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Memories of my time on Camino.
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12. Burgos

Somebody had dropped an airport onto the camino, complete with perimeter fences. The John presented us with an option; to the right we could take a main road straight to the heart of Burgos, or we could follow the main route left, following the fence line. We went left.
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11. Atapuerca

“Is it me, or can you hear banjos too?” I muttered. “Yup. This place is scary.”
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10. Belorado

As was our wont, we left the town before daybreak. It was cold. I know that, because Stu told me 138 times in the first fifteen minutes, (he was hungry too), and because even I was a mite chilly.
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9. Santo Domingo de la Calzada

“For future reference, at the end of a long day and a fine dinner, the answer to the question “shall we have something else?”, is never, ever, “a magnum of finca de la Imperatrice, my good man.”
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8. Nájera

Stu awaited us at the top. He stood, contemplating a hand-drawn sign. “There is no way to happiness - happiness IS the Way!” He arched an eyebrow and rolled his tongue behind his lower lip.
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7. Camino II: Los Arcos to Logroño

A palatable glass of wine to while away the hour or two before the flight. I had forgotten how badly a business class lounge regards a man in hiking gear and a baseball cap. I fear the monocle is not winning them over.”
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6. Los Arcos

Famed, because it’s a fountain of free wine. Seriously. It is. The theory is that the pilgrim fills their scallop shell, and sips appreciatively.
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On camino - 2016

20km into a day, hot, weary and thirsty, the sound of a bicycle bell behind can elicit violence from the most passive of pilgrims.
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