Frogs followed by mules, the great fun of toponomy!
A badly needed light walking day, actually the second in a row. The trek into Leon tomorrow is not a distance challenge either, though it is a challenge to deal with urban places after a week of hamlets, villages and small towns. I almost wish there were a way to avoid cities on the Camino, but each one of the big cities does have charm and importance to the route.
Great steps toward increasing the safety of peregrinos have certainly been made since 2001. While too many crossings of busy roads remain, the walker rarely has to contend with more than a few meters of roadside walking. On todays walk, an overpass brings the peregrino into Mansilla across the busy highway, and a it earlier in the day's walk it was no longer necessary to cross the busy RENFE line at grade. The danger to the pedestrian peregrino is now more from speed crazed bicyclists intent on reaching Santiago day after tomorrow but insisting on riding on the senda rather than the parallell road.
This began as a blog on the general topic of pilgrimage with postings including examples of pilgrimages, photos and musings on various matters related to that topic. It was abandoned in 2012. I am now Reviving it after abandoning tumblr. From January 2019 it will be more general with coverage of thoughts and travels, though pilgrimage will remain an important element.
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