Follow My Journey
The Camino de Santiago is a 500-mile pilgrimage route across Spain. Follow along as I blog about my journey – both as I prepare (until April 2019) and walk (April – May, 2019)
Wait a minute! I thought this was supposed to be a downhill day…
Day 30, Wednesday, May 8: O Cebreiro to Triacastela (22.5 km, 14 miles) Things aren't always as they seem or as you are lead to believe. This town I have arrived at today, for example. Triacastela. Three castles. Only... there are no remnants of any of them! We must...
My stint as a mountain goat
Day 29, Tuesday, May 7: Trabadelo to O Cebreiro (20 km, 12.4 miles, [almost] all uphill) En brève Here's the quick and dirty. I made it to O Cebreiro today. While it's not the highest point on the Camino, the climb from 705 meters to 1310 (2313 feet to 4300) in about...
Special edition: headline news (May 8, mid-day)
MIA: two daily reports plus one on the stay at the monasteryThe breaking news is: I'm working on them, really I am. Hope to send one--maybe even two--before turning lights out tonight. And you know what they say about hope: it springs eternal! In the meantime, think:...
Paradoxes, anyone?
Day 28, Monday, May 6, Camponaraya to Trabadelo (25.3 km, 15.7miles) It is Tuesday, May 28, when I return to this post that was orphaned three weeks ago, left with just place names and distances recorded. I'm betting you hadn't noticed that it was missing from the...
Short & simple report on a long & challenging day
Day 27, Sunday, May 5: El Acebo to Camponaraya (28 km, 17.4 miles) Oh, are you ever in luck with this post! Count your blessings! Notes for Sunday? I took... absolutely none! Not a one other than to "open" a page in which to write them. Nada. Zilch. That tells you...
Katy Ratcliff
That’s me in the photo. (You probably guessed that.) Midwesterner through and through. I was born and raised in…. Well, if you care about all that, check out my (in)complete bio here. For now, know that I am spending many hours on wooded trails of several counties adjacent to my home in Bloomington, Indiana as I prepare to head off, on foot, on a 500-mile, centuries-old pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in NW Spain come spring of 2019. “Come with me” as I reflect on my training and then on my experiences as a peregrina (pilgrim).
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