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Friday. Another “hill” walk, yesterday Gaudi, today the area developed for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992. Similarities with Sydney abound. Just as Homebush Bay a waste dump ( radioactive?) was transformed into a “green” clean Olympic venue, for Sydney, so the same thing occurred in Barcelona. The whole area was on a hilltop 200 m
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Barcelona day 1 I had forgotten that overseas travel between destinations – as happened today flying from Santigo de Compostela to Barcelona – by definition involves the WHOLE day! One grins and bears it! Sometimes it seems that alighting from the plane, awaiting luggage and clearing the airport takes as long as the actual flight!
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BMX bikes, showers and Dickens It’s all about the bike…. I can summarize my dislike of mountain bikes in one word: “mountain”. Having completed the Camino on a BMX, the terms ‘Cycle-cross’ and ‘Trail Bike’, have totally new meanings. As some of you deduced, having unpacked the beast at Pamplona, the starting point, I managed
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Santiago de Compostela The cathedral is quite an edifice. Built in granite, therefore rather cold and “bleak” in atmosphere. Its’ architectural beauty and breath taking grandeur is not in the top 10. Not that in any way can I claim to pontificate! From what I can remember it is surpassed only by the Vatican in
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Hallelujah It is finished. Into thy arms I commend my bike. I am certified, it’s in Latin – incomprehensible – so much for my Latin classes at school. Sitting having vino blanco and tapas. I have another full day in Santiago before flying to Barcelona for a few days. Wish I could speak more Spanish
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There is no doubt in my mind that Australian men, in general, are misogynists. The simply can’t cope with a woman on top. Tony Abbott is no exception, in fact he is, along with our journalists, the archetypal misogynist. There are 3 obvious lies made by Tony Abbott: ” I will dismantle the NBN, I
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Penultimate Day A word about Sarria, my stop over last night – compared to all the other towns and villages – a disappointment and I could have easily pedaled a few kilometres further on the day with promise of a more transcendental village and hostel. A delightful morning ascending along country roads and tracks. Dairy
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Dirty washing My cup runneth over, washing sorted early. Thanks to Google translate. “… posible recoger la ropa por la noche? me voy en el Camino de la mañana. ¡gracias … ” Loosely means, ” could you finish my laundry by this evening ? I am a Pilgrim. Thank you . ” The friendly short
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According to Tony Windsor, during negotiations between major parties after the last election and an hung parliament, Tony Abbott implored rhe independents that he would do anything to achieve government, including agreeing to a price on carbon. He would not however sell his arse! Me thinks that if the polls suggested overwhelming support for gay
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Day one! The pic is my boxed BMX at Pamplona Well that was the WORST day cycling in my life! I feel like I have ridden and run an ironman and got a bad case of sunburn to boot. It can only get better surely. I may as well self flagellate !….. Hang on this
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