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El Camino de Santiago ยท Part II ยท Day 20 ๐Ÿ“… October 21, 2013 ยท Dispatch 25 of 38

Rabanal to Molinaseca โ€“ 29.5 km/18.6 miles

Stage Route Rabanal โ†’ Cruz de Ferro โ†’ Molinaseca
Stage Distance 29.5 km (18.6 mi)
Cumulative Logged Walk 479.9 km (296.3 mi)
Region Cruz de Ferro (1,505m)
St-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Pyrenees) Camino Progress: 72% Santiago de Compostela & Finisterre

Hi you all! Very tired today so I keepย it short. We started in a mist up the mountain to Cruz de Ferro where I deposited my rock holding my burdens. I carried it from home and in my backpack all those miles and Charlie had one to. After the Cruz we climbed another peak and then a long and rocky downhill to Molinaseca. Now we are in the Bierzo region where the style of the houses here are overhanging balconies. It was a hard walk, knee is doing good, my Miller knee straps help. Love to be back in the mountains, so beautiful. Here are just some of the endless pictures I have taken today.

๐Ÿ“ธ Stage Photographs (10)

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Starting out
๐Ÿ” Starting out
Me too
๐Ÿ” Me too
Cruz de Ferro
๐Ÿ” Cruz de Ferro
In the mountains are more memorials of people passing on the Camino
๐Ÿ” In the mountains are more memorials of people passing on the Camino
Beautiful
๐Ÿ” Beautiful
Have a rest
๐Ÿ” Have a rest
Girls from Argentina must carry their guitar on the Camino
๐Ÿ” Girls from Argentina must carry their guitar on the Camino
The trail for more then half the way downhill
๐Ÿ” The trail for more then half the way downhill
Very, very old chestnut trees
๐Ÿ” Very, very old chestnut trees
Another old village
๐Ÿ” Another old village
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Unpublished Media Library photo from Stage 20 (Rabanal to Molinaseca)

Unpublished Media Library photo from Stage 20 (Rabanal to Molinaseca)

๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ Waypoint Location: Cruz de Ferro โ†’ Molinaseca (Cruz de Ferro (1,505m))

๐Ÿ’Œ Trail Notes from Family & Friends (1)

Ute October 22, 2013 at 07:38 PM

the pictures give a feeling of having stepped back in time. I hope you both feel better now having left your burdens behind and that it put another spring in your step. hope the weather stays decent for you all. How many more miles/km are ahead of you?