxAR05QtXpocTRwAgWYQmxWq341KJcr0lC77IT7W35o_pF0rUBnu_C7axaCP8QNcAOm176s9UU3xON0V587uIoaQQvDe-TTe_IDBNt7hjBMl4GS5D7rE-QoAp2p3oGfxEGslGIm-bs/s768/Magna%20Via%20%20-%20Stickers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="768" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNHQSWugzN2yi0gXF7NvsLy0E_fOJzjUdL-frXik-v6ewSScmvtpxAR05QtXpocTRwAgWYQmxWq341KJcr0lC77IT7W35o_pF0rUBnu_C7axaCP8QNcAOm176s9UU3xON0V587uIoaQQvDe-TTe_IDBNt7hjBMl4GS5D7rE-QoAp2p3oGfxEGslGIm-bs/w640-h208/Magna%20Via%20%20-%20Stickers.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Along the way we will taking
in the stunning Countryside:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEQt6DX5L7DIoA50Vhv2jlvROnYCH6fh7A7HVPZCn8-ouvYPQBnSk5n-F4gct6hMcd9Pz2UubvpaSFkWgAR9v47MAAZSKPHzNCyTDZrrlhxXFBYqHJzCdL7eSkRSOvkcVSSIBQSCXmMLYtlJvVllHSJwy84mfA8F2r5uFtKeDHBG4qPHuat_hPNvUg7E/s1920/Sicani%20Mountains.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="1920" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEQt6DX5L7DIoA50Vhv2jlvROnYCH6fh7A7HVPZCn8-ouvYPQBnSk5n-F4gct6hMcd9Pz2UubvpaSFkWgAR9v47MAAZSKPHzNCyTDZrrlhxXFBYqHJzCdL7eSkRSOvkcVSSIBQSCXmMLYtlJvVllHSJwy84mfA8F2r5uFtKeDHBG4qPHuat_hPNvUg7E/w640-h186/Sicani%20Mountains.webp" width="640" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">The </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Sicani
Mountains</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">
are named for the ancient people who lived here <i>before</i> Greek colonisation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">As the Guidebook says: </span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><i>There’s a wild beauty to
the landscape and a complexity to its folds, uplifts and rugged forms.</i></span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">And amazing Villages:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTYh1LIvipf-Wp5oxdamSaDbWWQU_mtC_JJSp52MQlWuC8A_3csv21DdOAJ1LvGdN_RJ5vBqsvvkpOi1SpoFfW6NpDfzqg47q2IlTsvjnxsvtNxps8Mm38P8wzw2Ur0MkBah-urshZNZhaM8l5lGG9DeBSQFEjD4P3abXA5kHEU_i0ylGjBWVzbU6TKg/s900/Sutera.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="900" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGTYh1LIvipf-Wp5oxdamSaDbWWQU_mtC_JJSp52MQlWuC8A_3csv21DdOAJ1LvGdN_RJ5vBqsvvkpOi1SpoFfW6NpDfzqg47q2IlTsvjnxsvtNxps8Mm38P8wzw2Ur0MkBah-urshZNZhaM8l5lGG9DeBSQFEjD4P3abXA5kHEU_i0ylGjBWVzbU6TKg/s320/Sutera.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Sutera</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Naturally; there will be time for Cathedrals:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrz1iMwxY70Hs6lvCwQ09LdCkephi0VXYceMrWRq6IYmTB2ugb8Xe5X7UaA2XQwELKL_gWx-1TOTEBvIfydfYV27_cs8Qb3URvsxU8L33FxfSiWkeBG8wRt7N2LP4Ko4cgJWec8OsMGnDWLjanyW61GWgVENktkgWweAHU0vM-wjFXYrlCh9-BIRlAxk/s730/Monreale%20Cathedral.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="730" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfrz1iMwxY70Hs6lvCwQ09LdCkephi0VXYceMrWRq6IYmTB2ugb8Xe5X7UaA2XQwELKL_gWx-1TOTEBvIfydfYV27_cs8Qb3URvsxU8L33FxfSiWkeBG8wRt7N2LP4Ko4cgJWec8OsMGnDWLjanyW61GWgVENktkgWweAHU0vM-wjFXYrlCh9-BIRlAxk/w400-h272/Monreale%20Cathedral.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">Monreale Cathedral</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">And for Temples too:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Valley of Temples near Agrigento dates
back to the 6<sup>th</sup> century BC when it was one of the wealthiest cities
in Ancient Greece.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3O68Ui7g7cSNnkbZSbwep-VA8L3jVq3IdrRm4h5pdOSAHRoT06cEfR0zT3JMV7nlBic-hCsbjJ0ziSMIfM_v4jtQZtctTQ6JITf7KXm-GxDHSXzKDRmVBeF41p6VY4HINJawf3JdRdJ2xW6LwraLs2XWDsaFaW9bkMysvd7W004FpRGt7hed3VR_ALRo/s303/Temple%20of%20Concordia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="303" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3O68Ui7g7cSNnkbZSbwep-VA8L3jVq3IdrRm4h5pdOSAHRoT06cEfR0zT3JMV7nlBic-hCsbjJ0ziSMIfM_v4jtQZtctTQ6JITf7KXm-GxDHSXzKDRmVBeF41p6VY4HINJawf3JdRdJ2xW6LwraLs2XWDsaFaW9bkMysvd7W004FpRGt7hed3VR_ALRo/s1600/Temple%20of%20Concordia.jpg" width="303" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Temple of Concordia, named after the goddess of
harmony</span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;">" One of the best-preserved Greek Temples in the world "</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: left;">Of course, there will be all the Regular
Features of Pilgrimage.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Daily Blog will be up &
running.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Don’t worry: as always, we <i>Never let the Facts get in the way
of What Really Happened</i> !!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Local Food:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7o_m7Phl1nmxcnyQ4_zy-QiYfOBKZDSNMv_8fREyFqGwob5U-104V-MeGoqCztlUVave_9GtyDF_rHQSMg4U6aOndmhq4VwTpAjnPTwSAD9o-Tv335L8A7J-vpsaRknJ1aboB766mmxklLvBfz6doK4dUuDMUxGZ77RJm9zlvAjB2Af_YhyJ4UtLlZt4/s550/Fresh%20cannoli%20at%20Caff%C3%A8%20del%20Corso%20Biscari,%20Santa%20Cristina%20Gela.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="309" data-original-width="550" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7o_m7Phl1nmxcnyQ4_zy-QiYfOBKZDSNMv_8fREyFqGwob5U-104V-MeGoqCztlUVave_9GtyDF_rHQSMg4U6aOndmhq4VwTpAjnPTwSAD9o-Tv335L8A7J-vpsaRknJ1aboB766mmxklLvBfz6doK4dUuDMUxGZ77RJm9zlvAjB2Af_YhyJ4UtLlZt4/s320/Fresh%20cannoli%20at%20Caff%C3%A8%20del%20Corso%20Biscari,%20Santa%20Cristina%20Gela.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Fresh cannoli at Caffè del Corso Biscari, Santa Cristina Gela<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The well-deserved </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Messina Grande</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">
(or two) at the End of the Day:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eWUvrPYX_8J8QN70soPF391qDDnB6FjRyvpgV1YfTBmGbpsWO70EtsA150q6Xf7c_ckRD23IgGcROteR9DD_iIkdnGZdAky9pAWk_CfXFHD_BsfEDOzMljMqOw_LbVoT5YQlFXwCJu7QqtSLrPCbFR3PhwkAcJTYNzq7G7AqCpE9AfWXey8AlURxTOk/s568/Birra%20Messina.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="426" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9eWUvrPYX_8J8QN70soPF391qDDnB6FjRyvpgV1YfTBmGbpsWO70EtsA150q6Xf7c_ckRD23IgGcROteR9DD_iIkdnGZdAky9pAWk_CfXFHD_BsfEDOzMljMqOw_LbVoT5YQlFXwCJu7QqtSLrPCbFR3PhwkAcJTYNzq7G7AqCpE9AfWXey8AlURxTOk/s320/Birra%20Messina.webp" width="240" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And a glass (or several) of <i>Marsala</i>,
Sicily’s dessert wine:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkJA0hNEZzLODPHPnOuAkg-AqsIOpqYeJqWZiPEPDIYo5vLEnod3p28xi9buHNtoC5f0on8jGZ30OOZCy4H5VWPXzuxWZay8cRoSCUmZebXFU6maO5mmzigOruwax-P1QXdf4poJnxYOdGuaC5URreWp19gyMCEpAAm_fKAzsLPVXcgA7_eX3kyycIxY/s640/Marsala%20-%20Sicily%E2%80%99s%20dessert%20wine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="640" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJkJA0hNEZzLODPHPnOuAkg-AqsIOpqYeJqWZiPEPDIYo5vLEnod3p28xi9buHNtoC5f0on8jGZ30OOZCy4H5VWPXzuxWZay8cRoSCUmZebXFU6maO5mmzigOruwax-P1QXdf4poJnxYOdGuaC5URreWp19gyMCEpAAm_fKAzsLPVXcgA7_eX3kyycIxY/w400-h200/Marsala%20-%20Sicily%E2%80%99s%20dessert%20wine.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As Dr Johnson (almost) said:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>When a man is tired of Dessert Wine, he is tired of Life</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There will be – how could it possibly be
otherwise ? – one of the famous Rest Days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This time it will at the <i>completion</i> of the
walk, at Agrigento.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Will Frank himself be singing a song at the far end of Via Atena in <i>Piazza Sinatra</i>?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Fear not, Pellegrini; the <i>Lavanderi</i>a has already
been identified … <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSeZxEXnZFspDrEb1tlfe5GX7FipGwZsUKedIquZSx8r4jDqprdcjFASLnG0-8YQyopcMnvYuIxnkLwfu4JaOdsohFDMhZhYwBQE97Gyg-Z0CoyPLDBZhEEHLdrGkoNsQ4VtTTFtNEBkxdq4iNPn_jDOyV9WCjz-3PudWWJ8yQqhEkZSJGvBOapir7cw/s3648/IMG_20191008_173608_1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmSeZxEXnZFspDrEb1tlfe5GX7FipGwZsUKedIquZSx8r4jDqprdcjFASLnG0-8YQyopcMnvYuIxnkLwfu4JaOdsohFDMhZhYwBQE97Gyg-Z0CoyPLDBZhEEHLdrGkoNsQ4VtTTFtNEBkxdq4iNPn_jDOyV9WCjz-3PudWWJ8yQqhEkZSJGvBOapir7cw/s320/IMG_20191008_173608_1.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -36pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: center; text-indent: -36pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Wise Pilgrim always has a freshly washed & ironed shirt !</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If we have enough breath, the <i>Big
Issues</i> will be Discussed & … Resolved (??!!) :</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><br /></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Brexit Benefits</span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Global Warming<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Keir or Rishi, Joe or Donald <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo3; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Economics of Deer Farming in New
Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Wingdings; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; text-indent: -18pt;">And our all-time favourite: What is
Happiness ?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Well <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… Discussed anyway !!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">---<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">It is late in the afternoon … of
…<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sunday 13<sup>th</sup> October 2024<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">There is only one place in the
world to be !</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Pellegrini have reached the bar in the piazza just by the <i>Cattedrale di
San Gerlando</i> in Agrigento; </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">with its views across the Mediterranean to the coast of Africa.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTFQwyJP4o33i3kmqqjRv02Wevr8O0tE5heiHg5hcwXR46oM17cJ08uL9ezKryd6hdDAUz3KrkSlo1t8cl79XUy6oEIpGhCI1xtzoWO3uoeWeaClUjmV3VU5cNORvlYkCBu68nk-MPSEQFSNld0vpopWelR6-kbPWcq0JD1lVYykFbpFuQtXx-mZ1vdo/s450/Sciavuru%20di%20Vanedda%20-%20Agrigento.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLTFQwyJP4o33i3kmqqjRv02Wevr8O0tE5heiHg5hcwXR46oM17cJ08uL9ezKryd6hdDAUz3KrkSlo1t8cl79XUy6oEIpGhCI1xtzoWO3uoeWeaClUjmV3VU5cNORvlYkCBu68nk-MPSEQFSNld0vpopWelR6-kbPWcq0JD1lVYykFbpFuQtXx-mZ1vdo/s320/Sciavuru%20di%20Vanedda%20-%20Agrigento.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Sciavuru di Vanedda</i></div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Question is:</span><b style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">Will YOU be there ?</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And as you are Deciding (to say Yes;
obviously !) ...</span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">May an Ol’ Pilgrim say:</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I want to look back and say,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“I can’t believe I did that”<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6.0pt; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt 36pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">NOT<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“I wish I had done that!<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent6; mso-themeshade: 191;">I really would like You to come along !!</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So,</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Until we meet again,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">May God hold you<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Safe in the palm of His hand.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As we say in Sicily
…<b> </b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b><i>Amuni</i>, </b>off we go<b> !<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We are expecting You
!!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">ciao</span></i></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">, <i>Ricardo</i> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">PS</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">How could I possibly forget to tell you …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The <i>Rough Guide to
Sicily</i> could not be clearer:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Eating a genuine </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Sicilian ice-cream</span></b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">is one of the world’s
most indulgent gastronomic experiences.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Look out for <i>Produzione Propria</i>:
made on the premises.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqrIlbPwQDhZmvt7PZZ0nq337cXDsgtWz_oVEu-iX50HEznKqESNZkz5qdcBdaVS0v4pTbKDu4lkpjpOqLhEkuuS8uqRRw397iDSj0TDifOxNxoZgxIn4aVJF9UI4Qa5acc6YEXrxFeelMmNdD-NAz14VOmmkNnq4qRSEOb2ByxmxGe4ZyFf89sE-bC0/s510/Ice%20Cream%20-%20Cuspidi%20in%20Agrigento.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="382" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqrIlbPwQDhZmvt7PZZ0nq337cXDsgtWz_oVEu-iX50HEznKqESNZkz5qdcBdaVS0v4pTbKDu4lkpjpOqLhEkuuS8uqRRw397iDSj0TDifOxNxoZgxIn4aVJF9UI4Qa5acc6YEXrxFeelMmNdD-NAz14VOmmkNnq4qRSEOb2ByxmxGe4ZyFf89sE-bC0/s320/Ice%20Cream%20-%20Cuspidi%20in%20Agrigento.jpg" width="240" /></a></span></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><i>Le Cuspidi</i></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><i>Piazza Cavour, 19, Agrigento</i></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> Google Review:</o:p></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><i>"Best ICE-CREAM and BEST SERVICE of the whole Sicily! </i></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><i>Niccio was amazing helping us with the language, giving suggestions of the menu and making us feel really important as a customer.</i></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><i>THANKS! We will come back."</i></o:p></span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ricardo Advises:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ice-cream is vital for survival.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Dinosaurs didn’t have it … and just look
what happened to them !<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-12813358256998921202022-10-22T17:05:00.004+01:002022-10-22T18:25:29.413+01:00<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">Memories<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">- even your most precious ones
-</span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoListParagraph" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 21.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 21pt; mso-add-space: auto; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">Fade surprisingly quickly</span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">But I don’t go along with that</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">The Memories I value most </span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">I don’t ever see them fading</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Kazuo Ishiguro</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hola a todas y todos !</span></i></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The <i>Camino dos Faros</i> ( <i>C de
F </i>) is over !</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">#JobDone</span></p><p></p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2azHYDx14S8ea81FLmZcfleeMIO6FXn3LAkrpLMqAZAivvtNy9OvLXbv4eiqgsXqLnvxjWuaD85lVbrv4rMHOhCIMjMMbTKfB92QYpKuMFi6BA5OPPS8MASVmGSm2z5pXcelf9E3v_IJELsKWoSCOuJ0-z8AqaVlM3A6K8xvRDm5ni8bAH02IW2Tg/s3648/IMG_20221011_172922.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2azHYDx14S8ea81FLmZcfleeMIO6FXn3LAkrpLMqAZAivvtNy9OvLXbv4eiqgsXqLnvxjWuaD85lVbrv4rMHOhCIMjMMbTKfB92QYpKuMFi6BA5OPPS8MASVmGSm2z5pXcelf9E3v_IJELsKWoSCOuJ0-z8AqaVlM3A6K8xvRDm5ni8bAH02IW2Tg/s320/IMG_20221011_172922.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Where</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">:</span></p><p></p></blockquote><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDls1vwh5_iWzw3uQseBuMwUwf4TExJ5Kk4Hf116wBHPfd1bDgShhtw5Hl5yLo-Y2B1EnaNEEGAoVJnhnQ9VAnu71gzkb0tkDCunCez4NLeBS9zThRMB4_oDzTwsx8qykcQnKH8SCfpfkWMNdQUth9C_BhDIgq3q3IqrbbAf0EE_Fyp0zFd7wstCwL/s702/Map.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="702" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDls1vwh5_iWzw3uQseBuMwUwf4TExJ5Kk4Hf116wBHPfd1bDgShhtw5Hl5yLo-Y2B1EnaNEEGAoVJnhnQ9VAnu71gzkb0tkDCunCez4NLeBS9zThRMB4_oDzTwsx8qykcQnKH8SCfpfkWMNdQUth9C_BhDIgq3q3IqrbbAf0EE_Fyp0zFd7wstCwL/s320/Map.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Out on The Camino there are only the 3
Questions:</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">Q1: Where did you Start? </span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Malpica</span></i><i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">Q2: Where did you Finish? </span></i><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">Finisterre</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">Q3:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Read on, dear reader</span></i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">, <i>read on … …</i></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">When</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: Monday 3<sup>rd</sup> October to
Tuesday 11<sup>th</sup> October 2022</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Who</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: The Lighthouse Lovelies <o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Jackie & Jeff, Jan & Mark, the Boy from t’
North - Roger, the novitiate - David & Ol’ Ric</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">With an age range of 61 to 75 and an average age of
67</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">---</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As always, <b>The Reverend Susan’s
Statistics</b> tell what is a simple tale.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Total Walked:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Walked</span></u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: 1,242 kilometres (771 miles) <o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm -29.5pt 0cm 114pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -42pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">like walking from Exeter, Devon to
John O’Groats at the northern tip of mainland Scotland </span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -42pt;"> </span></p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ascent</span></u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: 41,525 metres (136,236 feet)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">like climbing Everest 4 ½ times</span></i></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The C de F is a tough ol’ walk.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Including as compared with the Camino
to Santiago back in 2017 and the Way of St Francis in 2019:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Kilometres per day</span></u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><b><span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent4;">23</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> - Santiago: </span><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">26</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">, St Francis: </span><b><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">19</span></i></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm -30.65pt 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Metres of Ascent per day</span></u><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">: </span><b><i><span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent4;">760</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #8064a2; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent4;"> - </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Santiago: </span><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">180</span></i></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">, St Francis: </span><b><i><span style="color: #76923c; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent3; mso-themeshade: 191;">620</span></i></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But as well as the raw Stats on
length and ascent, the <i>walking surface</i> of the <i>C de F</i> is hugely
demanding.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Boulder Fields - where progress
can all too readily slow to barely a kilometre per hour - will be long, long be
remembered !</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And none of the Lighthouse Lovelies
will ever forget the Leap of Death or the Wall of Death:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bgXebTTcuHQW0H6EStOzaR7r6i48vzhg8Mk68-BKhaYvq8eD4Zt2R2RB7jaMBOwa0s0Tk0gKPxZmex_YULwSAuvLuTs2c12ILXQdDurN70-FDAQEFcRkLf_wKq16hvsm0LHDlJ_MEesmxyWdMvjneNSnhSm1g76aGxFjLt0ns1xnFxtL3QxEtSoF/s1024/IMG-20221008-WA0033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7bgXebTTcuHQW0H6EStOzaR7r6i48vzhg8Mk68-BKhaYvq8eD4Zt2R2RB7jaMBOwa0s0Tk0gKPxZmex_YULwSAuvLuTs2c12ILXQdDurN70-FDAQEFcRkLf_wKq16hvsm0LHDlJ_MEesmxyWdMvjneNSnhSm1g76aGxFjLt0ns1xnFxtL3QxEtSoF/s320/IMG-20221008-WA0033.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On the afternoon of Day 1 and on Day 2
even the most experienced walker had to dig deep !!</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Day 2: Praia de Ninons - via Corme -
to Ponteceso started with Boots on the Ground at 09.15. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Almost 11 hours later – the longest
day I have ever walked and with Fitbit reporting it was a 50,000+ steps day - we
were scurrying up Avenue Eduardo Pondal to get back to the Royale TYM bar
before it stopped serving food at 20.00 hours.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">After a (second) well-deserved
Estrella I went to the petrol station next door to buy some <i>aqua con gaz</i>.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJHuDT1FOB4rm-NG8Cu5fwoBqvFeIvHkUIuLXw14bND22fo860DSDyX9IKpHVgd0z8kvDqS44aLa0fJtsvcmFlfUIGCtYMKu7ePARRK9ArJQ0rDUGpu1bbV3XJEP-G47Y803passbSnKRJFILBhtyIEvMsZcZHT3qDNwcoMg8SBdsixoLEOGsYtYu/s5120/IMG_20221004_205600.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="5120" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJHuDT1FOB4rm-NG8Cu5fwoBqvFeIvHkUIuLXw14bND22fo860DSDyX9IKpHVgd0z8kvDqS44aLa0fJtsvcmFlfUIGCtYMKu7ePARRK9ArJQ0rDUGpu1bbV3XJEP-G47Y803passbSnKRJFILBhtyIEvMsZcZHT3qDNwcoMg8SBdsixoLEOGsYtYu/s320/IMG_20221004_205600.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The gentleman behind the counter asked
me how the walk was going. </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Challenging, I said.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I shall long remember what he then told
me:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">God comes to Galicia for rest &
relaxation !!</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> ---</o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But as we look back, what are the other
Memories that won’t fade ?</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The stunning <b>Beaches</b>:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsFwjpGKz2zPY-FQ-Db5xGaboUNtBi-gDPY9qXFyalewKquYU-8wGrKmjJp3UVJQXs3dhx39-PKZhLSsI0EWRIxNJQkkm-woY2bUIRIsPw3Kv2IWfUEsrWIe_LtLeyteu19h82ZaROJKWxRbVyHRg-_ovCoYvZNOo7eDS0gT4AzavITa6L9I-eTmj/s3648/IMG_20221011_120814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizsFwjpGKz2zPY-FQ-Db5xGaboUNtBi-gDPY9qXFyalewKquYU-8wGrKmjJp3UVJQXs3dhx39-PKZhLSsI0EWRIxNJQkkm-woY2bUIRIsPw3Kv2IWfUEsrWIe_LtLeyteu19h82ZaROJKWxRbVyHRg-_ovCoYvZNOo7eDS0gT4AzavITa6L9I-eTmj/s320/IMG_20221011_120814.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Lives of great men all remind us</span></i></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We can make our lives sublime</span></i></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And, departing, leave behind us,</span></i></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Footprints on the sands of time</span></i></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Longfellow</span></p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And <b>Bays</b>:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKvawUwYyQsIhRkdoRWH-RShVeIuMWzYjNXUvfqo0iMk7HXAe4WbJEzWhT3eI9Z0S4-0oXfWi6e05bAONDMMh5r0MoaA64GiZP9b3rw8A90SrA-Hf-Rb2ErSmRPxUY73uk4Fe2czfn6Ztob2wnrkzS6vbnxFZVQVYK-R6LffIorLU0icWE3TZy592/s4864/IMG_20221008_124934.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="4864" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEKvawUwYyQsIhRkdoRWH-RShVeIuMWzYjNXUvfqo0iMk7HXAe4WbJEzWhT3eI9Z0S4-0oXfWi6e05bAONDMMh5r0MoaA64GiZP9b3rw8A90SrA-Hf-Rb2ErSmRPxUY73uk4Fe2czfn6Ztob2wnrkzS6vbnxFZVQVYK-R6LffIorLU0icWE3TZy592/w400-h190/IMG_20221008_124934.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The spectacular <b>Landscapes</b>,
not least looking backwards:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECwu7upS8qONUtXX00OhG_JW1lh5uFfcpnODHgjVvDlDQmFoeS0N-VJOTx94XBmBzA94cwFQXXUt8D7rRUNeaAeXhI1JEmz-SHgsrhwzsjssVaBA4zW8JpkPJccMLGpFqRu5RdsFihwAWC5UBW0LVGDx0S29RyUeFPsPh42kNKswCu9Sr-TkJ8bH4/s3648/IMG_20221010_123738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhECwu7upS8qONUtXX00OhG_JW1lh5uFfcpnODHgjVvDlDQmFoeS0N-VJOTx94XBmBzA94cwFQXXUt8D7rRUNeaAeXhI1JEmz-SHgsrhwzsjssVaBA4zW8JpkPJccMLGpFqRu5RdsFihwAWC5UBW0LVGDx0S29RyUeFPsPh42kNKswCu9Sr-TkJ8bH4/s320/IMG_20221010_123738.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Did we really walk down there ??!!</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Of course, the <b>Lighthouses</b>:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXtg5_I2IE88bQlg60mvI4yCm5siJFaiAGP0H2TIF-s-iwG7bQGDyBZeVnIgPC2YCRFI8xKYTcuep3IKszU2FwYavFJGKBRx-TGq97UH8L7ZHtSx2BMZ_4IV6kF3kiRDzPyQ2sFdSNHpjta1sFQclqeoz7dCKyXueP5LKdi-QQuhFN3UQ51ngumaD/s3648/IMG_20221002_111937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDXtg5_I2IE88bQlg60mvI4yCm5siJFaiAGP0H2TIF-s-iwG7bQGDyBZeVnIgPC2YCRFI8xKYTcuep3IKszU2FwYavFJGKBRx-TGq97UH8L7ZHtSx2BMZ_4IV6kF3kiRDzPyQ2sFdSNHpjta1sFQclqeoz7dCKyXueP5LKdi-QQuhFN3UQ51ngumaD/s320/IMG_20221002_111937.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And the <b>Churches</b>, where
Pilgrims have visited for a thousand years:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdARndWD6PgMUI02s5V-5_Hl-Xm7wEtbQeHpjfDw5yP1kW-P-g8cnFbK46AFa2MAOOpZRP_ZMzMV9WGFSIRGOtPA6GhqWsClPmKmMn_jPiVY_PCjNSfLqYn0yptY1pJ9esxpSnczt9BjkP1uZVBSEyKJwS59H28ByKclFAuXcbWzSfJ97Ss36CBKY/s3648/IMG_20221005_224119.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="1744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwdARndWD6PgMUI02s5V-5_Hl-Xm7wEtbQeHpjfDw5yP1kW-P-g8cnFbK46AFa2MAOOpZRP_ZMzMV9WGFSIRGOtPA6GhqWsClPmKmMn_jPiVY_PCjNSfLqYn0yptY1pJ9esxpSnczt9BjkP1uZVBSEyKJwS59H28ByKclFAuXcbWzSfJ97Ss36CBKY/s320/IMG_20221005_224119.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The <b>Camaraderie</b> of the
Lighthouse Lovelies:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jojDbGEUR_5eRcfUQVQc8A65dh4Dc3rqSE6P4z78pxpK7TqYQnFIfMVlpvjkyVDhwRRGkq_k6qmrbHhco9GSFtwdT6bVD1F7LXlGdDUNRlqxxDLNwfvhnlyCRIZaASMiExLN-0hNPaLamz0oYYDxdYHd2GgDNw4U0ZbFni1uqm_v8MLlEEbUXoR5/s3648/IMG_20221007_113738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2jojDbGEUR_5eRcfUQVQc8A65dh4Dc3rqSE6P4z78pxpK7TqYQnFIfMVlpvjkyVDhwRRGkq_k6qmrbHhco9GSFtwdT6bVD1F7LXlGdDUNRlqxxDLNwfvhnlyCRIZaASMiExLN-0hNPaLamz0oYYDxdYHd2GgDNw4U0ZbFni1uqm_v8MLlEEbUXoR5/s320/IMG_20221007_113738.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The morning shop in Eroski for the
communal picnic ingredients:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJjYqYM9hAwgo8SJn6JPEHtAsrO1tgvTmr00AeBY9-E38LnV54ZuD07OzJmjiIjkKN6u2Mrox3FpyTaH-n2DRV6hEe4hkT2n1lqOaf1zxwb4Gbf--osYOumFsWCYZ03SbwyTLyYhIDmMsst09tQWBoQo1anVXc-Ul89Cv6yZCHgWg3vYvA9Jt2YaE/s3648/IMG_20221010_090714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJjYqYM9hAwgo8SJn6JPEHtAsrO1tgvTmr00AeBY9-E38LnV54ZuD07OzJmjiIjkKN6u2Mrox3FpyTaH-n2DRV6hEe4hkT2n1lqOaf1zxwb4Gbf--osYOumFsWCYZ03SbwyTLyYhIDmMsst09tQWBoQo1anVXc-Ul89Cv6yZCHgWg3vYvA9Jt2YaE/s320/IMG_20221010_090714.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">No one ever wasted their time watching Supermarket Sweep & the
much-missed Dale Winton !</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The always much looked forward to …
Rest Day visit to the <b>Lavanderia</b>:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf-qHGVIhDfHnL9Ll7eSv3YgXMbyo95n1botlL2AXn4zbF4EYRn4MUUS5i-Ot3kMnlPiDA_y9p4ZPHMCC4ZiwR4oWgQt5gFl_VhdrMVwVtH1g8nuk2A8Wl3FpsT1kRqmhPD91p24SMw8QXhs3MQ-6f4iXp-9dks99fg5Bq4I6QU7fkhDcoxmG_0Em/s3648/IMG_20221009_101414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibf-qHGVIhDfHnL9Ll7eSv3YgXMbyo95n1botlL2AXn4zbF4EYRn4MUUS5i-Ot3kMnlPiDA_y9p4ZPHMCC4ZiwR4oWgQt5gFl_VhdrMVwVtH1g8nuk2A8Wl3FpsT1kRqmhPD91p24SMw8QXhs3MQ-6f4iXp-9dks99fg5Bq4I6QU7fkhDcoxmG_0Em/s320/IMG_20221009_101414.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsVLBKQ2XDcdUMM0xOgCBVi9AXSSHGlmgjJ8O3vJ2rAk54eYiffKSUuVZ4p-rgtIs8pXHM3pLigf1o39H7-EUsCAfN8MqaIj93o1fBSP6gr5XLtNJMJhCZ7T2BDGGPfWcvkAV9-2U_o_0bZ6iHBKiTE70xRvIBIL__7OPRjPNeXW5zSz31vKlaFcz/s2048/IMG-20221009-WA0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsVLBKQ2XDcdUMM0xOgCBVi9AXSSHGlmgjJ8O3vJ2rAk54eYiffKSUuVZ4p-rgtIs8pXHM3pLigf1o39H7-EUsCAfN8MqaIj93o1fBSP6gr5XLtNJMJhCZ7T2BDGGPfWcvkAV9-2U_o_0bZ6iHBKiTE70xRvIBIL__7OPRjPNeXW5zSz31vKlaFcz/s320/IMG-20221009-WA0002.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Wise Pilgrim always has a clean shirt to hand</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The well-deserved <b>Estrella
Galicia Grande</b>:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t2uuZdYL0ShNiba9WAM0RVutD5AqkNmJ2FkZUnCAof9JkeJvYD9t1kQ0-DOyGp7DcejfMdRlZgrYo1nixJ4vcDEtR0QZW3iHG_gA6IKBXijz-c6hYRDC2k2jZHTD6aN_3H0eq68j79Udq1Ck0JITPYyTVkmTwx3Qq6xx9WG6nE2_7KR3qxdeLMQs/s2573/IMG_20221002_125902_edit_11184493004021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2573" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1t2uuZdYL0ShNiba9WAM0RVutD5AqkNmJ2FkZUnCAof9JkeJvYD9t1kQ0-DOyGp7DcejfMdRlZgrYo1nixJ4vcDEtR0QZW3iHG_gA6IKBXijz-c6hYRDC2k2jZHTD6aN_3H0eq68j79Udq1Ck0JITPYyTVkmTwx3Qq6xx9WG6nE2_7KR3qxdeLMQs/s320/IMG_20221002_125902_edit_11184493004021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And the truly delicious Galician
food:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXkXCSnnTx116Vc-X5IRt_BC1Ngabw2NUAv893yuzK-8aXRX8jVKfFfDFy_lB2xyrA4FKB7nVkxzf4rkmKFsXTtRTKwN8jA76tkXY8dapOmQZDxMZ9h5LBAfL4nKmVf93Y8cnSB8G2Urj3_R_QuPBU7wT3AljciVVYTxvxFb-MiUyiKOVw_-rJuKU/s3648/IMG_20221009_141831.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzXkXCSnnTx116Vc-X5IRt_BC1Ngabw2NUAv893yuzK-8aXRX8jVKfFfDFy_lB2xyrA4FKB7nVkxzf4rkmKFsXTtRTKwN8jA76tkXY8dapOmQZDxMZ9h5LBAfL4nKmVf93Y8cnSB8G2Urj3_R_QuPBU7wT3AljciVVYTxvxFb-MiUyiKOVw_-rJuKU/s320/IMG_20221009_141831.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">---</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And if I was to be allowed <b>One Final
Memory</b> … …</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The <i>C de F</i> is an incredibly isolated
geography.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Communities are just about hanging on. You really
do sense you are out on the Edge of the World.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Fellow Pilgrims are very, very few in number. I
doubt if we saw even a dozen across the whole walk.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But … there is plenty of bird life.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4L5xpeWWyWhajq2SVOhTd_uXnCJle3lSKr4JYmeCAh3o32JIi0rA0lMzvarH4Zmiiwi029chEQGM0ZEX5zLapA0t1APFVUTMkt-nHwwVhtOU5XRxaTug1XGtepFlArLiwEyIKVfkcIjIBB4kqidI3ymJUAdK4zxbY4JeA6GKfNQrc2F0_SJfxNUg/s3648/IMG_20221011_102342.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4L5xpeWWyWhajq2SVOhTd_uXnCJle3lSKr4JYmeCAh3o32JIi0rA0lMzvarH4Zmiiwi029chEQGM0ZEX5zLapA0t1APFVUTMkt-nHwwVhtOU5XRxaTug1XGtepFlArLiwEyIKVfkcIjIBB4kqidI3ymJUAdK4zxbY4JeA6GKfNQrc2F0_SJfxNUg/s320/IMG_20221011_102342.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A Siege of Herons</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On the final day we had completed the
climb up Monte Veladoiro and the descent down to the Praia de Mar de Fora.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As we were strolling across the dunes
behind the beach, and with (just) the slog up Monte de Facho still to come, I
was struggling.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It was a very hot afternoon; and I knew
I had the beginnings of a Camino Cold.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I thought of what my Mum so often used to say
to me:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Anxiety is the name for the distance
between Ego and the Deep Self.</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Meanwhile … … Toughen up, Richard !!</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As the Lovelies turned on to the
boardwalk that would take us to the village of A Insua, I looked across the bay
to the hill beyond.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And there it was …</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Long believed to have been extinct
since the early 19<sup>th</sup> century, but recently bred in captivity and
released along the Costa da Morte …</span></p><p></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A ( some say, allegorical ) Spanish Sea Eagle</span></p><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJX1NcjhDPQk02ofeXOwbY3wxaEpwWoSGSWS1zZDA6S3CI6VDvfJZK0kOldpAFnDDHOmBRotv7DLsBTzuzUMm_W-whsNtP438FxOH4btMNppOjvJvRbLTS55hd3irRxKA_EVLjSyAjvCZZu0oNAiaZShoncX8kuLz6YAyp-BWkdqlTAChJec0zUuIt/s678/Sea%20Eagle.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="678" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJX1NcjhDPQk02ofeXOwbY3wxaEpwWoSGSWS1zZDA6S3CI6VDvfJZK0kOldpAFnDDHOmBRotv7DLsBTzuzUMm_W-whsNtP438FxOH4btMNppOjvJvRbLTS55hd3irRxKA_EVLjSyAjvCZZu0oNAiaZShoncX8kuLz6YAyp-BWkdqlTAChJec0zUuIt/w400-h275/Sea%20Eagle.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As an only child, I’ve long admired
Eagles – for they fly alone.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(It is Pigeons that flock together !)</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Eagle is the only bird that when
a storm comes will fly towards it.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Storms wait for all of us: anxiety
and fear come at us wave by wave, without warning.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">We can run and hide and wait for it
to pass. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Or, we can become the Eagle we all
have in us. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">And face the fears head on … …</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Eagle was closely watching my
travails.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Fortunately – and just like me – the Eagle
was an avid Bible reader:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplE-dJIXqFf5OSON4zbk-fFaeCBVFCPn4J11jlir_hF13Icrq9ZOzXJ4bbDnNbJqbjPWgS_ejJNtnbjk4bMmD9noSabcuIa5cbQ94BfHAbvw66h-E4k1ynrYblanf5D1mgOWmMA4Bbo556KuR7ZqfIa4HJGlObkxx1slsUqOulwCTGfg76eR1ruS3/s1280/Never%20Give%20Up%20-%202%20Timothy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="853" data-original-width="1280" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplE-dJIXqFf5OSON4zbk-fFaeCBVFCPn4J11jlir_hF13Icrq9ZOzXJ4bbDnNbJqbjPWgS_ejJNtnbjk4bMmD9noSabcuIa5cbQ94BfHAbvw66h-E4k1ynrYblanf5D1mgOWmMA4Bbo556KuR7ZqfIa4HJGlObkxx1slsUqOulwCTGfg76eR1ruS3/s320/Never%20Give%20Up%20-%202%20Timothy.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I pressed on and soon Journey's End - the Faro
Fisterra - came into view:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgThODRh0OZ3WdpSDN1-as4ftExi7JJ0K4rGfo80qKXqgFONC5v_ecTVLkcANfysmAvgMtLm2DbLaEzdiPn9ZihKvm7FcivH7e8eoUNz0hUvO761B-6JE-Fkp9E-USiZlkNLjBfnK2R6HvIo1bRhxaxuLOWb03nql3lTxTxCKhbkb1del2eW0880n/s3648/IMG_20221011_163611.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFgThODRh0OZ3WdpSDN1-as4ftExi7JJ0K4rGfo80qKXqgFONC5v_ecTVLkcANfysmAvgMtLm2DbLaEzdiPn9ZihKvm7FcivH7e8eoUNz0hUvO761B-6JE-Fkp9E-USiZlkNLjBfnK2R6HvIo1bRhxaxuLOWb03nql3lTxTxCKhbkb1del2eW0880n/s320/IMG_20221011_163611.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">---</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">Out on The Camino there are only the 3 Questions:</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">Q1: Where did you Start? </span></i><i><span style="color: #9bbb59; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent3;">Malpica</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">Q2: Where did you Finish? </span></i><i><span style="color: #9bbb59; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent3;">Finisterre</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;">Q3:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, Ol’ Ric: You’re now in (please; the early stages of) your 8th decade. </span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt; text-align: left;"><i><span style="color: #215868; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: accent5; mso-themeshade: 128;"><b>Why do you go on Pilgrimage ?</b></span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Well, I hope that the Blog will have
provided some part of the Answer:</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Walking with friends</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Challenge and Privilege of being outdoors for day
after day</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 108pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Meeting with Sea Eagles !!</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But there is Another Reason … …</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As you may know, the Wise Pilgrim
should always carry a Memory of Home.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For me, it is a Pebble.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This time it was from the beach on the Western
Esplanade out towards the Lagoon, down at Hove Actually.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And the End Of Walk, the Pebble
ceremony.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Throwing the Pebble down the cliff at the End of
the World.</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9eOM4q5tmxgHe5NXUDB1gkBD59J2FGCVGUgyzhmFZhumQxyW57TiWb2mP3_h2wBtECGRppecJHvjzuMg_Cjiw75uA-94TDtolDcN2evP6c7rXRX2nhaWjWuStQp5YsnnVP0zZaXSU6oPvH7cWdCv1cjTygwMHTgJU8XytLjrP3xRCGl46aGid8ZT/s1024/IMG-20221011-WA0014_edit_164644094883208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9eOM4q5tmxgHe5NXUDB1gkBD59J2FGCVGUgyzhmFZhumQxyW57TiWb2mP3_h2wBtECGRppecJHvjzuMg_Cjiw75uA-94TDtolDcN2evP6c7rXRX2nhaWjWuStQp5YsnnVP0zZaXSU6oPvH7cWdCv1cjTygwMHTgJU8XytLjrP3xRCGl46aGid8ZT/s320/IMG-20221011-WA0014_edit_164644094883208.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Take Them With You</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If someone you love</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">did not make it on that trip</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">you can take it</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">for them</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">with them.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">If someone you love</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">did not witness that milestone</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">you can show them</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">anytime you like.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">If someone you love</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">did not get to do their living</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">you can finish those dreams</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: 14.2pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">on their behalf.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The beautiful thing about love</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -58.9pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">you see</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -58.9pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">is that death</span></i><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -58.9pt;"><i style="background-color: transparent; text-indent: 7.1pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">need not stop life.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -66pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If you carry someone</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">in your heart</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -51.8pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">you can take them with you</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -66pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt; text-indent: -66pt;"><i style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">anywhere you like.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 66.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 66pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Loss by Donna
Ashworth</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Toast was: <i>To all those who walk
with us in spirit only</i></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkA1UAB0GXrCQuiF-rx4pkYaWPN5VLWPBlncrrkQI10G4_dd85NYcfJaShKYBN8-dC-YtnUAMMe9jiJ0QLxn0We_I3-6kCokT-f9sV4vwSUtheBcqJttxqZvmvrSTZKA9v8zf95g0bjI2GJzLelrSmvOHG29zoZ8RPiWMcDKOrCRNqYVm5CCaruGQX/s3648/IMG_20221011_172635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkA1UAB0GXrCQuiF-rx4pkYaWPN5VLWPBlncrrkQI10G4_dd85NYcfJaShKYBN8-dC-YtnUAMMe9jiJ0QLxn0We_I3-6kCokT-f9sV4vwSUtheBcqJttxqZvmvrSTZKA9v8zf95g0bjI2GJzLelrSmvOHG29zoZ8RPiWMcDKOrCRNqYVm5CCaruGQX/s320/IMG_20221011_172635.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></i></p><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There are two Caminos, one external and one internal</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The external reaches its destination;
the internal never does</span></i> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>To live on in the hearts of others is not to die</b></span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So,</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Until we meet again,</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">May God hold you</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt; text-align: left;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Safe in the palm of His hand.</span></i></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY398HI8AXoHOmqWjHvSglhTA4mu_WmuDdw7rmkOnwI7kJsY0snMHiRtnJ0nfoVm3gvHYsBmGnpuYQsfOxE8xyGYqn7ZVumv3m-ujNhEIHXxjoU9Gjrg6TnpHAm8Gtkj5_EUjQoG_sBWEQ7RefkNMadNAkqMJpJf3M5vdgvNoYNl7SuTxI7tynxwEr/s1280/Rose%20%20-%2010%20August%202022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="973" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY398HI8AXoHOmqWjHvSglhTA4mu_WmuDdw7rmkOnwI7kJsY0snMHiRtnJ0nfoVm3gvHYsBmGnpuYQsfOxE8xyGYqn7ZVumv3m-ujNhEIHXxjoU9Gjrg6TnpHAm8Gtkj5_EUjQoG_sBWEQ7RefkNMadNAkqMJpJf3M5vdgvNoYNl7SuTxI7tynxwEr/s320/Rose%20%20-%2010%20August%202022.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><p></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">See you soon!!</span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adiós</span></i></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">, <i>Ol’ Ric</i></span></b></p><p></p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">PS</span></i></p><p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">No End of Walk blog would ever be
complete without a <i>Thought from The King</i>:</span></p><p></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WYo_f2RQT0JMa9frEjsLvmVj5kI_mOuOC4OA7TC2M817UL7FGSIBNp0aZ01Mrem8XSvbu3Uvv03-kLor8aIMNnMuKVe9rWt7vmrbtFiV1buy_goiS8qs7YvvKBh7y0ORcC9WSuGnMxrx_u89R5MNbf1akCtESXDHeQprt1GEYIWMPgav7DJDKi_T/s670/Elvis%20-%20Encore.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="502" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7WYo_f2RQT0JMa9frEjsLvmVj5kI_mOuOC4OA7TC2M817UL7FGSIBNp0aZ01Mrem8XSvbu3Uvv03-kLor8aIMNnMuKVe9rWt7vmrbtFiV1buy_goiS8qs7YvvKBh7y0ORcC9WSuGnMxrx_u89R5MNbf1akCtESXDHeQprt1GEYIWMPgav7DJDKi_T/w300-h400/Elvis%20-%20Encore.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p>
<p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Elvis is absolutely right, isn’t he …
…</span></p><p></p></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If you are free in
the first two weeks of October 202<b>4</b>, you might like to join Don Ricardo
on</span></p><p></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UROhQ3kZbYbetxAOzv3gLbjE1hP097LVrG3wbB-shPBeOrI7AeAfBMPhZmMu3oTo2DUae0BeDxK0uu2TQmACGOtIZZACnQ1_zLDHdX5nChq7xxaw1B35DZ1LUq4_UYus7Z8LTod9CDv4WD6RRQ89hQcDbi_7AhoCBl7fLvGf0Hhwe2Hh7DlMH2kj/s1000/Magna%20-%20Via%20F%20-%20walkers.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1000" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9UROhQ3kZbYbetxAOzv3gLbjE1hP097LVrG3wbB-shPBeOrI7AeAfBMPhZmMu3oTo2DUae0BeDxK0uu2TQmACGOtIZZACnQ1_zLDHdX5nChq7xxaw1B35DZ1LUq4_UYus7Z8LTod9CDv4WD6RRQ89hQcDbi_7AhoCBl7fLvGf0Hhwe2Hh7DlMH2kj/s320/Magna%20-%20Via%20F%20-%20walkers.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A Walk back in the Old
Country</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-59894281717500093682022-10-12T06:58:00.002+01:002022-10-12T07:22:46.890+01:00C de F - Day 8 of 8<p> Day No. 8 : Praia de Nemina to Finisterre</p><p>Today: 30 kms </p><p>ToDate: 183kms - 100%</p><p>ToGo: <b>#JobDone !</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQIvqHAcqvbzqGl_uf0qiRfHFw3KWyXvPwzzl65ibJfePjQt92vMU_exIXaz6NTy2wSM8ClA65Tjx-VJ8CtQjnDoUk-MaUu4rQOPETq3kzB9gRn0nW1-zUho7KVC0YmiVgAcsEcRrad8BY5pgZ1EPDSlL6TQE2moXSxHObNqo5EQDbHsxVCwSXI49/s3648/IMG_20221011_172944.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYQIvqHAcqvbzqGl_uf0qiRfHFw3KWyXvPwzzl65ibJfePjQt92vMU_exIXaz6NTy2wSM8ClA65Tjx-VJ8CtQjnDoUk-MaUu4rQOPETq3kzB9gRn0nW1-zUho7KVC0YmiVgAcsEcRrad8BY5pgZ1EPDSlL6TQE2moXSxHObNqo5EQDbHsxVCwSXI49/s320/IMG_20221011_172944.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><i>Best Bar in the World !!</i></p><p>It had been Boots on the Ground for the 08.20 Taxi:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2YRn9tth3Fqn1BeZg4b4LfeNFZc5RS4pVTDJ3ozjaWfqqG12fQpgwUIh5er--QtdpVRkRybS73XpQ3PLrW_mYwbFYNqOrOZhXd0O8lqK4nuRKRvFD586NiHeL8ijidpyjtDa8kK8GyR22ILr2hPrFN-nof4ALW58r-TVHxEMBKR2DjmysQpGVCds/s1440/Screenshot_20221012_072446.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1081" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2YRn9tth3Fqn1BeZg4b4LfeNFZc5RS4pVTDJ3ozjaWfqqG12fQpgwUIh5er--QtdpVRkRybS73XpQ3PLrW_mYwbFYNqOrOZhXd0O8lqK4nuRKRvFD586NiHeL8ijidpyjtDa8kK8GyR22ILr2hPrFN-nof4ALW58r-TVHxEMBKR2DjmysQpGVCds/s320/Screenshot_20221012_072446.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>I have mentioned the Taxis before, haven't I ...</p><p>You didn't really think we actually walked the Camino dos Faros ... Did you !!!</p><p>#JustJoking 😉</p><p>We were soon back where yesterday's walk ended at the Praia de Nemina:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWB3cQQVZBIENm_ukqg_QxuRQ9DJyRxGzKFOmQ5t2UOH00lBF3fqgBqsImp-prbYRzBN0-X0d6tiaie1fG9odYjXovh8rEsO8LMot7XEMOClpQiEsBc1dWDwNFM8WTp6xR7ARqaJ86FB6IaA9WGPjavLSudDGjCEnhvtqiOqAdpgYHwu5pU4yTBiS/s3648/IMG_20221011_085518.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiWB3cQQVZBIENm_ukqg_QxuRQ9DJyRxGzKFOmQ5t2UOH00lBF3fqgBqsImp-prbYRzBN0-X0d6tiaie1fG9odYjXovh8rEsO8LMot7XEMOClpQiEsBc1dWDwNFM8WTp6xR7ARqaJ86FB6IaA9WGPjavLSudDGjCEnhvtqiOqAdpgYHwu5pU4yTBiS/s320/IMG_20221011_085518.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>A short woodland stroll and we were back at the hotel As Eiras for a final start of walk photo:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMpRcCZDWQkX_5dpQHD8_EZkcMqtn5pSI5BCHSBMu9uTaNOkKkHV8-AvUMNLP0ck3ibWskukm1uJ5PFIfvQzPM_DH4dGI9rYxa0LjlFHeDq4eaLBProuEnHaYc4OlRCxsusVj_NDRzuRPSvvfUxDJ21XfSnJgYLCd2uEgp0xrw3HFJvUo5B3fuL1f/s320/IMG-20221011-WA0014_edit_164644094883208.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><i>From the beach at the Western Esplanade, Hove Actually to ... the End of the World !</i></p><p>And ... a Pink Gin & Tonic :</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahlY0UlgG6arLy-BDirD2iEPZ_hbDhXMjyiuf57WsYnLqbAvU40HPExuTd-5VKeuXATOasck_ntJIPWDYaZMTq-73hDnMEVbVpwsHd9LEYv_SjvuZw_tTe21rnETau0JxGO4W95nzbpJbDsxRP-0G6GUkr9ZGzuTuJrc5Q4eIIPSnovBOVdZ-LWo3/s3648/IMG_20221011_172635.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahlY0UlgG6arLy-BDirD2iEPZ_hbDhXMjyiuf57WsYnLqbAvU40HPExuTd-5VKeuXATOasck_ntJIPWDYaZMTq-73hDnMEVbVpwsHd9LEYv_SjvuZw_tTe21rnETau0JxGO4W95nzbpJbDsxRP-0G6GUkr9ZGzuTuJrc5Q4eIIPSnovBOVdZ-LWo3/s320/IMG_20221011_172635.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>The Toast:</p><p style="text-align: center;"><i>To all of those who walk with us in spirit </i></p><p>---</p><p>My friends, the walk is over.</p><p>The Day 8 of 8 blog has been written.</p><p><br /></p><p>All that remains is for me to answer the 3 Questions ...</p><p>Look out for the Answers in a blog 🔜 </p><p><br /></p><p>Buen Camino, Pilgrim Ric 💕</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-82311781163699154602022-10-10T21:13:00.003+01:002022-10-10T21:13:36.426+01:00C de F - Day 7<p> Day No. 7 : Muxia to Praia de Nemina</p><p>Today: 23 kms </p><p>ToDate: 153 kms - 85%</p><p>ToGo: 27 kms</p><p>Our final Eroski picnic shop:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvMx84g6cyuElVSW6_u1qvy5C0sjavtyVuGuum6jiL3aOX3j196Li3WC_fj3o95qqwM30aMb3O9zsyDv5s3oQ3NqRm-8xkniWoq74oWGzKgwzITITKzUxR9JhiC3wLivtONV2JeHwRXoVy258NFGqa3gnbmIlAC--r9MKAFskyiBHFcFeGY9X8pvdy/s320/IMG_20221010_172831.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Time for a well-deserved Galician G&T:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpm09fw5yiDY0D2-s-uXfJlfVcC94o_LREwqqVBX_1aYDOi8LAptKMAFyJkqjJ80YdxkkhvMFhnYS1dhVIQ84sv9ErPs-YPnl9Wm3V5gk5qWHeizvoxXod-R9jH78LivhrxgBwiLX_4vbYkaBIl3HUcNX0GqKAmzirz4a2JxjN-llCTah_sFaBK37q/s1024/IMG-20221010-WA0022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpm09fw5yiDY0D2-s-uXfJlfVcC94o_LREwqqVBX_1aYDOi8LAptKMAFyJkqjJ80YdxkkhvMFhnYS1dhVIQ84sv9ErPs-YPnl9Wm3V5gk5qWHeizvoxXod-R9jH78LivhrxgBwiLX_4vbYkaBIl3HUcNX0GqKAmzirz4a2JxjN-llCTah_sFaBK37q/s320/IMG-20221010-WA0022.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow is our final walking day.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are off to Finisterre, to the End of the Earth.</div><div><br /></div><div>Time to say goodbye to an Old Friend ... ❤️</div><div><br /></div><div>Pilgrim Piper </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div></div>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-31779656599974189702022-10-09T14:34:00.000+01:002022-10-09T14:34:25.086+01:00C de F: Rest Day in Muxia<p><span style="background-color: white;"><i>And</i></span><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><i> he rested on the seventh day</i></span></p><p><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;">Genesis 2:2</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">After 6 days of walking some 130 kms, it is a Rest Day here in Muxia.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Y0x-P8FrPs2pnyL2ngLcQ8oY_EUedpjOatPae71oFsVsUPggsX8N5dGMcvLD03oNrc2cYmUxDEgc4s12avHtUMV4qmupIKgHUPGv5-XJxu2chqsoaYlrwKOTaQ6Blf3bzkBpyyjpxcLTWk5fO9G7OVu68HW2KKHH4nq2gTfhNpCdnXJJYTA9ixtz/s3648/IMG_20221009_141831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Y0x-P8FrPs2pnyL2ngLcQ8oY_EUedpjOatPae71oFsVsUPggsX8N5dGMcvLD03oNrc2cYmUxDEgc4s12avHtUMV4qmupIKgHUPGv5-XJxu2chqsoaYlrwKOTaQ6Blf3bzkBpyyjpxcLTWk5fO9G7OVu68HW2KKHH4nq2gTfhNpCdnXJJYTA9ixtz/s320/IMG_20221009_141831.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><i>Sunday lunchtime tapas</i> </span></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;">Rest Days are a crucial part of Pilgrimage.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0W_TiIZJnfE3E6OfYvWWzgLEhliz1n3d66lacEmZEEzteYLdn-Jnpj51iEh3olN_NYP_V1iSSDHZAIT9FSQ3XiPTtAfRUnf6XuHIly8zSbZ3NCPrxFv_KzOhP7Oj6pbzXTRmxorJqDLkxU1dzK-DXlBQRCpNDQXGJ8yt_hViWantW-zAt4XbXx5H/s1440/Screenshot_20221009_094335.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="1440" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW0W_TiIZJnfE3E6OfYvWWzgLEhliz1n3d66lacEmZEEzteYLdn-Jnpj51iEh3olN_NYP_V1iSSDHZAIT9FSQ3XiPTtAfRUnf6XuHIly8zSbZ3NCPrxFv_KzOhP7Oj6pbzXTRmxorJqDLkxU1dzK-DXlBQRCpNDQXGJ8yt_hViWantW-zAt4XbXx5H/s320/Screenshot_20221009_094335.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="background-color: white;">It has been an "exhilarating" week out on the Costa da Morte 🇪🇸 .</span><p></p><div><span style="background-color: white;">Beaches:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1221" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmnmdJRcVlHZvDEhUcu9T20_8OS-mCsQ1H8bHnr4aIKp7IMXdx2Jp28QfQvhHihbHUNFWgnTF6KxlKuMVpztdy0dp0dYQ7scIOElwH7E1WpWaj7AuahVy6_NoyjUUI5IQjCmMncouW49shYxs227fLjAs4bGuePFKGye-QX_uEqf3tSDqCobhz9KwY/w400-h376/Screenshot_20221009_082150_com.google.android.apps.docs_edit_114370131577858.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>On Pilgrimage we <i>all walk together</i> to reach our destination.<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwL5hKNIINAqvBId8ZDymmkfKGi8wbSNCGKNc6D40_lbqknAWUTXR7PwfdnhZJgnUW3q_rl_EXnhWqSiQg7qg0RE90O26IbdEd452wIB6HNoy-4dteYktU0plYwzcgP_WoDcvMhEzUj2G7YyNBo4SGhP-aStsvDjCtEyFvIHr52kul3imgu_XCw_H/s3648/IMG_20221004_155802.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwL5hKNIINAqvBId8ZDymmkfKGi8wbSNCGKNc6D40_lbqknAWUTXR7PwfdnhZJgnUW3q_rl_EXnhWqSiQg7qg0RE90O26IbdEd452wIB6HNoy-4dteYktU0plYwzcgP_WoDcvMhEzUj2G7YyNBo4SGhP-aStsvDjCtEyFvIHr52kul3imgu_XCw_H/s320/IMG_20221004_155802.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Two days left to reach Finisterre, the End of the Earth.</div><div><br /></div><div>What did Confucius say ...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOWHYiyaYw4NW1HirB94ppGKh8SAxc8CRUr56hcUuTWG4KCFTrK23ev9IWQyqH8m18n1LS-C8ccuqadEuo1KJclyv0gkvqUWtnb2JundBQsA-kTcVgNUtjQ-4MUIFk7OrOrjLcrVcyliSJ25C0bhnHGIILp_MXayTcPxSWLzJrLB1MSMTktlg09VI/s1284/Screenshot_20221009_105106.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="1284" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDOWHYiyaYw4NW1HirB94ppGKh8SAxc8CRUr56hcUuTWG4KCFTrK23ev9IWQyqH8m18n1LS-C8ccuqadEuo1KJclyv0gkvqUWtnb2JundBQsA-kTcVgNUtjQ-4MUIFk7OrOrjLcrVcyliSJ25C0bhnHGIILp_MXayTcPxSWLzJrLB1MSMTktlg09VI/w200-h78/Screenshot_20221009_105106.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div>Pilgrim Ric</div><div><br /></div><div>PS</div><div><br /></div><div>You didn't even begin think I'd forgotten that sine qua non of Rest Days ...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ep8q29VvvkKQEuySOKYSAhTUi7p6n18MsuL0W0bw53F8x8Uvi6say_Bk43vOcvueAgyeBACqQfRLWmIoTTZ_BpQw0jrMPw5zxNqPmHH2xaXFO1eRls7UgqKtmVLno_MxdeztG3mhs4aJoJhd9mFrG2_R7vfjedtT3cvbdf4vh10tABBEisgi0oVK/s2048/IMG-20221009-WA0002(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ep8q29VvvkKQEuySOKYSAhTUi7p6n18MsuL0W0bw53F8x8Uvi6say_Bk43vOcvueAgyeBACqQfRLWmIoTTZ_BpQw0jrMPw5zxNqPmHH2xaXFO1eRls7UgqKtmVLno_MxdeztG3mhs4aJoJhd9mFrG2_R7vfjedtT3cvbdf4vh10tABBEisgi0oVK/s320/IMG-20221009-WA0002(1).jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Book of Pilgrim Piper</div><div style="text-align: center;">Chapter 1, starting at Verse 1</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Wise Pilgrim always has a freshly washed shirt.</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-67140828887428499552022-10-08T18:05:00.004+01:002022-10-08T21:05:44.131+01:00C de F - Day 6 : Wall of Death<p> Day No. 6 : Camarinas to Muxia</p><p>Today: 26 kms</p><p>ToDate: 130 kms -71%</p><p>ToGo: 54 kms</p><p>With a World Record Breaking 3 minutes to buy & pay for the picnic ingredients in Eroski ( payback for all those afternoons on Dave 29 spent watching Dale Winton on Supermarket Sweep) ...</p><p>We were on way by 09.03.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp33D35rNUOmuy60MJr3HIKeZc9RFnEC8xh7mOoeF-aC7kBWLFlaoKqWHPFJ0bQteHqXpKAMKcVTeYxP571Wsfn8Do0RdYqlpES9k0pG8mxk28QDidVzaXoe-Yw0h1zYb-9NXjAnTVXOgREatZxw14OBgUUZsG1OZKjWKELWPaS88emhkD9_Xv3sqW/s3648/IMG_20221008_090516.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp33D35rNUOmuy60MJr3HIKeZc9RFnEC8xh7mOoeF-aC7kBWLFlaoKqWHPFJ0bQteHqXpKAMKcVTeYxP571Wsfn8Do0RdYqlpES9k0pG8mxk28QDidVzaXoe-Yw0h1zYb-9NXjAnTVXOgREatZxw14OBgUUZsG1OZKjWKELWPaS88emhkD9_Xv3sqW/s320/IMG_20221008_090516.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Today was spent walking round the Ria de Camarinas Bay.</p><p>Inlets galore:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXF0B8rwwI94_j_iDtCBLqIBchN-2b64RuicvVM1dd4AxMGqWxl7MycEoE27UwNkPzbyJepcW0kh9NQQMCJP6yyCDbgSPE3mnWNVcIed6m04edyhUFJ-v4114Ld5sv2NT5cYc1seKW2VFXEQY9wIYwcTx3N7jUGvdoIeZUqGyUhLSVsnYrp6I_XLG/s2736/IMG_20221008_121401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaxmyj3MXzs-eZV32kfNhp_rLLQ41unzvMtfHZuKmFq5n_FOUl_ChsuCzhFhlEszHoSZmnig1YQSVZ2WLhMzS9N9TOUUxcbr2lgjIJNi4NEPUjNErwwumL-Bk_9f9bwqYPOAj3GI7i169RfGcpKix4nNkYaYS_2H2rCOPbLAJSroxcdhHUQvPtF7AF/s320/IMG-20221008-WA0013.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As we approached Muxia, we started to see the familiar sign of the main Camino:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFuE3JV4RZKSQdhEpaZ_av4d71aofJ4CqAl35FF3Rg2y_QAxrnT-QyavRtYbPqRUiNaMyGxY_YiUwE_tEUmIJRES0gqtDqIMUB9JV_zStYpcUojTEOPCIOcTHt1_ybSEBO-s6F0f6M7LRAgrMVcP81wHCddLWSZJkNWdf3P5nSFlAWgBUYQzJYAoj/s2736/IMG_20221008_163120.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRFuE3JV4RZKSQdhEpaZ_av4d71aofJ4CqAl35FF3Rg2y_QAxrnT-QyavRtYbPqRUiNaMyGxY_YiUwE_tEUmIJRES0gqtDqIMUB9JV_zStYpcUojTEOPCIOcTHt1_ybSEBO-s6F0f6M7LRAgrMVcP81wHCddLWSZJkNWdf3P5nSFlAWgBUYQzJYAoj/s320/IMG_20221008_163120.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some say - Two thousand years ago St James the Apostle landed in Muxia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In a Rambling with Ric blog ... Rule nothing out 😉</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But whatever the exact truth about St James,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> I can tell you that at a minute or two before 17.00 hours on Saturday 8th October 2022 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">the Lighthouse Lovelies reached Muxia !!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pilgrim Ric</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Tomorrow is a Rest Day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Are you thinking what I'm thinking ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XgOzxg5XCuOJi_1KY9HzRKszoW0MmbhB_f28N4HFMKjx8Bn3iegjf6_y8_jbeFtrBE45B4f8nP22WdxZ4TcbR4M5ytfGdfRSSEjME34RtwLesDaGeKXWqlSMWRufZz0SvHJ9A2PKh1xEG9HNm3abOQddeQV1ynGQigyMbqYngLGo612gCKYiXtoE/s1600/IMG-20221008-WA0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XgOzxg5XCuOJi_1KY9HzRKszoW0MmbhB_f28N4HFMKjx8Bn3iegjf6_y8_jbeFtrBE45B4f8nP22WdxZ4TcbR4M5ytfGdfRSSEjME34RtwLesDaGeKXWqlSMWRufZz0SvHJ9A2PKh1xEG9HNm3abOQddeQV1ynGQigyMbqYngLGo612gCKYiXtoE/s320/IMG-20221008-WA0001.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-85335305569746011872022-10-07T17:45:00.001+01:002022-10-07T17:57:35.035+01:00C de F - Day 5 : El salto de la muerte<p>Day No. 5 : Praia de Ajou to Camarinas</p><p>Today: 23 kms</p><p>ToDate: 104 kms : 56%</p><p>ToGo: 83 kms</p><p>As Day 5 began, the Pilgrims are well-settled in ...</p><p>Community shopping for the picnic takes barely 5 minutes:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQkEeSFP2_ZNGgop4eMHoKPt2xQV53lz8hZR4Fs-7n3ntc9Cf11aoDvves9kyebdjetNdaZ0qktx8EvUBRAZbSDKNEajtRlNMcW4AK7AdPr8X5pzkprKWaLoW0gwN1ngNZhQR-gHkD2ABnGZr05fB3qemjtvcDp0yqyl-dAuE5P3qZ69UW59onyyz/s1916/IMG_20221007_090624_edit_56220730983086.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1916" data-original-width="1733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQkEeSFP2_ZNGgop4eMHoKPt2xQV53lz8hZR4Fs-7n3ntc9Cf11aoDvves9kyebdjetNdaZ0qktx8EvUBRAZbSDKNEajtRlNMcW4AK7AdPr8X5pzkprKWaLoW0gwN1ngNZhQR-gHkD2ABnGZr05fB3qemjtvcDp0yqyl-dAuE5P3qZ69UW59onyyz/s320/IMG_20221007_090624_edit_56220730983086.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By 09.30 we were leaving Praia de Anjou beach:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8YObFaztpP5ZhP-X-QTH0Al4lxzb9Jg-5alvHGC59GF_7j7MU9Ba5uf67Tsooarsc9Fs2KF0Mne0gc9EOJvNzffzU5x5_Uo5nabuKYY_bkAAqh88E3KnA0zGRPkV0aiaL4qary56-znQcF9t6txxpIyUXXs8r_2Y1Ui3fufHJulgJkAP0oi0F77f/s3648/IMG_20221007_093323.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8YObFaztpP5ZhP-X-QTH0Al4lxzb9Jg-5alvHGC59GF_7j7MU9Ba5uf67Tsooarsc9Fs2KF0Mne0gc9EOJvNzffzU5x5_Uo5nabuKYY_bkAAqh88E3KnA0zGRPkV0aiaL4qary56-znQcF9t6txxpIyUXXs8r_2Y1Ui3fufHJulgJkAP0oi0F77f/s320/IMG_20221007_093323.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGuTp6mF_4Ih3NSJ452RSh5MO6NjOET2pbyBlvdqHlk00wXT4v8YMvsxTRmbhXtmx4vgifL_eFXz0DNGJq0rZXqxVyQ_3SKsBjmcUCBEYfAJu2sOK7RJG_cNyRDlBy1_QWNsUqXpDAuZtXWTlW3-HwOsYuNN5LvlTvrAQ6MRg8k2rZXmGbgg_eHis/s3648/IMG_20221007_094514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzGuTp6mF_4Ih3NSJ452RSh5MO6NjOET2pbyBlvdqHlk00wXT4v8YMvsxTRmbhXtmx4vgifL_eFXz0DNGJq0rZXqxVyQ_3SKsBjmcUCBEYfAJu2sOK7RJG_cNyRDlBy1_QWNsUqXpDAuZtXWTlW3-HwOsYuNN5LvlTvrAQ6MRg8k2rZXmGbgg_eHis/s320/IMG_20221007_094514.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Along the way there were the usual stunning beaches:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmiEmXaKtwrQqDHgzUAhj-voBiwPODsgqPybn_ew13QWO-BoFNI3QYNt5EBHNIKawxr1UWTuf-IqyuC_6SbFLelCOLcLlCCax1Tj-AWSW1GiUZ_mHYX_qLjPqunXRoM6cDSphGj7SVu-dXWpdV7hBzJDZuWZG7m_97R71y75RQtkEnKCM9MGelHjP/s3648/IMG_20221007_115749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmiEmXaKtwrQqDHgzUAhj-voBiwPODsgqPybn_ew13QWO-BoFNI3QYNt5EBHNIKawxr1UWTuf-IqyuC_6SbFLelCOLcLlCCax1Tj-AWSW1GiUZ_mHYX_qLjPqunXRoM6cDSphGj7SVu-dXWpdV7hBzJDZuWZG7m_97R71y75RQtkEnKCM9MGelHjP/s320/IMG_20221007_115749.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Dramatic lighthouses:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQhwaCgZvBQu9HF5o17-rJqyylvSlFEWOAwUKFqM5ohzS_4EQkysUb8f1Mymbp5LROUKB1xQp_xCIFoSQLLWnbcBYPqBuON6JcyFCySYIfqjTJCvE3eR1VVSPrl7lgqE6qV3IyPzz5r_twXpxX71sTiGVdoNGUd_dqL3hlgTi6GXKFtlm4slvfyTr/s3648/IMG_20221007_134640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpQhwaCgZvBQu9HF5o17-rJqyylvSlFEWOAwUKFqM5ohzS_4EQkysUb8f1Mymbp5LROUKB1xQp_xCIFoSQLLWnbcBYPqBuON6JcyFCySYIfqjTJCvE3eR1VVSPrl7lgqE6qV3IyPzz5r_twXpxX71sTiGVdoNGUd_dqL3hlgTi6GXKFtlm4slvfyTr/s320/IMG_20221007_134640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sensational views of an amazing coastline:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d2pzHmFn2xYW6gqPfTDduu3UaiPoFk5PJboWvyjcoM0R6VNil7po8S_nxEXOs3ejR35XK5sDIw0gjxyZiUtwH7nS3OwHqJxOvULB7rehbsPiozh0WZqaskXUY9qDD5b1svKahutNcIsUWyqlVuUsgnExrS9QcPzIhCEE8PRfp1wlnBtsY4KWVbkl/s3648/IMG_20221007_113738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-d2pzHmFn2xYW6gqPfTDduu3UaiPoFk5PJboWvyjcoM0R6VNil7po8S_nxEXOs3ejR35XK5sDIw0gjxyZiUtwH7nS3OwHqJxOvULB7rehbsPiozh0WZqaskXUY9qDD5b1svKahutNcIsUWyqlVuUsgnExrS9QcPzIhCEE8PRfp1wlnBtsY4KWVbkl/s320/IMG_20221007_113738.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But in the end today will be remembered for crossing the Duna de Monte Branco.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-CEzl5VAz7Y-hmd96-GgCIpkBpXQqWHKBcoEe-D4MgUZfdQ1opalN664TOL6aBWNuv8hltX1ry1y4ryOouC9rcrbkze-cWA1wvW6L_Mm_vCi0GvqrW-H7_Y2hmAjL07eh1iabG0HgceFbOGwiyYCebZPs6vC3k_oUlxdbVv_4lOxePd4hVjJ_hLH/s3264/363543fccca3f8669bcfc720f50e7c90.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4-CEzl5VAz7Y-hmd96-GgCIpkBpXQqWHKBcoEe-D4MgUZfdQ1opalN664TOL6aBWNuv8hltX1ry1y4ryOouC9rcrbkze-cWA1wvW6L_Mm_vCi0GvqrW-H7_Y2hmAjL07eh1iabG0HgceFbOGwiyYCebZPs6vC3k_oUlxdbVv_4lOxePd4hVjJ_hLH/s320/363543fccca3f8669bcfc720f50e7c90.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As to exactly what happened, as the late Queen once wrote:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Recollections may vary !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Suffice to say only one Pilgrim chose the route of El salto de la muerte - The leap of death ☠ </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Obituaries were being written & Eulogies prepared ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But the Ol' Pilgrim survived to Tell the Tale:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">" The Costa da Morte: How I survived !! "</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKyvxMeAxjLSFVH57I60FwgIswZ_BZizB5JXOfR8kEoz41iMKxBrSCQy9oOXrvAtOPb9zP0x2aTkUtlPP7L7QF0HbIdyMmBRX2REh7yuaLd_FgKaPVRzbny5Ao9Su7VDEZ4sbppKbGgHbBVZafyLsUKy6OgVJHj3MIEyU167-bahMpPlqYabKTg_e/s1024/IMG-20221007-WA0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="979" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgKyvxMeAxjLSFVH57I60FwgIswZ_BZizB5JXOfR8kEoz41iMKxBrSCQy9oOXrvAtOPb9zP0x2aTkUtlPP7L7QF0HbIdyMmBRX2REh7yuaLd_FgKaPVRzbny5Ao9Su7VDEZ4sbppKbGgHbBVZafyLsUKy6OgVJHj3MIEyU167-bahMpPlqYabKTg_e/s320/IMG-20221007-WA0002.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;">For some days are Never To Be Forgotten 😉 </p><p><br /></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-11495705267325860812022-10-06T17:33:00.004+01:002022-10-06T18:53:08.393+01:00C de F - Day 4<p> Day No. 4 : Laxe to Praia de Ajou</p><p>Today: 18 kms</p><p>ToDate: 81 kms : 43%</p><p>ToGo: 106 kms</p><p>As we started today's walk clouds were scudding across the sky:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0LQdXIDbA_gu-oLsfJUSrkDCIvgwWm2kFAc2pF1ApINOnbdGn0VmEnyGzBp9600uKZW0SHbCY7FmJZR2lT3am-5cXa37J57cc6Oy3_wrUOxon7uuTjVVvUEameZiXzBWKJC3akNvY5tvhmiMhhJzyc7RVDfEikmzJ1di4RqiUL2-IBRCr4YS7XdX/s3648/IMG_20221006_090628.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga0LQdXIDbA_gu-oLsfJUSrkDCIvgwWm2kFAc2pF1ApINOnbdGn0VmEnyGzBp9600uKZW0SHbCY7FmJZR2lT3am-5cXa37J57cc6Oy3_wrUOxon7uuTjVVvUEameZiXzBWKJC3akNvY5tvhmiMhhJzyc7RVDfEikmzJ1di4RqiUL2-IBRCr4YS7XdX/s320/IMG_20221006_090628.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>There was a hint of Autumn in the air.</p><p>What did A A Milne say ...</p><p>"I can face the winter with calm. Crisp and sparkling days, long pleasant evenings, cheery fires. </p><p>Good work shall be done this winter. Life shall be lived well. </p><p>The end of the summer is not the end of the world. Here's to October."</p><p>We pressed on, undaunted !</p><p>By the Faro de Laxe is a statue The Espera - The Waiting.</p><p>A woman and her child looking out to sea, hoping for the return of her husband ...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuIL9j-SFO6zgc-S8D3PGxJ9OteHhKVbapDAGQ7tVxbPzvOh0QCl8N_-Tk3OsMkL5vkN8jj2LBAAdtUz5UwMyOeFTIISmrmxvM39kh-pwj_0lQB9WFJRZSu-oxTl9u6f7NygAYHKLDR9WcUEXURyDFmsY0cu2HQY_d95RhGuRqJE3cgRGqiSkYVNg/s1024/IMG-20221006-WA0014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfuIL9j-SFO6zgc-S8D3PGxJ9OteHhKVbapDAGQ7tVxbPzvOh0QCl8N_-Tk3OsMkL5vkN8jj2LBAAdtUz5UwMyOeFTIISmrmxvM39kh-pwj_0lQB9WFJRZSu-oxTl9u6f7NygAYHKLDR9WcUEXURyDFmsY0cu2HQY_d95RhGuRqJE3cgRGqiSkYVNg/s320/IMG-20221006-WA0014.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p>At the top of Peton do Castro the views are truly stunning:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjilOiNMHZMQpNgB9DUcnOe3a9ztl6rRhnCkIR6iFek8P-e97lFqHmdXbVCKISuA1Yo_6l8JvNeffx_lkvClcVxc3-24haaz65pSKaiN1X9wG0adwcJ9AhoMF2P1ZQ6R9kPItjA-LudiqPq9nd_4-pQ1gQk-SJ1duMsJVyQgmVo5-ErK4lWkIs7s9zI/s320/IMG_20221006_105815.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Time for Elevenses !!</p><p>We passed several more wonderful, completely empty beaches.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l6hfuLitsm08L55UWjLAllgoOt-FscKGTV5RsRga_6E5FVns5JugtFS-AIrukzzWMuCKjbfP8HcJVgeWrPCDrgw5C8lwzL_CREfGJh_2JSHbh2at5kZ-LdKkMJGUl15BhHsynuQmiHppqQ4R4CK3rDmLoQwJsXV7raCZKNZNXx9ggwPKAFZjaczj/s3648/IMG_20221006_123735.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l6hfuLitsm08L55UWjLAllgoOt-FscKGTV5RsRga_6E5FVns5JugtFS-AIrukzzWMuCKjbfP8HcJVgeWrPCDrgw5C8lwzL_CREfGJh_2JSHbh2at5kZ-LdKkMJGUl15BhHsynuQmiHppqQ4R4CK3rDmLoQwJsXV7raCZKNZNXx9ggwPKAFZjaczj/s320/IMG_20221006_123735.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Praia de Traba </p><p>And then crossed a Boulder Field: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvDr_3DtJEYjmvVe0IZ-Q-94HB84ZIIhXnH--P8Ku8soUaWUMK24nh5POGKQpW5M1wLdCkRVsbm03ijY-sZd5zyioDEq-4btEKfcqSH_jyibhCSr9fl8FDkewDwNI96TscxIKH1aetpVHeIGXS_szUGIQcJ3SW4FWrlClJeRvPLVBUoRA38_SXY_G/s3648/IMG_20221006_141428.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="1744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuvDr_3DtJEYjmvVe0IZ-Q-94HB84ZIIhXnH--P8Ku8soUaWUMK24nh5POGKQpW5M1wLdCkRVsbm03ijY-sZd5zyioDEq-4btEKfcqSH_jyibhCSr9fl8FDkewDwNI96TscxIKH1aetpVHeIGXS_szUGIQcJ3SW4FWrlClJeRvPLVBUoRA38_SXY_G/s320/IMG_20221006_141428.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">Shapes for every imagination !!</p><p>All too soon we reached Arou, the end of today's walk</p><p>The view from the bar :</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19JOgQBmbX30rsUlzWniPVn_evepi-DtUtCM1VkyNcvCuRTNKIZrhwOh0YYfKzjGk7An0pzc6f6XdnggGJMko_plzQQ8vRBse16K7g27egCIMA8tzGX-f2_E9_Fka0TelliXNHpNN2geRKXgj20dVe3E1sP9giNDLOy8-gDANRAe4X0dxTsylte7R/s3648/IMG_20221006_155953.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj19JOgQBmbX30rsUlzWniPVn_evepi-DtUtCM1VkyNcvCuRTNKIZrhwOh0YYfKzjGk7An0pzc6f6XdnggGJMko_plzQQ8vRBse16K7g27egCIMA8tzGX-f2_E9_Fka0TelliXNHpNN2geRKXgj20dVe3E1sP9giNDLOy8-gDANRAe4X0dxTsylte7R/s320/IMG_20221006_155953.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>We are staying overnight for 2 days in Camariñas.</p><p>View from the bar by our hotel:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9f5lFecUykqAh7C_n3deNFYN33ZbfGHJa8yy_uXxYiBy-cNcYSD0WacXliMR6iyHLBCHC0iDtRZYYrYrHjXcGJy69n8WTEiIdBtsulMVCkORG6HwYBV38NlMy-6dBo2OuIKudYWBQmzVlVgvkIiKgLrZmdNPAu8CRidlgXcQRHDGx0-9nSkM1hT_O/s3648/IMG_20221006_175233.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9f5lFecUykqAh7C_n3deNFYN33ZbfGHJa8yy_uXxYiBy-cNcYSD0WacXliMR6iyHLBCHC0iDtRZYYrYrHjXcGJy69n8WTEiIdBtsulMVCkORG6HwYBV38NlMy-6dBo2OuIKudYWBQmzVlVgvkIiKgLrZmdNPAu8CRidlgXcQRHDGx0-9nSkM1hT_O/s320/IMG_20221006_175233.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>The Camino dos Faros does not disappoint !!</p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-36808453814435129522022-10-05T16:51:00.003+01:002022-10-05T16:51:34.458+01:00C de F : Day 3<p>Day No.3 : Ponteceso to Laxe</p><p>Today: 15 kms</p><p>ToDate: 63 kms : 34%</p><p>ToGo: 124 kms</p><p>Out on the far western of Continental Europe it is still dark at 8 in the morning:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJe6OLiJLjHvC0VacFeULdAX-5CVZz_8KCYh7028Ls0D1vQqQUqvVxnZ_mCjbNpvyRIYWThra-4P4JG3q9QB4qzKGfohJVTcryVBUd6saMNXvK5OPaQADpQ3Ut6cYj10OD4vKvxAMHLvNaAflGgtZ2C6SBtgi9KgAhjrFuInpA6yToCI2aTPqDQFLT/s3648/IMG_20221005_075320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJe6OLiJLjHvC0VacFeULdAX-5CVZz_8KCYh7028Ls0D1vQqQUqvVxnZ_mCjbNpvyRIYWThra-4P4JG3q9QB4qzKGfohJVTcryVBUd6saMNXvK5OPaQADpQ3Ut6cYj10OD4vKvxAMHLvNaAflGgtZ2C6SBtgi9KgAhjrFuInpA6yToCI2aTPqDQFLT/s320/IMG_20221005_075320.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>But, having eaten breakfast & checked out, by just after 08.30 we were good to go.</p><p>But in Ponteceso the supermarket - for food for our picnic - only opens at 09.00.</p><p>The Wise Pilgrim knows to keep up with his domestic duties:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeokE-fmBOoIQ98evLfwr6eGXp0q-TK6ARYML_HKw82rJNfxn1NeeMwG3KIfBo88C0qSFekZ3G_UPg7M0j0pYJ9sytRLQNoI5xlIA8_7fJRHTRegN8WQNeUQN89J04W2ff53c8EMELCQFFIJwBmM9G5XWyFbXGvDERqZe83quiCVbvcyttiXak2G3/s1024/IMG-20221005-WA0026.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmeokE-fmBOoIQ98evLfwr6eGXp0q-TK6ARYML_HKw82rJNfxn1NeeMwG3KIfBo88C0qSFekZ3G_UPg7M0j0pYJ9sytRLQNoI5xlIA8_7fJRHTRegN8WQNeUQN89J04W2ff53c8EMELCQFFIJwBmM9G5XWyFbXGvDERqZe83quiCVbvcyttiXak2G3/s320/IMG-20221005-WA0026.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"> Having sorted the picnic, we were soon on our way.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The usual beaches and views:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisg7KPcZP1HqlKjkEXPF-TxW5OttbXx_C2F64dYuWcR9snz2AIJEdylQdQij613jJ6txJgK7KcIXDuUXQgomYdc8FMfVYgNkJKyQESNjk2T2OKDbevAaGw9VTpUmo3KNxL9sQxuChBIDEW7dGV3LtPtPCDlGZ-Uv2BkN1nZP7cMFhgs_pbq7lcCQ03/s3648/IMG_20221005_114735.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisg7KPcZP1HqlKjkEXPF-TxW5OttbXx_C2F64dYuWcR9snz2AIJEdylQdQij613jJ6txJgK7KcIXDuUXQgomYdc8FMfVYgNkJKyQESNjk2T2OKDbevAaGw9VTpUmo3KNxL9sQxuChBIDEW7dGV3LtPtPCDlGZ-Uv2BkN1nZP7cMFhgs_pbq7lcCQ03/s320/IMG_20221005_114735.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Down on the estuary some were hunting for their own picnic:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cq5r-O9hcXwDdufaME4Q1pzm4rjYMVXP3ChEZMP2ZycS5Z2YB_aRnqRjemXjdnIEbsEOAgEc5FhBbPVjo8uo2xux0yA_M4IWnPRoUgNmNUHY0MZSkEmU8p0DQIecThm7x943otzTlsniuQWARt38ifDZM9D3weWbo-IPVf-Fc4xcy4V72TVxTmT8/s3648/IMG_20221005_095337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1cq5r-O9hcXwDdufaME4Q1pzm4rjYMVXP3ChEZMP2ZycS5Z2YB_aRnqRjemXjdnIEbsEOAgEc5FhBbPVjo8uo2xux0yA_M4IWnPRoUgNmNUHY0MZSkEmU8p0DQIecThm7x943otzTlsniuQWARt38ifDZM9D3weWbo-IPVf-Fc4xcy4V72TVxTmT8/s320/IMG_20221005_095337.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">This was a much easier & shorter walk than yesterday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">By not too long after 14.00 we had reached our hotel, right on Praia de Laxe:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4e7zc-yO2lmwV8t1Rx3zMlFsYzfan42NqxJ0l_0WnzpL13VDGuPRtAQVyd9OlVB6urAuZ4PlYgbdRtHLCBpieSBMUW6dE1-0BnVuelJrCoC8IgLpYqi3EjsQr3SXSBjVbnBKiLFJuptTp5ircXJbdP6Q_w9ozWzSQ_gOHo89uEpVNZiF3SVOD87L/s1024/IMG-20221005-WA0014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje4e7zc-yO2lmwV8t1Rx3zMlFsYzfan42NqxJ0l_0WnzpL13VDGuPRtAQVyd9OlVB6urAuZ4PlYgbdRtHLCBpieSBMUW6dE1-0BnVuelJrCoC8IgLpYqi3EjsQr3SXSBjVbnBKiLFJuptTp5ircXJbdP6Q_w9ozWzSQ_gOHo89uEpVNZiF3SVOD87L/s320/IMG-20221005-WA0014.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><p>After a well-deserved Estrella Galicia, there was time to walk along the beach to the church of Santa Maria da Atalaia.</p><p>When Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 ... Pilgrims had already been visiting for close to two hundred years !!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNc9mMRv61mTNBmA_At9HqgdUsXeIPk9-yhzmSVGZ8fZW1Pz_2Jer05iiPXKjcem3Siqny6OhyeAUelD_AXvhRXKWrUHeSQieYzaOSZvkh6X-zu2xAkVpwn-1fcuvvTQpDOT8_QKF2jlojD7h9H5VDsY5WcS3J3q7UKxZVhHDqz77ODBkgdNlGgyxK/s3648/IMG_20221005_162637.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="1744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNc9mMRv61mTNBmA_At9HqgdUsXeIPk9-yhzmSVGZ8fZW1Pz_2Jer05iiPXKjcem3Siqny6OhyeAUelD_AXvhRXKWrUHeSQieYzaOSZvkh6X-zu2xAkVpwn-1fcuvvTQpDOT8_QKF2jlojD7h9H5VDsY5WcS3J3q7UKxZVhHDqz77ODBkgdNlGgyxK/s320/IMG_20221005_162637.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><br /><p>A good day !!</p><p>Pilgrim Ric</p><p><br /></p><p>PS</p><p>On Pilgrimage when problems arise, every town needs a Bazar Laxe Hong FA.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGemJOI2kCJA3Y1VMR-FNqeNlEq6b04-1uu1Fp46DtSyTLxDvVUQPfret8hWz_FizaAt17PDLfpChV9wIsv4u9eseLAF8UlyT9nUfSr-COAWam9iZOCJE8AtgBMIHgKcNcB9tHZMQYIo3Pn8r6YFIOhtfHr-PZ0HZI6jWgpfApSgQpOL7IQABi9S_U/s3648/IMG_20221004_090231.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGemJOI2kCJA3Y1VMR-FNqeNlEq6b04-1uu1Fp46DtSyTLxDvVUQPfret8hWz_FizaAt17PDLfpChV9wIsv4u9eseLAF8UlyT9nUfSr-COAWam9iZOCJE8AtgBMIHgKcNcB9tHZMQYIo3Pn8r6YFIOhtfHr-PZ0HZI6jWgpfApSgQpOL7IQABi9S_U/s320/IMG_20221004_090231.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Praia de Ninons</p><p>We were soon at Porta de Santa Marina.</p><p>A modern fishing port. </p><p>But no sign of any fishing boats...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5kX0oYwwQAGeDHfszjcAwzwwV1KLXL0iE0Ah07PCo4Ec5uCZUZnQNKoKf3q6yHI4WkuIl0Cqwl-MJqVr9aZHQZk1zPZjzWFXyGu0TovzGz4_cIkGoKGyNiGf-qa8rD48xH7s1zbQcxmnwrH96_onNAW52guzYN7xd6qjOlhmd-95jQzglcRwijxF/s5120/IMG_20221004_093603.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="5120" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii5kX0oYwwQAGeDHfszjcAwzwwV1KLXL0iE0Ah07PCo4Ec5uCZUZnQNKoKf3q6yHI4WkuIl0Cqwl-MJqVr9aZHQZk1zPZjzWFXyGu0TovzGz4_cIkGoKGyNiGf-qa8rD48xH7s1zbQcxmnwrH96_onNAW52guzYN7xd6qjOlhmd-95jQzglcRwijxF/w400-h191/IMG_20221004_093603.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>In these parts everyone knows Rudyard Kipling's advice:</p><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="background-color: #f6e3d1; color: #040805; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;">IF you wake at midnight, and hear a horse's feet,<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="background-color: #f6e3d1; color: #040805; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;">Don't go drawing back the blind, or looking in the street.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="background-color: #f6e3d1; color: #040805; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;">Them that ask no questions isn't told a lie.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoBodyTextIndent" style="background-color: #f6e3d1; color: #040805; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.3in;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14pt;">Watch the wall my darling while the Gentlemen go by.</span></i></div><p>But we did see an Lone Angler:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3uQTcK-CEbmzoPsfonDPqJfDuT8vtU0GRPLvDKlwIRrJ7VF0oYoLYNf9grLznAj75U3ofDAyqZJp4qsv2Ls1zXLTHyJetHO0NWA4x0DrFa-ahTggXyzzLpET20u5bW3dNp7B178uEKM2JgEEHSvxlMa4vzaf9-u913-AC-DcN45wchHkwLluoenN/s3648/IMG_20221004_102936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3uQTcK-CEbmzoPsfonDPqJfDuT8vtU0GRPLvDKlwIRrJ7VF0oYoLYNf9grLznAj75U3ofDAyqZJp4qsv2Ls1zXLTHyJetHO0NWA4x0DrFa-ahTggXyzzLpET20u5bW3dNp7B178uEKM2JgEEHSvxlMa4vzaf9-u913-AC-DcN45wchHkwLluoenN/s320/IMG_20221004_102936.jpg" width="320" /></b></a></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; max-height: 999999px;">And </span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; max-height: 999999px;">he saith unto them, Follow me,</span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px;"> </span><span face="Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156; font-size: 14px; max-height: 999999px;">and I will make you fishers of men.</span></b></div></b><div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #4d5156; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Matthew 4:29</b></div><div><p style="text-align: left;">Of course, there were beaches & lighthouses:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrj6Isn_OUPbq2TzWTIfd7ubXwVX7wt5djfnZ9WVI4PtNJEgGOJoWGbyINiQS-MpnIaoObRAkVRIKhQ5aGZOghzF8f9ONtid1JWYVbLvT7Qtlt7vUqYR_bJjVFduvCly4sYAWV-w-iCuqvcO6yT6Az5lNjaRXnco3EZe4lJSfP0TZdbTGqfGG_VMi/s1024/IMG-20221004-WA0007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnrj6Isn_OUPbq2TzWTIfd7ubXwVX7wt5djfnZ9WVI4PtNJEgGOJoWGbyINiQS-MpnIaoObRAkVRIKhQ5aGZOghzF8f9ONtid1JWYVbLvT7Qtlt7vUqYR_bJjVFduvCly4sYAWV-w-iCuqvcO6yT6Az5lNjaRXnco3EZe4lJSfP0TZdbTGqfGG_VMi/s320/IMG-20221004-WA0007.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Praia da Bardo</p><p style="text-align: center;">Exactly like in the Guidebook !!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">Lunch was in Corme.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj706OoGFbeFJVsZAf7tldxfV54HGxSdvWN7PfN-MGRKlSiK3Yn2qYiMx_kYn1FM1rav2ADRdX9Bo-Nn0WKOMyXIedy1AUV1QyzAW5avw3ekHTQ-CIbJCl9vdXhgzWJYvVRGOlPFfT3n__lOei-A2G_ziAFSGYQSgdu3HZSc1h6_MIn9K9DGAy2Eojg/s3648/IMG_20221004_155759.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj706OoGFbeFJVsZAf7tldxfV54HGxSdvWN7PfN-MGRKlSiK3Yn2qYiMx_kYn1FM1rav2ADRdX9Bo-Nn0WKOMyXIedy1AUV1QyzAW5avw3ekHTQ-CIbJCl9vdXhgzWJYvVRGOlPFfT3n__lOei-A2G_ziAFSGYQSgdu3HZSc1h6_MIn9K9DGAy2Eojg/s320/IMG_20221004_155759.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Great views from the restaurant:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VfNq_O3fENmrIsUOfAxNKJEE6LscuU6P_eugU0QxrLuL1a2bAHRAy9mZiUzwV64fRLxKnin_9-_NI34mqOjEgRJ4qm8MdLqfnuwbl_nKX3xdpnZ1TxEcSE7qUkSASunCRQkTKmG718pUQhFzEl3v_dc4HDLguGzsNqBoYDbFT0FUVIFgJyhnY0ov/s3648/IMG_20221004_160924.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-VfNq_O3fENmrIsUOfAxNKJEE6LscuU6P_eugU0QxrLuL1a2bAHRAy9mZiUzwV64fRLxKnin_9-_NI34mqOjEgRJ4qm8MdLqfnuwbl_nKX3xdpnZ1TxEcSE7qUkSASunCRQkTKmG718pUQhFzEl3v_dc4HDLguGzsNqBoYDbFT0FUVIFgJyhnY0ov/s320/IMG_20221004_160924.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then it was on for the final 6 miles back to Ponteseco.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At 19.45 hours, never has a bridge been more welcome !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgszGlh1EjEmIe-EEgjdYCwRkbr1tSM3S2jYEeYSqdePBU-7R4XwA23WOKtr3J7w_OHDR5l8209zzeg777xIjIIg4hjP0i08ixVx3BgmTEDl_dwLwnlggTYxjck6GzOHaCLN2wW6GHbvPBk29_p6VpBkX-0pmpRSGcorRlBuqhcm-OpgD6Ienwu2F/s5120/IMG_20221004_194810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="5120" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNgszGlh1EjEmIe-EEgjdYCwRkbr1tSM3S2jYEeYSqdePBU-7R4XwA23WOKtr3J7w_OHDR5l8209zzeg777xIjIIg4hjP0i08ixVx3BgmTEDl_dwLwnlggTYxjck6GzOHaCLN2wW6GHbvPBk29_p6VpBkX-0pmpRSGcorRlBuqhcm-OpgD6Ienwu2F/s320/IMG_20221004_194810.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A long day out on the Camino dos Faros, but a rewarding one !!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Pilgrim Piper</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Wise Pilgrim always keeps up to date with his Washing 😉</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxbBNF73AhuLqz-adoHgp5MyyJavPSR9ocGCY7hWtyi_oVJg0o8ecXCjBaDbtgXOxkKxHQoA_S270hjWb-xMz-pmotsZqa6_zLRSRv1UUe4hkDkTmOMnAP6R6gN5tdo265_XjBxDocYxHjYwfd8YgLqT1eDgx5vZcZYdqC2hGKLPoGjOSQcaCKg-x/s1024/IMG-20221004-WA0024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYxbBNF73AhuLqz-adoHgp5MyyJavPSR9ocGCY7hWtyi_oVJg0o8ecXCjBaDbtgXOxkKxHQoA_S270hjWb-xMz-pmotsZqa6_zLRSRv1UUe4hkDkTmOMnAP6R6gN5tdo265_XjBxDocYxHjYwfd8YgLqT1eDgx5vZcZYdqC2hGKLPoGjOSQcaCKg-x/s320/IMG-20221004-WA0024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-60722641624190481622022-10-03T21:39:00.003+01:002022-10-04T05:15:49.697+01:00C d F : Day 1<p> Hola</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZS1vejA7jaA7X2tZC9ICkwHm0Q4Kk7ZnF50bciPANy7mzBspEBVg9qSWU9shqtCXNU8I7PDaEaYN1RMhKcyi4isObmkXZwDl5xkCjrPHaZaazDX7yxrNF_L93xwWLCs7p8qZR7EI7GAHlCEHXXID2TVSUrPBFQAW69_L9KcF8OD6jrDyYHKSHzPid/s931/Screenshot_20221003_190854.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="931" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZS1vejA7jaA7X2tZC9ICkwHm0Q4Kk7ZnF50bciPANy7mzBspEBVg9qSWU9shqtCXNU8I7PDaEaYN1RMhKcyi4isObmkXZwDl5xkCjrPHaZaazDX7yxrNF_L93xwWLCs7p8qZR7EI7GAHlCEHXXID2TVSUrPBFQAW69_L9KcF8OD6jrDyYHKSHzPid/s320/Screenshot_20221003_190854.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>Day No.1 : Malpica to Praia de Ninons</p><p>Today: 22 kms</p><p>Todate: 22 kms - 11%</p><p>ToGo: 174 kms</p><p>A tremendous first day !</p><p>We started at Malpica port</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjg8edbBLqD2g-6GvErpBKNCDqy8ZaqjU1ZgUj7IYFNdU3fx7XgCJtVqQYbfZlS-T7xSbwxJFuVq1If0xnqm6qnZR2B2eGqU_BrUcvqMtBHJVB1f-HyQ2wXn_ll3XYuUKyAcnlLxzHOuoTgSokjKPO_YQ7L0N2hlS9Y01WK7EJ4BZarWLHvxYLGiBl/s5120/IMG_20221003_092200.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5120" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjg8edbBLqD2g-6GvErpBKNCDqy8ZaqjU1ZgUj7IYFNdU3fx7XgCJtVqQYbfZlS-T7xSbwxJFuVq1If0xnqm6qnZR2B2eGqU_BrUcvqMtBHJVB1f-HyQ2wXn_ll3XYuUKyAcnlLxzHOuoTgSokjKPO_YQ7L0N2hlS9Y01WK7EJ4BZarWLHvxYLGiBl/s320/IMG_20221003_092200.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><br /><p>And then it was out by the Atlantic Coast<span style="text-align: center;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZHp80wzdQq61-YLF4-g4VRmkHEDgrzOCQhZlf4TLvftHG5_H2e-Sj6o6TE40iya18RibH1QmLvU1STLoVRdo84QMgoZNm5R9-ozhpdnTc0T_R-wUaVvJo9Jo2NgyDRsqfU30XUU15VY6PWqoG_kSPizs3wENfQOKTBEbpphrQwKHnftmmdDUByk7/s5120/IMG_20221003_104908.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="5120" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZHp80wzdQq61-YLF4-g4VRmkHEDgrzOCQhZlf4TLvftHG5_H2e-Sj6o6TE40iya18RibH1QmLvU1STLoVRdo84QMgoZNm5R9-ozhpdnTc0T_R-wUaVvJo9Jo2NgyDRsqfU30XUU15VY6PWqoG_kSPizs3wENfQOKTBEbpphrQwKHnftmmdDUByk7/s320/IMG_20221003_104908.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Saint Adrian passed this way in the 5th century.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">His task was to get rid of a plague of snakes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Based on today's evidence ... he was successful !!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Camino de Faros is the route of Lighthouses:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhji3CbzxOpIyfKs61DPQ8r9I7WzkJ1aeCq1xWWQVpeGv6rLEPP3_8TS3RIiQSIwOEuSDI4r1JeT-fSkWqokD-RKLH9x3GWr6-NoDu0f5ffJJBpNM_C_WfrQpDfaC6cLNk2W2UOSii73ZS4j13GsPO4VBL1vRA1Ux6xqLRWVt8hoYTgbRDMMB6X8idE/s5120/IMG_20221003_110937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="5120" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhji3CbzxOpIyfKs61DPQ8r9I7WzkJ1aeCq1xWWQVpeGv6rLEPP3_8TS3RIiQSIwOEuSDI4r1JeT-fSkWqokD-RKLH9x3GWr6-NoDu0f5ffJJBpNM_C_WfrQpDfaC6cLNk2W2UOSii73ZS4j13GsPO4VBL1vRA1Ux6xqLRWVt8hoYTgbRDMMB6X8idE/s320/IMG_20221003_110937.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Island of Sigursas</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbuqoniltT0i9R7tS70A84j17OS_u9FZpxLhCRhBIL3lwJ0L8ggz7q2i-l6dnnHVP_ynV8faHHSpQdLcVBlkiYpLvhFFFEd-1vT-5fKgKNPlnftkdnkSi6Z0fhMa5xOVmo3Vqggj_tAjwNg6nrauCcijCqFLPO5tNTSsNL5hJuSnAdFqRILHNUxa8/s3648/IMG_20221003_154453.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXbuqoniltT0i9R7tS70A84j17OS_u9FZpxLhCRhBIL3lwJ0L8ggz7q2i-l6dnnHVP_ynV8faHHSpQdLcVBlkiYpLvhFFFEd-1vT-5fKgKNPlnftkdnkSi6Z0fhMa5xOVmo3Vqggj_tAjwNg6nrauCcijCqFLPO5tNTSsNL5hJuSnAdFqRILHNUxa8/s320/IMG_20221003_154453.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Faro de Punta Nariga</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Stunning beaches</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdo7HUsQIjoYydU9nwQP8f-J3h0DA76ZaEOJj2hETasCv6MxvW15wFfGuiMN0yok9YtrLYrhnFce-RUSaFgQHf_KdxhsJ5h5AtkjTkgsqIsVdODMu9DyPUNxIZR4rPKMMKnkNbtyS7-lKex6KhBWflf7lUZn6M4r_xs1dIXTgHWXOnqGBXQw_nh5g5/s3648/IMG_20221003_121716.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdo7HUsQIjoYydU9nwQP8f-J3h0DA76ZaEOJj2hETasCv6MxvW15wFfGuiMN0yok9YtrLYrhnFce-RUSaFgQHf_KdxhsJ5h5AtkjTkgsqIsVdODMu9DyPUNxIZR4rPKMMKnkNbtyS7-lKex6KhBWflf7lUZn6M4r_xs1dIXTgHWXOnqGBXQw_nh5g5/s320/IMG_20221003_121716.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And great stops for Lunch </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOXDHshaMEbeLyI3OWDJjALXIFyQy-0sAvBiRwjxFfP6Bt9xTcYZNac4hEN2LV_BGc0BQ8xq04FvlZGxmXLKbODO9lCW1l1iD9o8d-en1irVuKeNXsZQy2dVy41GBJTyWCs33-gX5vetdBqtXrXlATtMcVUj118r9j7a8En5H9QmqndU0wD3Q6dhb/s1024/IMG-20221003-WA0020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijOXDHshaMEbeLyI3OWDJjALXIFyQy-0sAvBiRwjxFfP6Bt9xTcYZNac4hEN2LV_BGc0BQ8xq04FvlZGxmXLKbODO9lCW1l1iD9o8d-en1irVuKeNXsZQy2dVy41GBJTyWCs33-gX5vetdBqtXrXlATtMcVUj118r9j7a8En5H9QmqndU0wD3Q6dhb/s320/IMG-20221003-WA0020.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I hope the Blog gives you a feel of a Top Walk !!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Ric </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PS</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The Ol' Pilgrim by the Lavandero de Bio looked strangely familiar ...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs4v2tpnoabMmbnMHYS_OpDklTXaZ1l5JwmLkYVPSHbRmSdrmdyH2vkDLvTwCYnQafbSVLl5a_ISvGCnh4pLBMBO6gC-XKkiWBVKKQ4cokmRFfNOI90gwoMGWrnBgmrfXCptouW-fTfUiKzLlFFEZDeqtkx7jE_qqasivzqpyIFhTmfsfAjMXhrFDX/s1024/IMG-20221003-WA0028.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGI9tDG-BXwnutZs2Ybf83Nyh-xrc4fA6AxRCGh2sonRuiJ5MxOwQAM8nNyFtOhOU2ezNQ8277dY9nSsTRp1Ua4j2srxikh1WpLnwOIn3YtpctkDD-BezvzBKTc9_1d4ZRmyB3pCUTdSdsUXdWHbBjJDvP08kgAooXBVdgCmQN3JpFcBuZ2YuCChkj/s1284/Screenshot_20221002_151107_com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox_edit_16830927104201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1063" data-original-width="1284" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGI9tDG-BXwnutZs2Ybf83Nyh-xrc4fA6AxRCGh2sonRuiJ5MxOwQAM8nNyFtOhOU2ezNQ8277dY9nSsTRp1Ua4j2srxikh1WpLnwOIn3YtpctkDD-BezvzBKTc9_1d4ZRmyB3pCUTdSdsUXdWHbBjJDvP08kgAooXBVdgCmQN3JpFcBuZ2YuCChkj/s320/Screenshot_20221002_151107_com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox_edit_16830927104201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>Boots on the Drive at Merryfield : 03.15 hours !!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUgHAXi_Nc5wMycmRAw9dkgUqa1pogp-Tzshbvb3oRaitPZU5-olVnzbMPVCGopHE2md494XaJIkR1tYoW8x2xYr7oN6K8Daow7Xb1qzp8a1qvHmHps0H3trsp_sbGIT5HxvUaoxNCrZFRnEz7xf1r1k7QtBRUgM2i3R38SYD258eouNHd9yzh-4j/s3648/IMG_20221002_031541_edit_49802235932503.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfUgHAXi_Nc5wMycmRAw9dkgUqa1pogp-Tzshbvb3oRaitPZU5-olVnzbMPVCGopHE2md494XaJIkR1tYoW8x2xYr7oN6K8Daow7Xb1qzp8a1qvHmHps0H3trsp_sbGIT5HxvUaoxNCrZFRnEz7xf1r1k7QtBRUgM2i3R38SYD258eouNHd9yzh-4j/s320/IMG_20221002_031541_edit_49802235932503.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A very straightforward journey - via the 06.30 hours Gatwick flight - to A Coruna.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Bromley Six met up near the harbour with the Boy from t' North, aka Roger.</div><div><br /></div><div>A delightful stroll round the bay:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho345SZd2kIvekl6W8W45mIHGCtvYA0aFFM6CUjUtrHpGYzjyEGldahAJ4Z4xnp2bnDsmUIdxuYOF-NONOt_HhVfEjKtreh0mPSD3Bq2XcTxmckfKA_BGw5qewPb8X39HkTzVxH_8mVQ3OigZtSwivWISUDckMVXkTqwpG-GY3iR0cR_TjTaarj3Ub/s3648/IMG_20221002_113658.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho345SZd2kIvekl6W8W45mIHGCtvYA0aFFM6CUjUtrHpGYzjyEGldahAJ4Z4xnp2bnDsmUIdxuYOF-NONOt_HhVfEjKtreh0mPSD3Bq2XcTxmckfKA_BGw5qewPb8X39HkTzVxH_8mVQ3OigZtSwivWISUDckMVXkTqwpG-GY3iR0cR_TjTaarj3Ub/s320/IMG_20221002_113658.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Time to walk to the Tower of Hercules, probably first built by the Romans almost 2,000 years ago.</div><div><br /></div><div>Though - some say - in the 11th century King Breogan, the Founding Father of the Galicia Celtic nation, built the tower so that from the top you could see Ireland ...</div><div>Perhaps he did 😉</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4_G1Z889yTucbmE-GzOd4rwmzRLnJ7Ub4hX7hyD52V_VkX8sS_nxJKsXb707xjWhXn28VlJLZIxbCupX9OVQNmgfpWmwr5AOVXFbZQzljmtsu9LY3UNRiwkDSYd74eM2Itv6juAnnchhnYPnbeyTkS7Pf8vjgpot1Nl_6FL5nc7Fdzsia5LCNfpE/s3648/IMG_20221002_111937.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4_G1Z889yTucbmE-GzOd4rwmzRLnJ7Ub4hX7hyD52V_VkX8sS_nxJKsXb707xjWhXn28VlJLZIxbCupX9OVQNmgfpWmwr5AOVXFbZQzljmtsu9LY3UNRiwkDSYd74eM2Itv6juAnnchhnYPnbeyTkS7Pf8vjgpot1Nl_6FL5nc7Fdzsia5LCNfpE/s320/IMG_20221002_111937.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div>A wander through the town found an Old Friend ...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ9DpiK4dKxgbeEzUz_dwTwKe5Zo40D9Hwi4hC4rTiN4GJkLKYzPblxN9TzATncXWAPrqFex2UEyx_3_7VQebILtZGs65YL7xNWgFoIrfvwRAw2hsSqpj_QyVZ9Xe2bdipGfvjmSH5AfMJWcBg14Pypiz_2f51WNu6E3WVLGx-koBR3zjHKTiS_cF/s5120/IMG_20221002_121210.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5120" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZ9DpiK4dKxgbeEzUz_dwTwKe5Zo40D9Hwi4hC4rTiN4GJkLKYzPblxN9TzATncXWAPrqFex2UEyx_3_7VQebILtZGs65YL7xNWgFoIrfvwRAw2hsSqpj_QyVZ9Xe2bdipGfvjmSH5AfMJWcBg14Pypiz_2f51WNu6E3WVLGx-koBR3zjHKTiS_cF/s320/IMG_20221002_121210.jpg" width="153" /></a></div><br /><div>The Wise Pilgrim always knows where to find a Lavanderia !!</div><div><br /></div><div>A spot of well-deserved lunch:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBoYP606drGh0WALQWNNi4I_LTF5dkzViJrS_Ofm_fRJOtMmLJhE21cmNIdFlqnZrSAV2GZzIe2NpJ-qsCuWXQwcHgT2w2wMwIgjZWtq864Aq0OKd6C8t7AJ33U_FmhjlKi9SepaOl7uOWF8DO5WTcaY5v4VnY8iQOceexn2YZKT_Y6EdOFhRmIxc/s2573/IMG_20221002_125902_edit_11184493004021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="2573" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfBoYP606drGh0WALQWNNi4I_LTF5dkzViJrS_Ofm_fRJOtMmLJhE21cmNIdFlqnZrSAV2GZzIe2NpJ-qsCuWXQwcHgT2w2wMwIgjZWtq864Aq0OKd6C8t7AJ33U_FmhjlKi9SepaOl7uOWF8DO5WTcaY5v4VnY8iQOceexn2YZKT_Y6EdOFhRmIxc/s320/IMG_20221002_125902_edit_11184493004021.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Then it was time for the taxi journey to Ponseco, where we will be staying for the next three nights.</div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow is Day 1 of the Camino dos Faros ...</div><div><br /></div><div>#Can'tWait</div><div><br /></div><div>Pilgrim Piper </div>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-60043012898661392212022-10-01T16:19:00.002+01:002022-10-01T18:54:08.035+01:00The scariest moment ...<p style="text-align: center;"><i> </i><i>The
scariest moment is always just before you start </i></p><p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>To be honest...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>I'm never going to be Christopher
Columbus: <i>Setting off to discover America</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Oh Ok; he was really looking for India !!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Nor Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing: <i>Climbing
Everest</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p></o:p></p><p>And certainly not Neil Armstrong: <i>First
Man</i></p><p><br /></p><p>But whenever I am about to head off on Pilgrimage, there's always a feeling of anxiety.</p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;">Mixed with a spirit of adventure.</p></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xLLWWzZk_uB7VExPJnTZZkz82aFPZN8QHMm90dJZ8glOhuQ2HmStj1ebO-8Lrl0n4-QGzpese6ElA_i7jVvEYpCdRL-Jt9Gujr4YuwVYATVjgRz5Mt39ofq49A3Rgif3_v43_8_DVNvEMOppBbVJAtsO0FoZQdc84NaIlPsRIwQyW0Ui5Kd72GOO/s443/first%20man%20moon.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="343" data-original-width="443" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7xLLWWzZk_uB7VExPJnTZZkz82aFPZN8QHMm90dJZ8glOhuQ2HmStj1ebO-8Lrl0n4-QGzpese6ElA_i7jVvEYpCdRL-Jt9Gujr4YuwVYATVjgRz5Mt39ofq49A3Rgif3_v43_8_DVNvEMOppBbVJAtsO0FoZQdc84NaIlPsRIwQyW0Ui5Kd72GOO/s320/first%20man%20moon.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><i style="text-align: center;"> One small step ...</i> </p><p>You may remember that this time it is the <b>Camino dos Faros</b>.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HmUseMUpt9KzTImV-CKAhVMU0-JauyJLOTI2Wrcxbhp-89ImCrokdnUhSRr8S4XhOiqwyMatobR0PS0CosM_GTFro67-dKIfhkmG9wgu9fBirVbJ9RtAHJ2I6or0qxUhm5exOZVkARPmUAYe-ooaTFBiZm4MlfVbRdnHW5AHqwhK5ydG3U4rYnfK/s702/Map.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="702" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5HmUseMUpt9KzTImV-CKAhVMU0-JauyJLOTI2Wrcxbhp-89ImCrokdnUhSRr8S4XhOiqwyMatobR0PS0CosM_GTFro67-dKIfhkmG9wgu9fBirVbJ9RtAHJ2I6or0qxUhm5exOZVkARPmUAYe-ooaTFBiZm4MlfVbRdnHW5AHqwhK5ydG3U4rYnfK/s320/Map.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As First Man might have said: <i>One Step at a time</i></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The walk is about 120 miles / 195 kilometres over 8 days. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Around 15 miles / 25 kilometres a day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Did I mention the Ups & Downs ?</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">About 6,500 metres / 21,000 feet.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Around 800 metres / 2,500 feet a day.</span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">I'm delighted that </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Jackie & Jeff, Jan & Mark, the Boy from t’ North – Roger & novitiate David will be joining me.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">---</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">Preparations are pretty much done & dusted ...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FymC0HiYFbs2LL15dp4a9T-kLwIXSvaX-owLxxQPq8n8TCKmr1KlpM8ByDjwOFvzVQ3W-y1d-rH4BEEZGC5HsWBfD4eJdDIifucVLqWsZ00TsumwicOT0y3E5CD76nd7GS0wjbDFsr23eZYEGhdioOWpw2zzCn206EMgDXVXQYmGp0oFGgRlR5l_/s2458/IMG_20221001_143121_edit_20539530122385.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2458" data-original-width="2367" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FymC0HiYFbs2LL15dp4a9T-kLwIXSvaX-owLxxQPq8n8TCKmr1KlpM8ByDjwOFvzVQ3W-y1d-rH4BEEZGC5HsWBfD4eJdDIifucVLqWsZ00TsumwicOT0y3E5CD76nd7GS0wjbDFsr23eZYEGhdioOWpw2zzCn206EMgDXVXQYmGp0oFGgRlR5l_/s320/IMG_20221001_143121_edit_20539530122385.jpg" width="308" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">The Essentials: the Flask, the Cicerone Guidebook, the Pilgrim's Pebble as a Memory of Home...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">... and - of course - the Wise Pilgrim always has an Ironed Shirt !!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14.85px;">--- </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">So it's an Early to Bed for a 03.15 hours departure from Merryfield to catch the 06.30 hours flight from Gatwick to A Coruna.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: 14.85px;">First day of walking is Monday 3rd: Malpica to Praia de Ni</span><span style="color: #666666;">nons.</span></span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">14 miles / 22 kilometres</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">2,400 feet / 750 metres of ascent</span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdbjDaS7n1ar2XzzxWkRdvt6YngNakdU_KUc_xkPGJ92gPhI6K3ojF1MSGjS1Fo-JOpm-Hllyz_7bfLAJR4FUA0MaOfk_6uFsJvY1zUQgwwDMr2265NmSSIGiM27Y8cVZlnWAlNJhx-QC9V7uVC_ff5cjeWXCYYmtbShehQRxsOoew7VU1a9laxVV/s800/ninons%20beach.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="800" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGdbjDaS7n1ar2XzzxWkRdvt6YngNakdU_KUc_xkPGJ92gPhI6K3ojF1MSGjS1Fo-JOpm-Hllyz_7bfLAJR4FUA0MaOfk_6uFsJvY1zUQgwwDMr2265NmSSIGiM27Y8cVZlnWAlNJhx-QC9V7uVC_ff5cjeWXCYYmtbShehQRxsOoew7VU1a9laxVV/w400-h243/ninons%20beach.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #666666; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Beach at the End !!</i></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>(The Swimming Trunks are packed)</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;">Look out for the daily Blogs ...</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">So ...</span></p><blockquote style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until we meet again,</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">May God hold you</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Safe in the palm of His hand.</span></i></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">See you soon!!</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">Adiós</span></i></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">, <i>Ricardo</i> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14.85px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #424242; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-9750497237497884232022-09-04T08:21:00.003+01:002022-09-05T06:59:00.150+01:00Sé un Faro Brillante delante de mí<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">May we enjoy Time Together:</span></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"> </span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">beside the wide sea, <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">beneath the far stars,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">in the sun’s warm rays,<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">in the gentle rain.</span></i></b></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">And may God</span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;">Bless our Walking on the Good
Earth.</span></i></b><b><i><span style="color: #1f497d; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-themecolor: text2;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Adapted from a poem by Joy Mead</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">With thanks to Pilgrim Chris Goddard </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><b style="background-color: transparent;"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt;">Hola Peregrinos !</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Pilgrims are beginning to gather
…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We "set sail" on Sunday 2<sup>nd</sup> October. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Boots on the Ground: Monday 3<sup>rd</sup> October
at 08.30 hours.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">After a three year gap – <i>“Events,
dear boy, Events”</i> – we are back Out Rambling in Europe.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Jackie & Jeff, Jan & Mark,
the Boy from t’ North – Roger & novitiate David will be joining me.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This time it is the <i>Camino dos Faros</i>, out on the north-west coast of Spain – the infamous Costa da Morte !</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOcYj69MryJpIADaWJErHcjHcETD-neA4G-UeUeMEB7_qkHAr76F_qQpcUsz4JKG9LGWm0wUfp4sic7-iusrKSPyPUATuLgIK7lLMPE5-Jcf7Yuq6tVTU6ywSdwcYmN6bMfeAmJ6XDc_lCGwzgv9fKVz_YNGRUicwQ_ksB8tzrSa0mfC7xG23MPkp/s702/Map.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="702" data-original-width="702" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJOcYj69MryJpIADaWJErHcjHcETD-neA4G-UeUeMEB7_qkHAr76F_qQpcUsz4JKG9LGWm0wUfp4sic7-iusrKSPyPUATuLgIK7lLMPE5-Jcf7Yuq6tVTU6ywSdwcYmN6bMfeAmJ6XDc_lCGwzgv9fKVz_YNGRUicwQ_ksB8tzrSa0mfC7xG23MPkp/s320/Map.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>One step at a time ... </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We start at Malpica and end late on
the afternoon of Tuesday 11 October at Finisterre, the most Westerly point of Continental
Europe.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Yes; I know. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Finisterre where I once said that - having strolled 550 miles across Spain -</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> I
will Never Return !!!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08vLii3ED0NsNW0AIxGAp3dTGimLSmf41OIbYzZJmzRkWHIInTlI_mHlYJBNQIIDWReXp0elrinG6fQt2tNJZxCWduOtguxaED0rdwQH3J9KewjaMjOl8ybRz8G-Jt-QBXdM8pldA6eMMcHMSR9eE1lT2eT0qpfbhNuu4RZHQ4QAlc2lCasUgbP8f/s320/finisterre%20pilgrims.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="180" data-original-width="320" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi08vLii3ED0NsNW0AIxGAp3dTGimLSmf41OIbYzZJmzRkWHIInTlI_mHlYJBNQIIDWReXp0elrinG6fQt2tNJZxCWduOtguxaED0rdwQH3J9KewjaMjOl8ybRz8G-Jt-QBXdM8pldA6eMMcHMSR9eE1lT2eT0qpfbhNuu4RZHQ4QAlc2lCasUgbP8f/w400-h225/finisterre%20pilgrims.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>For some days are never to be forgotten !!</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The basic plan – who knew there even was a plan ??!! - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is to walk about 120 miles /
195 kilometres over 8 days. </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Around 15 miles / 25 kilometres a day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Did I mention the Ups & Downs ?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">About 6,500 metres / 21,000 feet.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Around 800 metres / 2,500 feet a day.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Like many coastal paths, the Camino
dos Faros combines numerous ascents and descents with a route that never takes
the straightest line between two points.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SRyCL5-W5ZIAhTQGQOsGkoVtOt6Kpr3bgma6pqAEvnroI74FuBeb4R6W0IV0P_u3zPM-qbNTVqphz2jBzRkMrM1wgJdIMxIsmtNFmBLJMC_o3p0QH961_UdnetWDTW1Dyj2BMnXZ8hC1ybHnx97Rp_-YaeYkfMPGoFefQ2b9hM-qsy6k94L5Pur0/s370/Faros%20-%20Cliffs.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="370" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7SRyCL5-W5ZIAhTQGQOsGkoVtOt6Kpr3bgma6pqAEvnroI74FuBeb4R6W0IV0P_u3zPM-qbNTVqphz2jBzRkMrM1wgJdIMxIsmtNFmBLJMC_o3p0QH961_UdnetWDTW1Dyj2BMnXZ8hC1ybHnx97Rp_-YaeYkfMPGoFefQ2b9hM-qsy6k94L5Pur0/w400-h212/Faros%20-%20Cliffs.png" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Are we nearly there yet ... ...</i></div></i></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Of the eight days, six are spent
along exposed stretches of coast whilst two head inland to navigate around
relatively tranquil river estuaries.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The six days along the coast are
spent climbing headlands and walking along dramatic cliff edges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This is a landscape where large granite tors remind British walkers of the South West Coastal Path
in Devon and Cornwall. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The views are constantly changing,
but the noise from the sea and the wind is ever present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Costa da Morte gets its name because
there have been so many shipwrecks along its treacherous rocky shoreline.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">(They do say) On sunny, early Autumnal days - if you look out to sea from high up on the cliffs - you can sometimes
see The Black Pig.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Captain Pugwash himself.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Cabin Boy Tom.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6l7AlxJTLC9voJkg4ZI0B7Np-HAir2y2P36v8MgPS14O2ZUmXcaYtUGix-UGhXD3DUuXC0_nxzI_P__y1aXBQkVtGoHjkRMCViJz-DeW77TFNvd8RqVn4TvYpj59ZCzK3yZHsMXbPLhgeHZR05GKmVvBP_LtWlWiwUCGioEGa3jYbsE7ttF7_Fyd-/s382/Pugwash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="382" data-original-width="350" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6l7AlxJTLC9voJkg4ZI0B7Np-HAir2y2P36v8MgPS14O2ZUmXcaYtUGix-UGhXD3DUuXC0_nxzI_P__y1aXBQkVtGoHjkRMCViJz-DeW77TFNvd8RqVn4TvYpj59ZCzK3yZHsMXbPLhgeHZR05GKmVvBP_LtWlWiwUCGioEGa3jYbsE7ttF7_Fyd-/s320/Pugwash.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">And the Seaman … whose name I have wisely forgotten !!</i></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As the Costa da Morte’s name suggests,
there are Lighthouses aplenty.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9iuI3RXnsf17mf0fg8y71hxIlP38iuV135pq5LzVROnLbyOVayTxUTZifwgcfAtY4Enz3s353yLu0tWVzysmJaGAWF2LaGKAYOxu_cjXJhjnRWq75ZHrNeL0y-bUBDICEk-iAj-g813JT-8RRClr3ow0z9MSWTA_6c0y2aAQQG1xaEtj_rGC4ujk/s1182/Faros%20-%20Lighthouse.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="1182" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju9iuI3RXnsf17mf0fg8y71hxIlP38iuV135pq5LzVROnLbyOVayTxUTZifwgcfAtY4Enz3s353yLu0tWVzysmJaGAWF2LaGKAYOxu_cjXJhjnRWq75ZHrNeL0y-bUBDICEk-iAj-g813JT-8RRClr3ow0z9MSWTA_6c0y2aAQQG1xaEtj_rGC4ujk/s320/Faros%20-%20Lighthouse.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: Times New Roman, serif; font-size: medium;"><i>Sé un Faro Brillante delante de mí</i></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Be a Shining Beacon before me, O God<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">a guiding star above me.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Be a smooth path below me,<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">a kindly shepherd behind me<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">today, tonight, and for ever</span></i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Prayer of St Columba of Iona</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A particular feature of this Camino is the Beaches which promise to be AMAZING !</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Uzv7CdqegatIsJxf6EHZUJFEblwvND8c8uT0FMcyscGMpDWGvnCe5t5KCB02MsUF1cPpNvH7uFw3TBLIre3wuJs6KVB3XuhbuqYj94BKW4Foz2JUfVhu12zhynGA9DDYOQsTVPVux9z2p3OwymKlUfUqsBDY47j2ePx7cRvJz5xhLH-MZeizJYh5/s672/Faros%20-%20Beach.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="372" data-original-width="672" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Uzv7CdqegatIsJxf6EHZUJFEblwvND8c8uT0FMcyscGMpDWGvnCe5t5KCB02MsUF1cPpNvH7uFw3TBLIre3wuJs6KVB3XuhbuqYj94BKW4Foz2JUfVhu12zhynGA9DDYOQsTVPVux9z2p3OwymKlUfUqsBDY47j2ePx7cRvJz5xhLH-MZeizJYh5/w400-h221/Faros%20-%20Beach.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Look out for the photos of <i>Ricardo
in the Waves</i>…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Of course, there will be all the Regular Features of Pilgrimage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Naturally - as we always do on Pilgrimage - back in the UK we will have </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Reverend Susan on Statistics</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> !!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Daily Blog will be up &
running.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Don’t worry: we Never let the Facts get in the way
of What Really Happened !!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Food. The </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Galician region of Spain has a reputation for
wonderful seafood.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The well-deserved Estrella Galicia (or
two) at the end of the day.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3g1Ten-fqZeXtu24nb9RX7LYvKkpjnJh-uSAee0qRVz95mtdQEhgrDKlk67qeoHNQkX4rIZqO-H9PIc3LYloxrphekhwQID0StKUQMqtSZR-7-0TQhri2fARh0z4jkB8g04F-QXUqA4CrynEVz1QaK6Qv9BwXS38x1OWf0-XhTR5RUTAVkg9N8fw/s320/Camino%20-%20Lunch.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV3g1Ten-fqZeXtu24nb9RX7LYvKkpjnJh-uSAee0qRVz95mtdQEhgrDKlk67qeoHNQkX4rIZqO-H9PIc3LYloxrphekhwQID0StKUQMqtSZR-7-0TQhri2fARh0z4jkB8g04F-QXUqA4CrynEVz1QaK6Qv9BwXS38x1OWf0-XhTR5RUTAVkg9N8fw/s1600/Camino%20-%20Lunch.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><i><div style="text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">The Café Bar Alborada, Corcubión<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></div></i>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">There will be - how could it even possibly be
otherwise - one of the famous Rest Days.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This time it will be in Muxia.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Lavanderia has already been identified …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTFrPxAcNbNkfdheaBl77lh_7DEpu3tZQB3KNlDIiz7JCdja2DlLE4eFHFmUIAwfgQgHJLl5MiqwNjHajYgYpTYW9qSd6SxeKOthKgSO-3LN955EggHYJ8Vq4orkARTIfHV_ayfUqCIJOkfre0mD-aD9QEodbcCDSCAFq-XC_45Q2JUypOWNxsi-Y/s1478/lavanderia%20galicia.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="1478" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTFrPxAcNbNkfdheaBl77lh_7DEpu3tZQB3KNlDIiz7JCdja2DlLE4eFHFmUIAwfgQgHJLl5MiqwNjHajYgYpTYW9qSd6SxeKOthKgSO-3LN955EggHYJ8Vq4orkARTIfHV_ayfUqCIJOkfre0mD-aD9QEodbcCDSCAFq-XC_45Q2JUypOWNxsi-Y/s320/lavanderia%20galicia.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>Lavanderia Autoservicio Muxia </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>Rua Manuel Murguia, 20, 15125 Muxia </i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"># Always Remember #: </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">No Wise Pilgrim ever travelled without </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">an Ironed Shirt </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If we have enough breath, the Big
Issues will be <i>Discussed & Resolved</i> …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Brexit<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 72.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Globalisation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 108.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 108pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Global Warming<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 144.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 144pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Economics of Deer Farming in New
Zealand<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 144.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 144pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 180.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 180pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What is Happiness ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Well <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>… <i>Discussed</i> anyway !!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">How could I ever forget to tell you ... ...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhMMW135KZBpFp4j_YpigeXzZmn0_f_-JShOv2_-VAw0riI_fr2FSuw08bOVRZP4WhoZgK_PZEFDsFW6QPR5HvpYaBW5mc4U5PmeQBWwbTooGfiG8xI4SYeYlQjEREyYvtSPSx9WgLc0fn37XJj3rEA6cbXC22V13GN0Xc0YeKny8r6u5Qa1yqzhT/s803/finisterre%20-%20ice%20cream.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="609" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhMMW135KZBpFp4j_YpigeXzZmn0_f_-JShOv2_-VAw0riI_fr2FSuw08bOVRZP4WhoZgK_PZEFDsFW6QPR5HvpYaBW5mc4U5PmeQBWwbTooGfiG8xI4SYeYlQjEREyYvtSPSx9WgLc0fn37XJj3rEA6cbXC22V13GN0Xc0YeKny8r6u5Qa1yqzhT/s320/finisterre%20-%20ice%20cream.jpg" width="243" /></a></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Spain: “Best” ice creams in the World !!!</span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So,</span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Until we meet again,</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">May God hold you</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; margin-bottom: 11.25pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Safe in the palm of His hand.</span></i></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">See you soon!!</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Adiós</span></i></b><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Comic Sans MS"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">, <i>Ricardo</i> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">PS</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">After dinner Captain Pugwash & the
crew of The Black Pig swigged a tot (or two) of rum and sang The Pirates Song.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">I've long liked the last verse:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This crew you can join<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We'll take one and all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">For Pirates are Pirates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just ... Answer the call<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> As we say about Pilgrimage ...</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Lucida Handwriting"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>As always, All welcome !!</b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-31768449293403784662022-08-02T09:00:00.001+01:002022-08-02T09:04:23.603+01:00A Very Shadow<p><a name="_Hlk110319315"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">For our time is</span></i></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk110319315;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A very shadow</span></i></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk110319315;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk110319315;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">That passeth away</span></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Wisdom 2.5<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It is one of my favourite Top Tales …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A few minutes after 10.30 on the
morning of Sunday 27<sup>th</sup> July 19</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">52</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">the Land Rover left Warrior Square in
St Leonard’s on Sea and turned left along the Hastings seafront.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Soon passing the Pier, in the Old Town it
followed the A259 up the Old London Road.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In Ore - and though Rye Road would have
taken the direct route through Icklesham & Winchelsea - it was a right turn
onto Fairlight Road.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I must have taken this journey with the
two other people in the Land Rover 100s of times.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And <i>every time</i>
we always took the Fairlight route.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">This is the route through Pett Level
and along the Winchelsea Sea Wall.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For Mum & Dad this was “Their Road”.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As to why … <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">… well, “Yesterday, today, twisted like
a rope” explains why !<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://lord-ric.blogspot.com/2021/06/yesterday-today-twisted-like-rope.html">http://lord-ric.blogspot.com/2021/06/yesterday-today-twisted-like-rope.html</a></span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">By 11.30 we had parked in the car park
by Rye Cricket Ground.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Though I was only 6 weeks old that
Sunday morning now long, long ago, I can tell you - with complete confidence - that
Mum would have mentioned what had happened there on the night of 7<sup>th</sup> September
1940 when six high explosive German bombs destroyed the houses numbered 83 to
95, killing all the residents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The car park is still there
now, for the houses have never been re-built.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQ3_r8qYCzukvdNbr8a5_YHCWCrGZCeZhsoQ5WNAxlcH9C7tGomvfzfDoyu4ak59lEwqCSFaxr1Vaip3OmpkiDOjcknUx1BH0iqDigccHsQwSnJrHOxuKMNeStZhCac6UZyxzIfFh8mJmyfK8sfzwnDQpH2ucPq25MGKmQRtJ-LD_fyCv16GSImGd/s1280/81%20Fishmarket%20Road.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAQ3_r8qYCzukvdNbr8a5_YHCWCrGZCeZhsoQ5WNAxlcH9C7tGomvfzfDoyu4ak59lEwqCSFaxr1Vaip3OmpkiDOjcknUx1BH0iqDigccHsQwSnJrHOxuKMNeStZhCac6UZyxzIfFh8mJmyfK8sfzwnDQpH2ucPq25MGKmQRtJ-LD_fyCv16GSImGd/s320/81%20Fishmarket%20Road.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A footpath separated No.83 from No. 81
where Mum lived. </span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The gap saved her
from certain death.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Mum would very often say that every day
after that was a Bonus Day, for Life was to be cherished.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">She knew well:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Let everything happen to you</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Beauty and terror</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Just keep going</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">No feeling is final</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Go to the Limits of Your Longing by
Rainer Marie Rilke</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Once they had said hello to my Grandma Annie
and had a cup of tea, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Dad suggested that Mum could have a rest
& he would take me for a walk in the pram … ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">---</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On Sunday 31<sup>st</sup> July 2022 – 70
years on – I made the same journey; walking from Hastings to Rye along the
Saxon Shore Way.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I was delighted to be joined by Jeff
& Jackie, Jeremy & Stanley </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">🐾🐾</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And by the Golden Girl
herself, Nicole.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Leaving Hastings Station, we reached
the Shopping Centre; where for over 100 years Sussex regularly played at the
Priory Meadow cricket ground.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOpAsEduPQ3OXl854jmPcQE-buHPt7wnWWh96gKVFUv43V6pjFWDaoGc701hAhtA7tsaasBUVq7tiZGhiBZNQvmx1sXRTCrT27bQ1yE3GW78nJD3LGdbgj3g6y8MfiqqEnsuG2DoE9XTU-Zs2WoubCw8JkTcS8hi-L6A7R0I97J3XF1jB354RNoOF/s891/Hastings%20cricket%20ground%20-%201949.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="873" data-original-width="891" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOpAsEduPQ3OXl854jmPcQE-buHPt7wnWWh96gKVFUv43V6pjFWDaoGc701hAhtA7tsaasBUVq7tiZGhiBZNQvmx1sXRTCrT27bQ1yE3GW78nJD3LGdbgj3g6y8MfiqqEnsuG2DoE9XTU-Zs2WoubCw8JkTcS8hi-L6A7R0I97J3XF1jB354RNoOF/w320-h314/Hastings%20cricket%20ground%20-%201949.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i>Priory Meadow, Hastings in the early 1950s</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In the Old Town I pointed out the Blue
Dolphin.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5ZL1kR5gY7CJooPpP43y6Qp-zxV4g6vae3CbAoSrOL2MVf5XdIRaePa8--MRiF_Aj8AM0e15BbaHszWgmZ5xrbAQismv2GkFMrHK4KG6SJa1m55VJqdRD1CnE6P6-oaQRzhSFY02KRbI6QN8dXr4axsNmaRhgTv3OeiyPiBbXJSuEZk8UejxZJlv/s1961/IMG_20220731_102848_edit_1116129912329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1393" data-original-width="1961" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc5ZL1kR5gY7CJooPpP43y6Qp-zxV4g6vae3CbAoSrOL2MVf5XdIRaePa8--MRiF_Aj8AM0e15BbaHszWgmZ5xrbAQismv2GkFMrHK4KG6SJa1m55VJqdRD1CnE6P6-oaQRzhSFY02KRbI6QN8dXr4axsNmaRhgTv3OeiyPiBbXJSuEZk8UejxZJlv/w200-h142/IMG_20220731_102848_edit_1116129912329.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Best Fish & Chips
in the world !!</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Though it was barely 10.30, by the side
of the Hastings Contemporary gallery an Elvis tribute was already rockin’ &
rollin’!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The King is in the
Old Town.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">We walked up the steps to the top of
East Hill.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwCTqbCt9X7_8iVSgBwt6mi96UYyd7_iD0zabXUPsofq4d-Fg21ygwvc8tVilsHOXCtA6HjvT_d_BQPQV8G4OviiGv8AoXTxGJCeRIVkAYqoCzhujw-xpFfnCUgOluxAKORNdc1U4ujy_bEXjz5azE9yi238isG_qlqeMgkPPzEh8G5k3gUd4QHWx/s1067/Hastings_funicular_railway.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1067" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzwCTqbCt9X7_8iVSgBwt6mi96UYyd7_iD0zabXUPsofq4d-Fg21ygwvc8tVilsHOXCtA6HjvT_d_BQPQV8G4OviiGv8AoXTxGJCeRIVkAYqoCzhujw-xpFfnCUgOluxAKORNdc1U4ujy_bEXjz5azE9yi238isG_qlqeMgkPPzEh8G5k3gUd4QHWx/s320/Hastings_funicular_railway.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;">On Rambling with Ric we do <i>not </i>take the funicular railway !!</div></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Looking across
the Old Town:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfbJWKa_cpMLdGOBrDIVQ-u2pL3n91xSG2cDAQhFyCjHaI8Wbj7Jh16zylgQ3tLZPuzeAjCAqQA1ZHxHB-EMTmHl3x8aJRSplFMfTyTm7AKbgQF-UgJn-Jpvo6iAwO-rP00vr8fSu1cUnVTdJ4puIWgSvQuMKj-hOLBEl2nxahAWxDclVMO8EuH4z/s1024/IMG-20220801-WA0000.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfbJWKa_cpMLdGOBrDIVQ-u2pL3n91xSG2cDAQhFyCjHaI8Wbj7Jh16zylgQ3tLZPuzeAjCAqQA1ZHxHB-EMTmHl3x8aJRSplFMfTyTm7AKbgQF-UgJn-Jpvo6iAwO-rP00vr8fSu1cUnVTdJ4puIWgSvQuMKj-hOLBEl2nxahAWxDclVMO8EuH4z/s320/IMG-20220801-WA0000.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">You can take the Boy
out of Hastings<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But not Hastings out
of the Boy</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">The next hour
or so of walking were testing – the Ups & Downs of cliff walking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f7vhfzSbZfeG6aYVX5ra9FsSTAhPUBb1zo8dTdsHCB41suxI5Soe-nq3r1A-pJKJjeiITah738zpzmxNzbQFsynGgwzYGohd7ya8jItv-F3dA_C12JhAmHOvIHdyLeURTnJILxYAGGHc-7UyW3me16a75cgtApjVfbs2-1WhJhUksSE7M19VY6Vb/s3648/IMG_20220731_120750.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_f7vhfzSbZfeG6aYVX5ra9FsSTAhPUBb1zo8dTdsHCB41suxI5Soe-nq3r1A-pJKJjeiITah738zpzmxNzbQFsynGgwzYGohd7ya8jItv-F3dA_C12JhAmHOvIHdyLeURTnJILxYAGGHc-7UyW3me16a75cgtApjVfbs2-1WhJhUksSE7M19VY6Vb/w400-h191/IMG_20220731_120750.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">We paused
at <i>Hughie Pringle’s Bench of Awesomeness</i>.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gaXTXYmOKDq0iYlHdLZ-zhB6zjUHxANMK6C2PpYfyeaTryX0xsuJCehthg8vdko4gI-X03AckdNwaacleeldV3wt-FDfL6FJ8-NDp0QthNRQA9JTXmNNQXUGMIQrRmjO_09noecdWzF_GSP_owtgUEPR8GWhwqvjC1ogTmZX5f6J3xl8M48FJhP8/s3648/IMG_20220731_120823.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="3648" height="153" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_gaXTXYmOKDq0iYlHdLZ-zhB6zjUHxANMK6C2PpYfyeaTryX0xsuJCehthg8vdko4gI-X03AckdNwaacleeldV3wt-FDfL6FJ8-NDp0QthNRQA9JTXmNNQXUGMIQrRmjO_09noecdWzF_GSP_owtgUEPR8GWhwqvjC1ogTmZX5f6J3xl8M48FJhP8/s320/IMG_20220731_120823.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">And then
it was a gentle walk to Pett Level.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFyA83NXJ2czUs-tKL7eR5CReOMo93OeqHuUwFkzneaS8GrufWXZl6OK9WW4Fx5rgEJxfhHjGEG6r-HqgfZMV5GJZ04UE8AZxJyD3fQHUB75pA_zlEWNbUMBlUwfUd9DHLa0AoafWfuorD1I6f19ngANZu829Izhkac9JvZi9-6zpZmOj6RJfM1sz/s1024/IMG-20220801-WA0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhFyA83NXJ2czUs-tKL7eR5CReOMo93OeqHuUwFkzneaS8GrufWXZl6OK9WW4Fx5rgEJxfhHjGEG6r-HqgfZMV5GJZ04UE8AZxJyD3fQHUB75pA_zlEWNbUMBlUwfUd9DHLa0AoafWfuorD1I6f19ngANZu829Izhkac9JvZi9-6zpZmOj6RJfM1sz/s320/IMG-20220801-WA0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Picnic on the Beach<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">On by the
side of the Royal Military Canal - built in the early 19<sup>th</sup> century as
a defence against Napoleon.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsI23FdZCoebtZsff10QNi4_Wv9AyiYdU-8gZawbBrUuQkZ-QElxf76lB37YdzIcNTucTxehf4hAIu3pznomwKewHnP6BhzwWLSbK61CRZtCZlHKV1QgEicos9sLk4J211Z50flzMh4F1nOLHKcKwOUXAwnNJ46bwqE-an5ipoawKBVgJsXZTqHEUi/s3648/IMG_20220731_140605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="1744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsI23FdZCoebtZsff10QNi4_Wv9AyiYdU-8gZawbBrUuQkZ-QElxf76lB37YdzIcNTucTxehf4hAIu3pznomwKewHnP6BhzwWLSbK61CRZtCZlHKV1QgEicos9sLk4J211Z50flzMh4F1nOLHKcKwOUXAwnNJ46bwqE-an5ipoawKBVgJsXZTqHEUi/s320/IMG_20220731_140605.jpg" width="153" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">And by
Camber Castle – built in the 16<sup>th</sup> century in Henry VIII’s reign.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2rAwcJaliVpjntZQQIcBj15zrlXM1nkLehfHaMc6q7bbIyCYQoyw3y6RfuqTpcMDKdit-9OnUVg_LGn8ml2suWFbQ-fX8ga2qPlEstEGFtdt_FCYJa7JDGuICYseeepVWjxCDd6Fl1EEbaW0Uu_MyTb2RGgin79SYCx6m0JN9wJRoZUCZlEDex8l/s610/IMG_20220802_083727.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="353" data-original-width="610" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie2rAwcJaliVpjntZQQIcBj15zrlXM1nkLehfHaMc6q7bbIyCYQoyw3y6RfuqTpcMDKdit-9OnUVg_LGn8ml2suWFbQ-fX8ga2qPlEstEGFtdt_FCYJa7JDGuICYseeepVWjxCDd6Fl1EEbaW0Uu_MyTb2RGgin79SYCx6m0JN9wJRoZUCZlEDex8l/s320/IMG_20220802_083727.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">No sign of
the cricket ground where Rye once played – before moving the current ground in …
1842 !!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Reaching
Rye, we turned up Mermaid Street and into the Gun Garden.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MV9tRwc7oAYMu7cNU4rEvRKMgMVa5I71-MV3et7bm2SMCSC2t5aetsJj7CtLO0Z52BhnM9ItIBlYqgU-Ivja3xN_GGESk2AcO-QKgsOdZVGUnMjNsUVLFC8b3NDxMRg7oUphDlu5kkLzTCjNIagh9V-biQe29AGYtZrOIb1vhhrsecuKiAvNO6Ld/s640/Rye%20-%20Garden%20Garden.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MV9tRwc7oAYMu7cNU4rEvRKMgMVa5I71-MV3et7bm2SMCSC2t5aetsJj7CtLO0Z52BhnM9ItIBlYqgU-Ivja3xN_GGESk2AcO-QKgsOdZVGUnMjNsUVLFC8b3NDxMRg7oUphDlu5kkLzTCjNIagh9V-biQe29AGYtZrOIb1vhhrsecuKiAvNO6Ld/s320/Rye%20-%20Garden%20Garden.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Down the
steps by the side of the Ypres Castle Inn, we walked along South Undercliff to
arrive at the car park where the Land Rover had parked.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Standing
outside 81 Fishmarket Road, I said we would follow the route that Dad had taken
all those years ago … …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Landgate, East
Hill, the High Street and left into East Street and then Market Street …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">What was
it that the Father so, so wanted to show to his Son ?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">It was -
how could it possibly be otherwise - <i>the Story of All Our Lives</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">I remembered
those Sunday afternoon walks in the late ‘50s and early ‘60s with my Cousin
Pat, when visiting my Grandma Annie.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Just as
Pat & I always did, we stopped to look at the clock on St Mary’s Church.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">Begun in
1515, the clock's construction was only completed 45 years later in 1560.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">Needing to
be wound twice a day, it is the only clock in England, and possibly in the world,
with its pendulum swinging through the roof into the body of the church.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;">And the
text above the clock face …</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphS8_72uTmAK-xiy0X605MkqAfTJq5HtaQawm9NFznD-hhZPt2LEWh_QQxh-ePc1ElDiUteI2ZDJAxhEryMhAPwim8TjSF9YhQ-h4kxV9I7c7cUy1cGDEIZlecNqp-gqntLpA_8RQsNA2AxmTTsklRv7KqOV2EvKUjQgXwMkoKQ3yfpvzMfnMruMy/s512/Rye%20church%20clock.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="389" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiphS8_72uTmAK-xiy0X605MkqAfTJq5HtaQawm9NFznD-hhZPt2LEWh_QQxh-ePc1ElDiUteI2ZDJAxhEryMhAPwim8TjSF9YhQ-h4kxV9I7c7cUy1cGDEIZlecNqp-gqntLpA_8RQsNA2AxmTTsklRv7KqOV2EvKUjQgXwMkoKQ3yfpvzMfnMruMy/s320/Rye%20church%20clock.png" width="243" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">From 6 Weeks to #70Up … I can
sense the Shadow passing away; of course I can … …</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">I’d like to tell you that I thought of Before
I Fall by Lauren Oliver</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Maybe you can afford to wait.</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Maybe for you there's a tomorrow.</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Maybe for you there's one thousand
tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll
around it, let it slide like coins through your fingers.</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So much time you can waste it.<br />
But for some of us there's only today. </span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
</span><i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br />
And the truth is, you never really know.</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And indeed I did think of it !!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But what I was really thinking of was
… …</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIql0kD8v2YEfVGVW3lKz_8KYb1KI8oOJ2ssz63e5X1Wy-yxIauCIAO3B3l6zs_ldIOLk9rO412e_gA6dEoQRcafTxMymakIyAHS3CHBff6pBYbZQuAZHHX0YBo2YtCMOKwgYT0EuOyeSLJgvtFCiKm1gYIOc7wcfmYqXmzrkkzSaMyNT_5lkX25nk/s1425/Screenshot_20220730_063915.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="1425" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIql0kD8v2YEfVGVW3lKz_8KYb1KI8oOJ2ssz63e5X1Wy-yxIauCIAO3B3l6zs_ldIOLk9rO412e_gA6dEoQRcafTxMymakIyAHS3CHBff6pBYbZQuAZHHX0YBo2YtCMOKwgYT0EuOyeSLJgvtFCiKm1gYIOc7wcfmYqXmzrkkzSaMyNT_5lkX25nk/s320/Screenshot_20220730_063915.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: medium; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><i><b>Plenty of Adventures still to come !!</b></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">With Love, Young Ric</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 24pt;">♥♥♥</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">PS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">After the clock – and just as Dad & I did – we went
to The George</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">The first pub I ever went to, seven decades on it was good to
be back !!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI9hS08TzpMAXVDkJjvXiwI0qJtUBM-0zDL4fs-gJ0Ayx7b2rhTLDovDNGPr1QUGMdf8OeAHy70lAhFahsFXxaoKV2RpTNI8JNyJyH71mKhbrEuzjvfheOo3zTg588dQBDDeLEw2SlBgz0c8S7geADtaOpT3s7W8r4fy_qXRTpA7TJvq4xiEcauAR/s244/Rye%20-%20the%20George.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="244" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbI9hS08TzpMAXVDkJjvXiwI0qJtUBM-0zDL4fs-gJ0Ayx7b2rhTLDovDNGPr1QUGMdf8OeAHy70lAhFahsFXxaoKV2RpTNI8JNyJyH71mKhbrEuzjvfheOo3zTg588dQBDDeLEw2SlBgz0c8S7geADtaOpT3s7W8r4fy_qXRTpA7TJvq4xiEcauAR/s1600/Rye%20-%20the%20George.jpg" width="244" /></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">As we sat in the Courtyard having a well-deserved pint,
it was time to tell a Top Tale or two …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Never in Doubt: the <i>Charlie Morphy & Ray Gibson’s
sister</i> story.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">You don’t know it ??!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-themecolor: text1;">Come out on an Adventure with me & I’ll tell you <b>WHAT
REALLY DID HAPPEN</b> !!! <o:p></o:p></span></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-32063568488022211802022-01-03T14:15:00.005+00:002022-01-04T07:57:04.302+00:003rd January: BHAG Day<p><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">As one year ends
& another starts, sometimes it can be all too daunting to look ahead …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">In front the Sun
climbs slow, how slowly</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But in Rambling with Ric’s blogs, it always pays to look to the West … …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">But Westward, look,
the land is bright</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlkeoRuMv3hLFoo9MvOsXQKGhk2xHnzxAYO6O3rS6KcsBQGHsRFEPlY7U_86aVb_ecb4WxX94yh0tdkI25qNodjFSw1FAwChKtpvtF3d1q4hxd4GvnrGbsMfWi3BXP3-xX5Vbun8S2sZmv0nWjlWVRrVY6DslmsWorjYqkjHOfgYyngsrjFxjS_rsv=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1500" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlkeoRuMv3hLFoo9MvOsXQKGhk2xHnzxAYO6O3rS6KcsBQGHsRFEPlY7U_86aVb_ecb4WxX94yh0tdkI25qNodjFSw1FAwChKtpvtF3d1q4hxd4GvnrGbsMfWi3BXP3-xX5Vbun8S2sZmv0nWjlWVRrVY6DslmsWorjYqkjHOfgYyngsrjFxjS_rsv=w400-h266" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Rye Harbour at dawn</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">By long-established</span><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> *</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> tradition 3<sup>rd</sup>
January is BHAG Day.</span></p>
<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">*</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>OK; I started it this year !!</span></p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’ve long been a believer
in BHAGs …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">B</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> ig<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">H</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> airy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">A</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> udacious <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">G</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> oals</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The term was coined
by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras in <i>Built to Last: Successful Habits of
Visionary Companies.</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxtW8teCIk0_cNGHnYbDpU47_U6pgQ4e4dGcXJHhlqUN1jXcSbX2IYQRh1f0DAnjjSBpYvHsqkKSq6hAc19Ior406ja8yexsTlm4vCJrSOfPAdUcbCGTls04tOMsQIALxPdut_adk0B2xnjnmyPhNoClmfA7U0Qjx-7hLE6oRku2ZShndDleFmszgN=s293" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="195" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgxtW8teCIk0_cNGHnYbDpU47_U6pgQ4e4dGcXJHhlqUN1jXcSbX2IYQRh1f0DAnjjSBpYvHsqkKSq6hAc19Ior406ja8yexsTlm4vCJrSOfPAdUcbCGTls04tOMsQIALxPdut_adk0B2xnjnmyPhNoClmfA7U0Qjx-7hLE6oRku2ZShndDleFmszgN" width="195" /></a></i></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Their idea was that the
BHAG provides one clear purpose and vision that you & everyone on your team
is on board with. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">If anyone is ever
unclear which direction to head towards, or if a decision is beneficial for the
company, they only need to ask, “is this getting us closer to our BHAG?” </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The BHAG gets you out
of thinking too small. Ironically, setting a goal that is big and audacious,
also creates a sense of urgency.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So, what makes a good
BHAG ?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP7tcwp1yCTlPGJTJ5md_kUOJuu756yXbWz2QjVoq654rs3Y3Pqq3yieKIz5ACxm4ev89NI15qVz3IkU2eb05DnajmWZvGydE9RUMi5zARESIII2569tVf81XPDZtu-mN30XFnI6ZTRf-KHjnTclR2pa6irk3FPteQbn7MpLCssOnaOBt7H6pDmGKA=s525" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="525" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgP7tcwp1yCTlPGJTJ5md_kUOJuu756yXbWz2QjVoq654rs3Y3Pqq3yieKIz5ACxm4ev89NI15qVz3IkU2eb05DnajmWZvGydE9RUMi5zARESIII2569tVf81XPDZtu-mN30XFnI6ZTRf-KHjnTclR2pa6irk3FPteQbn7MpLCssOnaOBt7H6pDmGKA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">From my experience,
it needs to be explicit as to what it is and around 80% achievable.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“A goal should scare
you a little and excite you a lot.”</span></i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Joe Vitale</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As always, Mandiba
himself explains it better than I ever could:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-aXOqlrM23na7jeKoPXpaa4XN8pgoL-fJ1OZanUhUseK5jEsC35B-WCKi8b8rYz5q4zGpcatAS1nUMsl6DXrmZbDXzaOJZcjKw_oJByDegA4piqK2N5beFsZSV_bGna-Grz3SyzcXeP2DLlFqzJGRulGarWg2v3EilkfOTbUw3JEzjOw2AfWX4Gmh=s2240" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="2240" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-aXOqlrM23na7jeKoPXpaa4XN8pgoL-fJ1OZanUhUseK5jEsC35B-WCKi8b8rYz5q4zGpcatAS1nUMsl6DXrmZbDXzaOJZcjKw_oJByDegA4piqK2N5beFsZSV_bGna-Grz3SyzcXeP2DLlFqzJGRulGarWg2v3EilkfOTbUw3JEzjOw2AfWX4Gmh=s320" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">--- </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As I stand on the
edge of this New Year, 2022 is a </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 16pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Big Year </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">for me:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><b>45 – 65 – 70</b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">No … it’s not my Bank
Sort Code !</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><br /></span></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoTableGrid" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: none; margin-left: 36pt; mso-border-insideh: none; mso-border-insidev: none; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 470px;">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">45 years<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">… As a Qualified
Accountant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">65 seasons<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">… … Supporting
Sussex cricket<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">70 years<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">… … … Old<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">More on the 45 & on the 65 as the year progresses.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">For today, it is time to focus on the 70 ...</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">As the years tick by
increasingly quickly, I often think back to those Sunday afternoon walks with
my cousin Pat, when visiting my maternal Grandma.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 12pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Pat & I always paused to look at the clock on St Mary’s Church in
Rye, East Sussex.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Begun in 1515, the
clock's construction was only completed 45 years later in 1560. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Needing to be wound twice a day, it is the only clock in England - and
possibly in the world - with its pendulum swinging through the roof into the
body of the church.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
Whenever I visit Rye, I look - as I have done these last 60+ years – at the
text on above the clock.</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #333333; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkSgN2Xr52M7KUR0hP6qrzjTihF9SmTIDN1okWFe7ARGBl3VlpCsA1el8-vQdcAShmadKmbtIWVWDNXDMvuxOkswIW8aWAwdygNXa7ZCmqTZMRLroJsAq7gAGyqk60nwsWU_G_vk5glU9zZuFLYaE0K7Q05xjRiaogbD_wbIT87mk5bLypSWdb-TbR=s512" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="389" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhkSgN2Xr52M7KUR0hP6qrzjTihF9SmTIDN1okWFe7ARGBl3VlpCsA1el8-vQdcAShmadKmbtIWVWDNXDMvuxOkswIW8aWAwdygNXa7ZCmqTZMRLroJsAq7gAGyqk60nwsWU_G_vk5glU9zZuFLYaE0K7Q05xjRiaogbD_wbIT87mk5bLypSWdb-TbR=w304-h400" width="304" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It is impossible not
to believe that – for all of us – we are <i>a shadow that passeth away</i>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> ---</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And what of my own
BHAG for 2022 ?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 262.5pt;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Old retain their
wits quite well so long as they exercise them</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 262.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">On Old Age by Cicero</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 262.5pt; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: red;">7 Million Steps at 70</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 262.5pt;"><a name="_Hlk92106818"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">It’s going </span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">to require around 19,200 steps a day, some 3,435 miles in the year.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; tab-stops: 262.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Perhaps some 3 hours
walking each day, every day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 262.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; tab-stops: 280.5pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I really do hope that
you’ll come Out Rambling with me during 2022. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">After all ….</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Why
read a Rambling with Ric blog, when you can star in your own</span></i></b><sup><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 16pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></sup><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">See you soon!!</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ric <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><b><i><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">PS</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So, that just leaves </span><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Your
BHAG</span></b><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> … …</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I’d really love to
know:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">What is it ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And during 2022 … How are you getting
on ? <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And always remember:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Start by doing what's necessary; then
do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">St Francis of Assisi</span><o:p></o:p></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-27594613866026784042022-01-01T08:35:00.000+00:002022-01-01T08:35:30.139+00:00A Top Tale of Shameless Self-Promotion<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">Each
day, Every day ...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">... Mylo & I are
out and about on our daily walks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVP7FoqRg1WTMc4jCrhmvwl-Lgea8kT-Bf3Px7LfkWpe09_vfOdm_zxXpLhjdsBArtk8_86b4_QAzbuKxSz1pJEiYgqI2OzcjtYjmP1c07NoesdbM6N9FadkHxgsWvSv9D-nNxPANXdAcWFeQcMZYR6LPWdpmqTbsLWgYwCThFXBGto1nllq3RMJsH=s1600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVP7FoqRg1WTMc4jCrhmvwl-Lgea8kT-Bf3Px7LfkWpe09_vfOdm_zxXpLhjdsBArtk8_86b4_QAzbuKxSz1pJEiYgqI2OzcjtYjmP1c07NoesdbM6N9FadkHxgsWvSv9D-nNxPANXdAcWFeQcMZYR6LPWdpmqTbsLWgYwCThFXBGto1nllq3RMJsH=s320" width="224" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In truth; the days do tend to rather blur into each other.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But
at a couple of minutes before 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the 362<sup>nd</sup>
day of 2021 ...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">... well, <b>Some Moments
are Never to be Forgotten</b>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So … Just
what was it that happened ?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please
enjoy:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2f5597; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha: 100.0%; mso-style-textfill-fill-color: #2F5597; mso-style-textfill-fill-colortransforms: lumm=75000; mso-style-textfill-fill-themecolor: accent1; mso-themecolor: accent1; mso-themeshade: 191;">A Top Tale of Shameless Self-Promotion</span></b></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b>Editor’s
Warning</b><b>:</b><i> Can any of this even possibly be true ??!!</i></span></p></blockquote><p> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Let's Be Honest ... ...</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are all <b>Over-Target, High Achievers</b>, aren't we ??!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Towards the end of 2020 the CEO set the Target for 2021:</span></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Walk 100 Marathons</span></li><ul><li><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2,622 Miles</span></li><li><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5.342 million steps; some 14,640 Steps per Day</span></li></ul></ul></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="text-indent: -24px;">It looked a particularly daunting target ... not least for an Ol' Boy like me, who is now well into his Retirement Years. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But by late September - & perhaps rather to the CEO's
surprise, never mind mine - I had reached the Target.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVZryTTInShNXyvCSofQt_MpfYhJDBKTHJuw12d1wxyFsjGrjkjX7nyMkD0Gu9XUO9wSYnSTYeZf4yhwmP6UzB7earEphu1SUD0D1_XDjra3INwKVKSqtHOFK0Ru6Yy_8eY_O9snNS-7dDJO_2kioO4razdxiswYNHgEj03eyiWYXtIcihQHfLkIKk=s1280" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhVZryTTInShNXyvCSofQt_MpfYhJDBKTHJuw12d1wxyFsjGrjkjX7nyMkD0Gu9XUO9wSYnSTYeZf4yhwmP6UzB7earEphu1SUD0D1_XDjra3INwKVKSqtHOFK0Ru6Yy_8eY_O9snNS-7dDJO_2kioO4razdxiswYNHgEj03eyiWYXtIcihQHfLkIKk=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"><i>St Cuthbert's Way: Journey's End at Holy Island</i></span></div></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">It was time for … </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua", serif; font-size: 11.5pt;">the Q3
Re-Forecast.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The New Target was set at 7.3 million steps.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The
Holy Grail: 20,000 Steps per Day</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now, as you may have realised; this is A Top Tale of
Shameless Self-Promotion.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, of course - at a couple of minutes before 4 o'clock on the
afternoon of the 362<sup>nd</sup> day of 2021 - with 3 days to spare I met the
New Target !!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#NeverInDoubt </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7WNdVahl8nlMbtd7nCp-4fgxeHMOOcrfj93eCeIQUgE1rvZ_nUJoHW43I3y6Yb0guka8q5kc_DiYQ4FNwU-P73awcGYBl_xtTQMcdUz1V-Of4E0XBqmxiSs9BgGyPmShAXKxUhaMTvITgIOCfzuV5sgm3E0T7GWLt__RNwLJVmZgYjWDdZSJMA8Fp=s1280" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="710" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj7WNdVahl8nlMbtd7nCp-4fgxeHMOOcrfj93eCeIQUgE1rvZ_nUJoHW43I3y6Yb0guka8q5kc_DiYQ4FNwU-P73awcGYBl_xtTQMcdUz1V-Of4E0XBqmxiSs9BgGyPmShAXKxUhaMTvITgIOCfzuV5sgm3E0T7GWLt__RNwLJVmZgYjWDdZSJMA8Fp=w223-h400" width="223" /></a></b></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thanks to all of you who came Out Rambling with me in 2021.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQKO7FpLdbtTS1d-E5U-Z6PpCB7Z3f4fpdTifkvxYgYc9QU5YibaXtSBUgqtLeMA2WTZ-jw6T2_QHrWffPgX_HcDYnjz0sVN4vQiY7IcDNI0Tdy1wqrSsHpYiPYakcty9G-H-cff20yO6wbMzsGaBGIqRI3TECcNF6exrQKAshZI4vnnDO0lafbXdX=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQKO7FpLdbtTS1d-E5U-Z6PpCB7Z3f4fpdTifkvxYgYc9QU5YibaXtSBUgqtLeMA2WTZ-jw6T2_QHrWffPgX_HcDYnjz0sVN4vQiY7IcDNI0Tdy1wqrSsHpYiPYakcty9G-H-cff20yO6wbMzsGaBGIqRI3TECcNF6exrQKAshZI4vnnDO0lafbXdX=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><i>Out on the London Loop; approaching Moor Park</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And especially to my GoTo Walker & Bestie : Mylo </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNjrAi2TThNOM9KsttHNsnHewsOUq_7l006PR5xYsgXzHGaQPdr_nGmWQjqLSzHNY_zhYMbE_1WdRuZQkLyAwKIA3ETHQE7b9TyQecFrcUTG1lfO6NvDsVWdQAZD258T7b5kPQbqKm7SJQJfXdDThgppyOCSsLQhS0MTORCRyDEk85Lcw0VlKLkXOb=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="960" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNjrAi2TThNOM9KsttHNsnHewsOUq_7l006PR5xYsgXzHGaQPdr_nGmWQjqLSzHNY_zhYMbE_1WdRuZQkLyAwKIA3ETHQE7b9TyQecFrcUTG1lfO6NvDsVWdQAZD258T7b5kPQbqKm7SJQJfXdDThgppyOCSsLQhS0MTORCRyDEk85Lcw0VlKLkXOb=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Best Wishes for 2022 </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif" style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: medium;">🌟</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">May Your Target be set High ... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">... & May You ... Beat It !!!</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: Book Antiqua, serif;"><span style="font-size: 15.3333px;"><b>Ric</b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b> </b></span><b style="background-color: transparent; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">#EveryStepCounts</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
PS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijUN9FXgU4zjQCyDC8jN-ML08Wj3BoF3b_AiROBre86Ejp0wBDaqXtcJWg324wKi0syvt8bbrVy-jrDOA3rCACr0WE8EjTEpNUYkmgoFamKbBBhclsvpADnSt0R2ibKYnFllq3lqJecg0EnjYvuKQssHyDDzGtJE-wV6-TglTFuh6T-ugfYu_0WU8e=s451" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="361" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijUN9FXgU4zjQCyDC8jN-ML08Wj3BoF3b_AiROBre86Ejp0wBDaqXtcJWg324wKi0syvt8bbrVy-jrDOA3rCACr0WE8EjTEpNUYkmgoFamKbBBhclsvpADnSt0R2ibKYnFllq3lqJecg0EnjYvuKQssHyDDzGtJE-wV6-TglTFuh6T-ugfYu_0WU8e=w400-h320" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">My 2021 Age Adjusted Steps Index was 306.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If yours exceeded that ...<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">… Exceptionally
Well Done !!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; margin-left: 36.0pt; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm; margin: 0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And if it wasn’t …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p>
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Come Out Rambling in 2022 with Mylo & me !!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYoVbomqW6ErNDcBfhM9aTbyeiL9bXdpZnitEUeK3EgMV5bHeK2n4wrNARSyAGslCPYw8VXgzhUDmeTQi8ArsnJeahYP9qDxYnxtgNJkfdatOxGweF4HceXQIU0pgj_lgD-b2JruqdMybtSAlEu-6-TaHovac5TXh_rBZlcP9AXKJYnmPDOWar75ts=s1440" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiYoVbomqW6ErNDcBfhM9aTbyeiL9bXdpZnitEUeK3EgMV5bHeK2n4wrNARSyAGslCPYw8VXgzhUDmeTQi8ArsnJeahYP9qDxYnxtgNJkfdatOxGweF4HceXQIU0pgj_lgD-b2JruqdMybtSAlEu-6-TaHovac5TXh_rBZlcP9AXKJYnmPDOWar75ts=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt;">Did I mention ... <i>the Beers at the End</i></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p>The Thames Path, near Richmond</o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0cm; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #050505; font-family: "Book Antiqua",serif; font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Historic"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-51828647633960084292021-09-13T14:02:00.003+01:002021-09-13T16:07:27.077+01:00 Life is not hurrying on …<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Life is not hurrying on</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">to a receding future, nor hankering after<br />
an imagined past</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">It is the turning<br />
aside like Moses to the miracle<br />
of the lit bush, to a brightness<br />
that seemed as transitory as your youth<br />
once, but is the eternity that awaits you</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">The Bright Field by RS Thomas</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">With thanks to Chris</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin-left: 36pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">---</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">St
Cuthbert’s Way is walked … </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZ5I_S7JTHtq2q6XoRxAzFgU4GV7gOC9nVIktkxpaa9-FY2wUIBjb6siG40N8S5SmHsTi-txhVPpXBFYhI9tgNo05z4_bYglr3sskpCg4TFVBsAP796O4dmBUvii4sY3TAxOHHR_qpts/s1246/Screenshot_20210911_070653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1246" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZ5I_S7JTHtq2q6XoRxAzFgU4GV7gOC9nVIktkxpaa9-FY2wUIBjb6siG40N8S5SmHsTi-txhVPpXBFYhI9tgNo05z4_bYglr3sskpCg4TFVBsAP796O4dmBUvii4sY3TAxOHHR_qpts/w400-h297/Screenshot_20210911_070653.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>#JobDone</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Way bridges the national border between Scotland and England, with a 62
miles </span><a href="https://www.stcuthbertsway.info/long-distance-route/"><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">cross-border route</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> linking:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Melrose</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> in the Scottish Borders, where St.
Cuthbert started his religious life in 650AD; with<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Lindisfarne</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> off the Northumberland Coast, his
eventual resting place and his original pilgrimage shrine.</span></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOKnXTcxpzrrd3MIBLPmLIhIQWo9-eu4FsGKCBccfs_Y9HQCLYwAde78wHT7FDw060JSMNe3FpzcwCCureezayHdgI5Lv-A6FNdLZL2XTB7w3T1Lw8G8zQxQFSQKEbJyWHYicIUZR-aw/s1738/St+C+way+-+route.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="478" data-original-width="1738" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsOKnXTcxpzrrd3MIBLPmLIhIQWo9-eu4FsGKCBccfs_Y9HQCLYwAde78wHT7FDw060JSMNe3FpzcwCCureezayHdgI5Lv-A6FNdLZL2XTB7w3T1Lw8G8zQxQFSQKEbJyWHYicIUZR-aw/w640-h176/St+C+way+-+route.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
Reverend Susan’s Statistics are in & verified:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 18pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">16 Pilgrims; thirteen with 2 legs and three
with 4</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">584 miles walked in total; like walking
from Brighton to the Way’s start at Melrose … and on to Inverness !</span></li><li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">61,000 feet climbed in total; the
equivalent of climbing Everest … twice !</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">St
Cuthbert’s Way had all the features that every Pilgrimage should have.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;">Challenge</span>: </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Those
who walked from Kale Water, near Morebattle up Wideopen Hill – the highest
point of the Way – will long remember that challenge; and the ‘yomp’ on to the
Border Hotel in Kirk Yetholm for dinner at 6.30 !!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Life is not hurrying on<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">But it seemed like it that afternoon. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">A time to dig in and remember John Bunyan:</span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">Though the hill is high, I still desire to walk up it.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">I don't care how difficult it is, because I understand that it leads to the Way of life.</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Pilgrim's Progress</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDn23RdKko-zIPvSyOKLNYu3WwEEjAf3IoXhxTGGNbDCB73ZeKszTpR-HaqOGaAqYlNiN9clsPZmsTdv-ghl203_N2ySuA6LElQ3D2okcpCk9RqAsgdaJUlfG3ouTI57YW9uwPaG8riE8/s2027/Collage+2021-09-07+21_57_53_edit_22140863265371.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2027" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDn23RdKko-zIPvSyOKLNYu3WwEEjAf3IoXhxTGGNbDCB73ZeKszTpR-HaqOGaAqYlNiN9clsPZmsTdv-ghl203_N2ySuA6LElQ3D2okcpCk9RqAsgdaJUlfG3ouTI57YW9uwPaG8riE8/w228-h400/Collage+2021-09-07+21_57_53_edit_22140863265371.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Lads taking a well-deserved drinks break</i></div></span><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">And
then there were the intrepid Pilgrims who walked over the sands to reach
Lindisfarne.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIwkTO7tq6XeIk1bvxRQYb3MiOBePv3iMCto1XaseusMovhzoJQoittayK7G6nQ-mDnJM-H-iOJOqI47AHIHnzG-Egf7xdAAdXRIPjhAfxWXdz5KOc2eUPogwZOZkf309PmoqZDCjiiQ/s3648/IMG_20210910_125511.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIIwkTO7tq6XeIk1bvxRQYb3MiOBePv3iMCto1XaseusMovhzoJQoittayK7G6nQ-mDnJM-H-iOJOqI47AHIHnzG-Egf7xdAAdXRIPjhAfxWXdz5KOc2eUPogwZOZkf309PmoqZDCjiiQ/w400-h300/IMG_20210910_125511.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Congratulations
to Chris, David & Roger who joined me in walking every step of the Way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">It
is always a real privilege be outdoors for days at a time.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
was concerned about what the <i><span style="color: red;">Weather</span></i> might be like in the Scottish
Borders …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">But
in the event we were blessed with beautifully sunny days throughout the walk.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Anoraks were only really needed on one afternoon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Day 4 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- over the hills from Kirk Yetholm to Hethpool
and on to Wooler <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- was said to be the
hottest day in the Borders since 1906.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Naturally,
there was stunning <i><span style="color: red;">Scenery</span></i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">From
the Start; <i>walking up from Melrose up to the Eildon Hills</i>:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5oGNOmZehZoi94Z0q60xSUqCWfgSDC57CuecqHsvbP7tGdAzswtnYT981YBY75dP1DiwdX3xnt3NuLnBCoeYArUVMzQa-BRnNKZ_yp0UpEto3h1pdy5U0gtg7TMw-ehkEpxi03F4KI8/s5120/IMG_20210905_115728.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="5120" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC5oGNOmZehZoi94Z0q60xSUqCWfgSDC57CuecqHsvbP7tGdAzswtnYT981YBY75dP1DiwdX3xnt3NuLnBCoeYArUVMzQa-BRnNKZ_yp0UpEto3h1pdy5U0gtg7TMw-ehkEpxi03F4KI8/s320/IMG_20210905_115728.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Through
the walk; <i>on the Scotland - England border</i>:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV44ZbnkOoRR4lwlnbOp9xEdFOCIBddlqvcL7r6l1FF9WRJtRzChT9OcC-Y6-CHuLaORN-TYo8ahP6Y9bvjI7BE1niytPXYqWHuL8qc8Fcp1gRPEUtxijoQM_wmH4qGJDiD0kAFnZ0oTs/s3648/IMG_20210908_112215.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV44ZbnkOoRR4lwlnbOp9xEdFOCIBddlqvcL7r6l1FF9WRJtRzChT9OcC-Y6-CHuLaORN-TYo8ahP6Y9bvjI7BE1niytPXYqWHuL8qc8Fcp1gRPEUtxijoQM_wmH4qGJDiD0kAFnZ0oTs/s320/IMG_20210908_112215.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">To
the End; <i>looking out from Holy Island</i>:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0azilDLY-_RO52VXBIauGuz-_8-jFoJGT6omBpEObqG43sFtGdO9MgfZ8fYYAx4cjOYigj08k5hMpyRvMklbP_J8QsNAOcuaTjULDD7sQxURNTa1xbGfYWJQEooYMPnrpJq-05hgYN4/s3648/IMG_20210910_133041.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk0azilDLY-_RO52VXBIauGuz-_8-jFoJGT6omBpEObqG43sFtGdO9MgfZ8fYYAx4cjOYigj08k5hMpyRvMklbP_J8QsNAOcuaTjULDD7sQxURNTa1xbGfYWJQEooYMPnrpJq-05hgYN4/s320/IMG_20210910_133041.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Plenty
of <i><span style="color: red;">Rivers</span></i>:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>River Tweed</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">And
where there are Rivers, there will be <i><span style="color: red;">Bridges</span></i>:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Old</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4E8W14ylRITdwN96kLAhIxUTnxLdODAsVehwPEO7si28ygrGyfojNUVh-WOPeVwnRYKKFGL-1wpD461ZqzguVnF3Q_A4XnT2Sp1KsXKU8khbteY9d0FryXyoPsVXFU3MItuuiq5CGHDY/s3648/IMG_20210906_115615.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4E8W14ylRITdwN96kLAhIxUTnxLdODAsVehwPEO7si28ygrGyfojNUVh-WOPeVwnRYKKFGL-1wpD461ZqzguVnF3Q_A4XnT2Sp1KsXKU8khbteY9d0FryXyoPsVXFU3MItuuiq5CGHDY/s320/IMG_20210906_115615.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Mertoun Bridge</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">And
New</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tgNNObAYerX041Vlj_UhzzslCWG56dJuVO2Hx_uRiX_wl-iFcqagbH_8ulCY4c8P7h_abrBhFQg_eFp6T4DpcU2KP0tWVIgLm_BauDi5fobWUhOsPwQJzJK__A33zEe53P_Ly9xwXe0/s3648/IMG_20210907_111401_edit_21933863988319.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6tgNNObAYerX041Vlj_UhzzslCWG56dJuVO2Hx_uRiX_wl-iFcqagbH_8ulCY4c8P7h_abrBhFQg_eFp6T4DpcU2KP0tWVIgLm_BauDi5fobWUhOsPwQJzJK__A33zEe53P_Ly9xwXe0/s320/IMG_20210907_111401_edit_21933863988319.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Crossing the River Teviot</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: red;">Castles</span></span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"> too :</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiYD5QTJ0GvbIK6JIekawWtYbUQD-GLsg_ub26nHxq8AEuSKdfRY86u7mFT83qZMF2IM_TOU8T2mH2Dd6GqRJ7eRBZWUnixQQDCxJXryTdQqY7qJ50fMWZtM08QE143xVbXkIAhldMeg/s3648/IMG_20210907_150757_edit_21868183925829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpiYD5QTJ0GvbIK6JIekawWtYbUQD-GLsg_ub26nHxq8AEuSKdfRY86u7mFT83qZMF2IM_TOU8T2mH2Dd6GqRJ7eRBZWUnixQQDCxJXryTdQqY7qJ50fMWZtM08QE143xVbXkIAhldMeg/s320/IMG_20210907_150757_edit_21868183925829.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Cessford Castle</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">As
for <i><span style="color: red;">Accommodation</span></i>, this time we were based in and around Wooler.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Walking
linearly for 62 miles, we were very reliant on our Director of Logistics for
dropping off & picking up. Huge thanks to Dianne !</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Homildon
Cottage at High Humbleton was an excellent place to stay.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_dnDvGhjqKCWZMQCvepPFRo5kqL407uTYrjE6GO320nQnV5-e3zPQFvHRJzsxoAOV58dy667jSRs4mwXMPEnlUB-2q7YNWG4ecj35waAjUJmIMjfUBSWMLok7ViQFAQaG1EaK7LbHmc/s512/homildon+cottage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="342" data-original-width="512" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK_dnDvGhjqKCWZMQCvepPFRo5kqL407uTYrjE6GO320nQnV5-e3zPQFvHRJzsxoAOV58dy667jSRs4mwXMPEnlUB-2q7YNWG4ecj35waAjUJmIMjfUBSWMLok7ViQFAQaG1EaK7LbHmc/s320/homildon+cottage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
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had all the Essentials …</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv_IxEZK9Nnf0IXAPLmR9xuArB2JOkLxFFwoPzmsk7VTiSMOyZsPQz29so_HwvHK3ZEm09u2QTF964fkOzQkTw3Bo_PRv3MJg-LGElPO_gIVmED3tVHIQKKK7rOBhMRivHDjWXo30Meg/s3648/IMG_20210910_165657_edit_3183193136492.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfv_IxEZK9Nnf0IXAPLmR9xuArB2JOkLxFFwoPzmsk7VTiSMOyZsPQz29so_HwvHK3ZEm09u2QTF964fkOzQkTw3Bo_PRv3MJg-LGElPO_gIVmED3tVHIQKKK7rOBhMRivHDjWXo30Meg/s320/IMG_20210910_165657_edit_3183193136492.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>The Wash Room</i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">My
<i>Progressing to Domesticity</i> online course paid dividends – I didn’t need
any help switching On the washing machine.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">(OK;
I did need my Director of Lavanderia Kate to show me how to turn it Off !!)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Elsewhere
on the domestic duties – and much to my disappointment – the Homildon Team steadfastly
refused to try out <i>Division of Labour</i>, Adam Smith’s theory from <i>An
Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations:.<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Dividing the production process into
different stages enables workers to focus on specific tasks. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">If workers can concentrate on one small
aspect of production, this increases overall efficiency.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Everyone
stuck to each making their own sandwiches !!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYZWVYxSA-NtSykZJXx7txS4D_xSTiqBo8kiPJODgcRi0E11wGAtra0XlwG7C161xtVbQpek4Sq9RtxkRcPWN5A-UJL0Bw19HO48Aw6QeTXV7kFYcjuNwVSs58ycfXyQLtqu581IEyyU/s584/division+of+labour.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="584" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidYZWVYxSA-NtSykZJXx7txS4D_xSTiqBo8kiPJODgcRi0E11wGAtra0XlwG7C161xtVbQpek4Sq9RtxkRcPWN5A-UJL0Bw19HO48Aw6QeTXV7kFYcjuNwVSs58ycfXyQLtqu581IEyyU/s320/division+of+labour.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">This
Pilgrimage we didn’t have a <i><span style="color: red;">Rest Day</span></i> … <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">But we did have a Rest Evening.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Nigel
organised a guided tour of Berwick on Tweed, a must-visit town.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">On
the one hand little has changed in centuries in this left-behind part of
England.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">As we looked down the main street from the city walls built over 4 centuries ago during Elizabeth I's reign, the
view painted by LS Lowry in 1935 was instantly recognisable:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8YlbP5Inr2prSlD2_0jQwWPCWdph5W5c5GcUUqRz5oOY3G4Am86MNfZoql4-MfjquTtroJLsG5vONQUrU48_XuSApPf4mXRIjbwqDHAv-Cq-cIjrZYLsAVEDLMreLmM7Z_Mtt5cxGuw/s460/lowry-original-berwick.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="338" data-original-width="460" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8YlbP5Inr2prSlD2_0jQwWPCWdph5W5c5GcUUqRz5oOY3G4Am86MNfZoql4-MfjquTtroJLsG5vONQUrU48_XuSApPf4mXRIjbwqDHAv-Cq-cIjrZYLsAVEDLMreLmM7Z_Mtt5cxGuw/s320/lowry-original-berwick.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">On
the other hand, our guide told of sweeping changes to the local economy over
the centuries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Who
knew that in its Golden Age in the 12<sup>th</sup> Century, Berwick was one of
only two royal burghs in Scotland, with one of the biggest ports in Britain. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">For
almost 200 years, merchants took wool and yarn to Flanders, France and beyond,
with history claiming that the port generated a quarter of the equivalent tax
revenue for all of England.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">But - far and away - the most important feature of Pilgrimage is the <i><span style="color: red;">Pilgrims</span></i>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Part
of this year’s Pilgrimage was to celebrate 50 years of the Fitz Economists;
Class of ’71.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Though
the Economics has long been forgotten, we all knew that Aristotle was
absolutely right:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Without Friends:
no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods.<br />
</span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nicomachean Ethics</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">We
were delighted to be joined for dinner at Homildon Cottage by Harry:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cYq8b0cmryyhtYeWP35nQfdUAQdo1B2lxQ7MNXBxbd2T822fGd0NlOpB7WqvgrVK6SaYXe3JBiocQw9PKakoO1zJD1luhGp0XbUcbVjzadlvp0z0Aa6031Ced0gJ92YCE4yGSl1EhPw/s2048/IMG-20210906-WA0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0cYq8b0cmryyhtYeWP35nQfdUAQdo1B2lxQ7MNXBxbd2T822fGd0NlOpB7WqvgrVK6SaYXe3JBiocQw9PKakoO1zJD1luhGp0XbUcbVjzadlvp0z0Aa6031Ced0gJ92YCE4yGSl1EhPw/s320/IMG-20210906-WA0005.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">As transitory as
your youth once, but is the eternity that awaits you</span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">And
throughout the week by our Wives !! <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDS-F4c2BwJ2ZGfLaA8G5VqQveM6j7Sy1E0ILd7FqG07UxkvdFaKPjhxBVFyfgBYDKfkJajr1y7fMCq_AyXLaulGJAP5Rn6j34o2cxZWBOWYTwPvGChtcJbfg-uwiXNrr6uW28Dwpdsxs/s3648/IMG_20210910_140337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDS-F4c2BwJ2ZGfLaA8G5VqQveM6j7Sy1E0ILd7FqG07UxkvdFaKPjhxBVFyfgBYDKfkJajr1y7fMCq_AyXLaulGJAP5Rn6j34o2cxZWBOWYTwPvGChtcJbfg-uwiXNrr6uW28Dwpdsxs/s320/IMG_20210910_140337.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">This
walk’s Pilgrims included plenty of those familiar faces from Spain and Italy.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRzvI3gw3w-9dQQDC5845nXujfNzwr_d1bAyvhuNmTqGheHKxjhcqBU5f9zAiXHSZVxMqOYnFV3ddW_0w5EvYrRM80fuTTotdq-zIOzMbutq0XBCKoswZLmqSZWkz-FtKSfb6lG69Z-E/s3648/IMG_20210906_125033.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiRzvI3gw3w-9dQQDC5845nXujfNzwr_d1bAyvhuNmTqGheHKxjhcqBU5f9zAiXHSZVxMqOYnFV3ddW_0w5EvYrRM80fuTTotdq-zIOzMbutq0XBCKoswZLmqSZWkz-FtKSfb6lG69Z-E/s320/IMG_20210906_125033.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Max's Grandma & Grandad Wells</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">And we
welcomed those on their first Pilgrimage, including David, our first Actuary, and
Richard, our first Architect.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhW61SWik3l1tWhQfslH3vImisFru8TYROOf_gVI8tx8ZA-0htcFTKbx95CACS1Nu-pPFBaeKjGKJYqYe6Ayjsgj_lUtsBFQNaEwU0RiWzTLQttfgrXzUiMqaRP9zDAbIclmLdGBAWk0/s1024/IMG-20210910-WA0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhW61SWik3l1tWhQfslH3vImisFru8TYROOf_gVI8tx8ZA-0htcFTKbx95CACS1Nu-pPFBaeKjGKJYqYe6Ayjsgj_lUtsBFQNaEwU0RiWzTLQttfgrXzUiMqaRP9zDAbIclmLdGBAWk0/s320/IMG-20210910-WA0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>The Yates Smiths</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">And
our first Pilgrims with 4 legs:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aYVlyIwqD_6Q7Quqw9DNUvSsfMz1RhuLXiGbkk59E5KX7L-sgqbOFcQZaeKHn-5TJfq7ybVI7Qh73v6LmZiYyPzqhh-8jA4v_Xsxjj7uCW49qFl8ea0EEMkWR1BtvXf1SCa-g5Q2F3w/s1600/IMG-20210910-WA0005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9aYVlyIwqD_6Q7Quqw9DNUvSsfMz1RhuLXiGbkk59E5KX7L-sgqbOFcQZaeKHn-5TJfq7ybVI7Qh73v6LmZiYyPzqhh-8jA4v_Xsxjj7uCW49qFl8ea0EEMkWR1BtvXf1SCa-g5Q2F3w/s320/IMG-20210910-WA0005.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Enzo, Henri &
Mylo<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">The Black Labs Mafia
<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> Did I mention the communal dinners ...</o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oiUnDXQCHdTgkqlWtKuraSuAGPVI9r4HTDjEp6-vObVLJpzRTPsAX9Uh80M8XAC9IE9fS2p7eggERrIEte6A-FjDr2RJATouwb0522FdgoYY_VuaNT7rg1nA-EL93pHZG-x_TlqWu74/s3648/IMG_20210909_203436.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2oiUnDXQCHdTgkqlWtKuraSuAGPVI9r4HTDjEp6-vObVLJpzRTPsAX9Uh80M8XAC9IE9fS2p7eggERrIEte6A-FjDr2RJATouwb0522FdgoYY_VuaNT7rg1nA-EL93pHZG-x_TlqWu74/s320/IMG_20210909_203436.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">... and the Pints at the End.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKPvd9jPqATPiW666XC-KrMfW_j_r9Xx1DMM0KoZ8WGheM9YHvVdHD68yLJOV-DxKYID0FeiKfmE_PofcfzCuAhgvcBEp_vHdA-uM9wUMwMY3qZk56MO-DheohHtSDqjNtwemJSDFJVQ/s3648/IMG_20210910_155925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvKPvd9jPqATPiW666XC-KrMfW_j_r9Xx1DMM0KoZ8WGheM9YHvVdHD68yLJOV-DxKYID0FeiKfmE_PofcfzCuAhgvcBEp_vHdA-uM9wUMwMY3qZk56MO-DheohHtSDqjNtwemJSDFJVQ/s320/IMG_20210910_155925.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i>Black Bull Inn, Lowick</i></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">By
journey’s end, all of us knew well that:</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pilgrimage isn't a
speed competition or a race.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rather it's a
pathway of brotherhood and universality.</span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Pilgrim
Inscription on Triacastela church on the Camino</span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">---</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">As
one Pilgrimage ends, thoughts always turn to the next ones …</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">In
2022, there are plans to celebrate three score years and ten with a <i>Pilgrimage
in a Day</i> in Sussex in June and then the <i>Camino dos Faros</i> in late September
/ early October.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4vsfJzD0NXBfUhAFunQpYO9tY1NHmcb6Si93CPSrVKqQo6TEthMIn6co6-0pggMt7I1n7jHcPHuHaFg274uT_Jri6OOYJG8Zw6wZ3Sn7MCH3NQRnRB2vu0JNjYkYKTegmp6d8ugwkPw/s800/Faros.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4vsfJzD0NXBfUhAFunQpYO9tY1NHmcb6Si93CPSrVKqQo6TEthMIn6co6-0pggMt7I1n7jHcPHuHaFg274uT_Jri6OOYJG8Zw6wZ3Sn7MCH3NQRnRB2vu0JNjYkYKTegmp6d8ugwkPw/s320/Faros.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
hope that you will be able to come along … …<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">Until
then,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">May the road rise up to meet you</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #424242; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">May the wind be always at your back</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #424242; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">May the sun shine warm upon your face</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #424242; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The rains fall soft upon your fields</span></i><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzjAiWOzSDMHJoZ5Qg8O4snGwl2uUG2ZoYD4ft3cc5Q-YPS3c7KIyUil72SS6cs4yCJab3Z-HP1gWvblzTbtsJoPu1p77xV6ZVs3_PlOWmNcQggbd7BPPTQLCG0vtD2JFJNonnB-ZNJc/s1133/IMG-20210910-WA0003_edit_13481020370337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1133" data-original-width="867" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLzjAiWOzSDMHJoZ5Qg8O4snGwl2uUG2ZoYD4ft3cc5Q-YPS3c7KIyUil72SS6cs4yCJab3Z-HP1gWvblzTbtsJoPu1p77xV6ZVs3_PlOWmNcQggbd7BPPTQLCG0vtD2JFJNonnB-ZNJc/s320/IMG-20210910-WA0003_edit_13481020370337.jpg" width="245" /></a></i></div><i> </i><p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt;">One stone from Rottingdean
beach is now in the sea off Holy Island</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #424242;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">And until we meet again,</span></i><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #424242; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 15.75pt; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">May God hold you safe in the palm of His hand.</span></i><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #424242;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">The Pilgrim’s Prayer</span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif" style="color: #424242; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pilgrim Ric<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">PS </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;">Final Thought</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4O-b3J0ut33x8fHpKk4MM5w8K1RPUks2iIKKH8T2KvWq1w1yw8G7kFkF_diUZoT0QFvbsR6iXLLS6lgnhbJ4h4sm2KrIoJ9tI8kMFyDZPW2VX1MR26-TZmaOsKrr4VPe5cVfiTs11csk/s3648/IMG_20210909_165331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4O-b3J0ut33x8fHpKk4MM5w8K1RPUks2iIKKH8T2KvWq1w1yw8G7kFkF_diUZoT0QFvbsR6iXLLS6lgnhbJ4h4sm2KrIoJ9tI8kMFyDZPW2VX1MR26-TZmaOsKrr4VPe5cVfiTs11csk/w400-h300/IMG_20210909_165331.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><i>High Street, Wooler </i></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpIxzVTSxtFgPN5fc0d8uchVPSM3KUe5URbawPuu_3xUyR1_4yc0kHHu34t4ekoF7PC8ivF1we37ePm70Ugp0BbLtOxjmZtGA2ooeBDh-k9vO04nfwCZs2y9ffTBpbJKW38gnfTuuh8k/s205/3_af552e02de35d83893d986e4bf2e4b72.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="200" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifpIxzVTSxtFgPN5fc0d8uchVPSM3KUe5URbawPuu_3xUyR1_4yc0kHHu34t4ekoF7PC8ivF1we37ePm70Ugp0BbLtOxjmZtGA2ooeBDh-k9vO04nfwCZs2y9ffTBpbJKW38gnfTuuh8k/s0/3_af552e02de35d83893d986e4bf2e4b72.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Bradley Hand ITC"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-11993686155323521222021-09-11T07:12:00.003+01:002021-09-11T16:07:55.545+01:00Final - Day 6: Fenwick to Holy Island <p> Day 6: Fenwick to Holy Island </p><p>Miles: 6</p><p>Cum Miles: 62</p><p>Miles To Go: NA</p><p>% Complete: #JobDone</p><p>Pilgrims</p><p>Jan, Mark +Enzo, Karen, Richard + Henri</p><p>Chris W, Sarah, David, Chris G, Roger, Nigel, Kate, Dianne, Mylo & me</p><p>A 100% turnout for the final day out on St Cuthbert's Way. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAb72M_rIhrccFueNHg9Rxm5eZUP6Kf4TepdnT-_QNd28GIpCY5znjv0EaMozDPIw11KFlRsl05GTt8vyD1N0BHkXRJ0TPIyt_jxVR-GYB_JHbP23yvJRiVmML5fqBliDMBxJL4ZMALAE/s1246/Screenshot_20210911_070653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1246" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAb72M_rIhrccFueNHg9Rxm5eZUP6Kf4TepdnT-_QNd28GIpCY5znjv0EaMozDPIw11KFlRsl05GTt8vyD1N0BHkXRJ0TPIyt_jxVR-GYB_JHbP23yvJRiVmML5fqBliDMBxJL4ZMALAE/s320/Screenshot_20210911_070653.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>We soon got glimpses of Holy Island. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCgtqwURr9UV4yKenjrfntWb0Ea5G53f5m5uXL81A0Y7XgjgghOMeuNxOGHDeY6vduQ3W1hCRZUm2DdQ5ul1081oPO9dYeuEt2SpCbH89T831TKpGVD-xCPpxUH-zby3Dvk6FL5E85oQ/s2048/IMG_20210910_135146.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioCgtqwURr9UV4yKenjrfntWb0Ea5G53f5m5uXL81A0Y7XgjgghOMeuNxOGHDeY6vduQ3W1hCRZUm2DdQ5ul1081oPO9dYeuEt2SpCbH89T831TKpGVD-xCPpxUH-zby3Dvk6FL5E85oQ/s320/IMG_20210910_135146.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>And crossed the causeway; 8 (including Enzo & Henry) across the Sands. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gEuAWVFqVwKgvikl2AMQibZ3TMo5kq0AKDHw8tFJH_D0maBhyphenhyphennJh8kZrchVwczwt6afeWKIF90kAyp6QMQyN3FRRaFaELj_8sON2PYQPHeTJf1USaOO4FoMkzS8plZoguMFSEk4WHQo/s2048/IMG_20210910_125459.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6gEuAWVFqVwKgvikl2AMQibZ3TMo5kq0AKDHw8tFJH_D0maBhyphenhyphennJh8kZrchVwczwt6afeWKIF90kAyp6QMQyN3FRRaFaELj_8sON2PYQPHeTJf1USaOO4FoMkzS8plZoguMFSEk4WHQo/s320/IMG_20210910_125459.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Time for a walk around the town, with End of Pilgrimage photos:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_z4G1b3JKvmBm59uLMxhyphenhyphenW2PQPKVTtILTG0Y0OaJF9c9piaPzYw06EZzSHc5Ur_7e_AptDcGtqtR8Fgc7pN_6Q0d4vd9gyLDncbbLClOY1bGPQ-aq2jCJQEzjyWxuzN3Dq4cySuMhtU/s2048/IMG_20210910_140422.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx_z4G1b3JKvmBm59uLMxhyphenhyphenW2PQPKVTtILTG0Y0OaJF9c9piaPzYw06EZzSHc5Ur_7e_AptDcGtqtR8Fgc7pN_6Q0d4vd9gyLDncbbLClOY1bGPQ-aq2jCJQEzjyWxuzN3Dq4cySuMhtU/s320/IMG_20210910_140422.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">Black Lab Mafia 🐾🐾</p><p>Pint at the End: Black Bull Inn, Lowick</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKF5LoZbycCputDsGzyx5ICM2SuSmlBLRUPd8jKqwihqn_Jh7Kgigq3uGGSnyraZW4dgGB1-hqqC7L2ykoTIhbnf0gAx7JcpkrJRoB03MDVvIp2S32G9Dqj28Tp-ILuyY7PzfB1Tr3idI/s2048/IMG_20210910_155925.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKF5LoZbycCputDsGzyx5ICM2SuSmlBLRUPd8jKqwihqn_Jh7Kgigq3uGGSnyraZW4dgGB1-hqqC7L2ykoTIhbnf0gAx7JcpkrJRoB03MDVvIp2S32G9Dqj28Tp-ILuyY7PzfB1Tr3idI/s320/IMG_20210910_155925.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">---</p><p>My thanks to all the Pilgrims, especially to Dianne who now has encyclopedic knowledge of the highways & byways of the Borders !! </p><p>So another Pilgrimage ends ... </p><p>Whether you walked every step... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsccxzMuNoreQhksLlce7X5Iuuhivx3Tti4fFwwKOa5oyN_aDKbdVQMNkTLWBJTrwzRjVJmKHzDPzGdtxA3edhj5fObsTSbFkPfZjjjb4cNKvvzZVbGKNTlLSSMnuRzNKnwKOAnV9rl1c/s2048/IMG_20210909_130345_edit_13372835122958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1904" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsccxzMuNoreQhksLlce7X5Iuuhivx3Tti4fFwwKOa5oyN_aDKbdVQMNkTLWBJTrwzRjVJmKHzDPzGdtxA3edhj5fObsTSbFkPfZjjjb4cNKvvzZVbGKNTlLSSMnuRzNKnwKOAnV9rl1c/s320/IMG_20210909_130345_edit_13372835122958.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><p>... or read the blog from far away, I hope that you'll agree with Dylan:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyI6gtijvvPVLUHNul9TN_qp2i2YynyaScPOEdq0G_ymFeI0GV6yeLSjW_VnTpjGpXHQMYLHv87if9kGxEOWB_qvEgamJyNHCsC0rA1Rk72ROn5b_8ltJ3Yo4V_z2ejJpE7Fysf8YCiLM/s1229/Screenshot_20210910_071044.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="1229" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyI6gtijvvPVLUHNul9TN_qp2i2YynyaScPOEdq0G_ymFeI0GV6yeLSjW_VnTpjGpXHQMYLHv87if9kGxEOWB_qvEgamJyNHCsC0rA1Rk72ROn5b_8ltJ3Yo4V_z2ejJpE7Fysf8YCiLM/s320/Screenshot_20210910_071044.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>So ... </p><p>Until we meet again</p><p>May God hold you </p><p>Safe in the palm of his hand</p><p>Pilgrim Piper</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>PS</p><p>Look out for the End of Pilgrimage blog in a few days time. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-16025703016028950652021-09-09T19:03:00.002+01:002021-09-12T06:57:56.652+01:00 Day 5: Wooler to Fenwick<p> Day 5: Wooler to Fenwick</p><p><br /></p><p>Miles: 13</p><p>Cum Miles: 56</p><p>Miles To Go: 6</p><p>% Complete: 90%</p><p><br /></p><p>Pilgrims</p><p>Jan, Mark +Enzo, Karen, Richard + Henri</p><p>Chris, Sarah, David, Roger, Mylo & me</p><p>From St Cuthbert's Cave - 4 miles: Dianne</p><p><br /></p><p>The penultimate day out on The Way; and the Pilgrims are in good heart !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqb2pTKk3pP1KydSm0XHawO3pBNrDbVEt9sFMffAe3lv9HXu3KUDVshJT8hcciDR-TEHVNTy9GN7BhNGjFd05Z6kcqfisIRgBfvuzixtGLRCF0Hr6scPYQo3umh5_Lt3uvNPBc8kFE_t0/s2048/IMG-20210909-WA0001_edit_3683360069749.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="2048" height="119" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqb2pTKk3pP1KydSm0XHawO3pBNrDbVEt9sFMffAe3lv9HXu3KUDVshJT8hcciDR-TEHVNTy9GN7BhNGjFd05Z6kcqfisIRgBfvuzixtGLRCF0Hr6scPYQo3umh5_Lt3uvNPBc8kFE_t0/w200-h119/IMG-20210909-WA0001_edit_3683360069749.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>A dampish day today; anoraks on for much of the afternoon. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD22eAmFm5cCUNGRyzNdXzrU31hCX6rDN3eMn0zPmVRx5IV7Zv0Y0kdW-wlqLsFJss8EUMxVoKnshmj90sZIsnUpaHkK3ahcKEY6oOcCk57lFdmEv3rqa61rnW2xbb0GELgSeK5Mz_hAU/s3648/IMG_20210909_144401.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3648" data-original-width="2736" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD22eAmFm5cCUNGRyzNdXzrU31hCX6rDN3eMn0zPmVRx5IV7Zv0Y0kdW-wlqLsFJss8EUMxVoKnshmj90sZIsnUpaHkK3ahcKEY6oOcCk57lFdmEv3rqa61rnW2xbb0GELgSeK5Mz_hAU/w150-h200/IMG_20210909_144401.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><p>We soon crossed our first river; the Wooler Water:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7U2YDYhhXJnurTjaeSDp8hYX7WUH0aom7IU6Pp5GVU3FWWdSH3qLCMkke0Mwi8yuF4ckI4Hzah4E1OTh8_CUzoE9a1vdt50Eq2Y3nAX6t4jX7v-02Hr2MuQT_R-DIk3oKXbXJm-nukg/s2048/IMG_20210909_102746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7U2YDYhhXJnurTjaeSDp8hYX7WUH0aom7IU6Pp5GVU3FWWdSH3qLCMkke0Mwi8yuF4ckI4Hzah4E1OTh8_CUzoE9a1vdt50Eq2Y3nAX6t4jX7v-02Hr2MuQT_R-DIk3oKXbXJm-nukg/s320/IMG_20210909_102746.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>We had Elevenses by the Weetwood Bridge, which crosses the River Till, the only English tributary of the Tweed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhik6lQy9CbeXaUPUxrBzT9Se4avLl4OscQnYc5_CnNJNF3jWdpf9D7oWqrhM3azIjo-Ubeh2Yg4zjJqV_IFU6lv2dU1eR9MXxGwdBwTwzNcktE4aC6k_e1BfaKLVL8sZGaveu81RnCJOQ/s2048/IMG_20210909_112654.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhik6lQy9CbeXaUPUxrBzT9Se4avLl4OscQnYc5_CnNJNF3jWdpf9D7oWqrhM3azIjo-Ubeh2Yg4zjJqV_IFU6lv2dU1eR9MXxGwdBwTwzNcktE4aC6k_e1BfaKLVL8sZGaveu81RnCJOQ/w200-h150/IMG_20210909_112654.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>A very familiar figure along the Way ... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYpmUiV-suSSErO1Ott2rC0DcRlpHpdPOZcXPhcYC8__f-o6v3_Wxg44YzfQ9Ee4nvQmika2tXdaB6x2ugeeQ4186wm-CnBJsrMZG6nShTcie0mAdlCYlhLhQmd6YI6S7G4EpAj2naU8/s2048/IMG_20210909_130252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYpmUiV-suSSErO1Ott2rC0DcRlpHpdPOZcXPhcYC8__f-o6v3_Wxg44YzfQ9Ee4nvQmika2tXdaB6x2ugeeQ4186wm-CnBJsrMZG6nShTcie0mAdlCYlhLhQmd6YI6S7G4EpAj2naU8/s320/IMG_20210909_130252.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p>On across moorland and fields, we had our picnic lunch at St Cuthbert's Cave, where we were joined by our Logistics Director for the remaining 4 miles to Fenwick.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ66iavyJu2duaLMjFoSjjB7CxWMjDyRjJPpdZn31L1SeFtEIBFERtaqeR044BPxbAws8yXiolUT8mc9KbGYdPgibDjje2LfKL2f3VT_OZ4gFXLWtYKF7GErM3klxPuy8B-HxFtNHQpCI/s2048/IMG_20210909_141919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ66iavyJu2duaLMjFoSjjB7CxWMjDyRjJPpdZn31L1SeFtEIBFERtaqeR044BPxbAws8yXiolUT8mc9KbGYdPgibDjje2LfKL2f3VT_OZ4gFXLWtYKF7GErM3klxPuy8B-HxFtNHQpCI/s320/IMG_20210909_141919.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Dinner: Chinese takeaway for 11 !!</p><p>Tomorrow is Journey's End ... </p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-4091065028825892392021-09-09T17:44:00.001+01:002021-09-12T06:57:35.364+01:00Day 4: Kirk Yetholm to Wooler<p> Day 4: Kirk Yetholm to Wooler</p><p>Miles: 13</p><p>Cum Miles: 44</p><p>Miles To Go: 18</p><p>% Complete: 72%</p><p><br /></p><p>Pilgrims</p><p>To Hethpool - 8 miles: Chris G, Jan, Mark +Enzo, Karen, Richard + Henri </p><p>To Wooler: Chris, Sarah, David, Roger & me</p><p><br /></p><p>We were joined by 7 new Pilgrims for the walk to Hethpool.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNH2Ybjk9tXNhDk4yr8z6Wci7uvlYkDamaEfbykOv1CVvhdc3gEpfzaVySSiPKy5yqBac5ZXcpoTUWfKDiTSM7Pj1YduPy-DUgoxkA43iVdJqYOKC0D1zIcnK1KZ4YJWQWqjsI8gczeoU/s1986/IMG_20210908_165248.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1398" data-original-width="1986" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNH2Ybjk9tXNhDk4yr8z6Wci7uvlYkDamaEfbykOv1CVvhdc3gEpfzaVySSiPKy5yqBac5ZXcpoTUWfKDiTSM7Pj1YduPy-DUgoxkA43iVdJqYOKC0D1zIcnK1KZ4YJWQWqjsI8gczeoU/s320/IMG_20210908_165248.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>On another wonderfully sunny day, the word was this was the hottest day in the Borders since 1906 ☀ </p><p>We soon reached the Scotland - England border.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJbn5p1NN8VGwNhWgN12ivJRsGU0xbkLla44LFIZ7xG6HAfXHZFNQOgmzIiN6o4EcfbAFUmKr4azxejCWa68spW_fDXNZiEPLA3dSDY9PFsafdrc2ha4mxuWtaFkvsrwQU4kPAVvmK58Y/s2048/IMG_20210908_111738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwRg45HQTxZZFXeLiHEfvoOe9Jkrme4FP-Fi0MIWoAdQuoT9zjNaqVpdd_Cm1hNwUwtIIfSbXhLresmurmCl-6UhNqFzDkOhAXHRgxi3ZSCLGumMKZ1eO-jVygTGZ7_JTATL58lvliJ0/s2048/IMG_20210908_192806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYwRg45HQTxZZFXeLiHEfvoOe9Jkrme4FP-Fi0MIWoAdQuoT9zjNaqVpdd_Cm1hNwUwtIIfSbXhLresmurmCl-6UhNqFzDkOhAXHRgxi3ZSCLGumMKZ1eO-jVygTGZ7_JTATL58lvliJ0/w200-h150/IMG_20210908_192806.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><p>Dinner: The Queen's Head, Berwick </p><p>A Top Day out !!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072550332339008733.post-39944846207688850792021-09-07T22:25:00.006+01:002021-09-09T22:42:12.372+01:00Day 3: Harestanes to Kirk Yetholm <p>Day 3: Harestanes to Kirk Yetholm </p><p>Miles: 16</p><p>Cum Miles: 31</p><p>Miles To Go: 31</p><p>% Complete: 50%</p><p><br /></p><p>Pilgrims</p><p>To Cessford - 8 miles: Kate, Nigel & Mylo</p><p>To Kirk Yetholm: Chris, David, Roger & me</p><p><br /></p><p>Wonderful weather for an "exhilarating" walk !</p><p>Where there are Rivers...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbd4zA9W-QzjpxXOOLNv4PL9j6A4wJsy_fqQ_PQDzFbvdPw4NOHf2iIOGpyd83Nphq1tFvkLJ3UmP4ANXOr_KPaD4M8IpiV4DBj9HmudiViiyiRjPrbyD_uqT6kkY4AfjZuvBjUBuVmk/s3648/IMG_20210904_130139.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVbd4zA9W-QzjpxXOOLNv4PL9j6A4wJsy_fqQ_PQDzFbvdPw4NOHf2iIOGpyd83Nphq1tFvkLJ3UmP4ANXOr_KPaD4M8IpiV4DBj9HmudiViiyiRjPrbyD_uqT6kkY4AfjZuvBjUBuVmk/s320/IMG_20210904_130139.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>When I'm a Duke & a Billionaire...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wpoZRZGTGh-hokfblsv-psdzLZukxwRVloZP7Dmiq0MEtGFomgRBsTezsNGaPm1N0VegcupkwXtPT28QKQusZMCUmKoJBqRnqLPhCHR__0ZljcnRk7pN8wrt3zJFfT-nMZWGw2y5ZWU/s1600/IMG-20210904-WA0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4wpoZRZGTGh-hokfblsv-psdzLZukxwRVloZP7Dmiq0MEtGFomgRBsTezsNGaPm1N0VegcupkwXtPT28QKQusZMCUmKoJBqRnqLPhCHR__0ZljcnRk7pN8wrt3zJFfT-nMZWGw2y5ZWU/s320/IMG-20210904-WA0006.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">North of Newcastle the countryside is stunning. A foretaste of what is in stall for us on the Way</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We were soon passing through Wooler & a mile further on to Homildon where we are based. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Good to meet up with the first of the Pilgrims. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIXH_FbCEP8Eu-Be81VN2UvXakzbDfqYlTh_A_msC9XqivQahZ6a-i4wIsVN3xF3I98zYsjtBi-v-L5fT6Ybtbo43KCg2BBMZEDpwOlBWkEpjaC7_oSUyF-1gbQdDUx3ZZDhnokhP7Q0/s3648/IMG_20210904_181914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2736" data-original-width="3648" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOIXH_FbCEP8Eu-Be81VN2UvXakzbDfqYlTh_A_msC9XqivQahZ6a-i4wIsVN3xF3I98zYsjtBi-v-L5fT6Ybtbo43KCg2BBMZEDpwOlBWkEpjaC7_oSUyF-1gbQdDUx3ZZDhnokhP7Q0/s320/IMG_20210904_181914.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Sunday: Boots on the Ground for 11.00, please !! </div>Rambling with Richttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02622539724673202561noreply@blogger.com1