Tag Archives: Camino

Our Fantastic Camino Experience

It was with some trepidation that we accepted the kind offer of a lift to Sarria from our friends Danny and Carol. Not because the last time we’d been in Danny’s Transit we came within inches of a head on … Continue reading

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Bluff Called

Winter is coming and it’s time for a general update after a mostly uneventful summer. We’ve entered the season of cooler mornings and evenings rather than the wall to wall heat that we’ve experienced over the last four months. The … Continue reading

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‘The Way’ – A biased review

I’ve managed to get a sneak preview of the new Martin Sheen/Emilio Estevez film ‘The Way’ which opens across the United Kingdom this Friday night (the 13th May). I’ll try and review it here without spoilers, and giving away nothing more … Continue reading

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Camino popularity about to boom

As I wait patiently for the opening of the new, and much heralded (on this blog at least), UK release of the new Martin Sheen film ‘The Way’, and keep my fingers crossed that it is a general release and not confined … Continue reading

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An Asturian jewel

Oviedo is the capital city of Asturias, founded in the eighth century, and the birthplace of formula one racing driver Fernando Alonso and Carmen Polo, the wife of Spanish dictator General Franco. It is located some 50km south of the airport which … Continue reading

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