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by J. Gaerlan Gaerlan Custom Cycles |
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Trip Resources and Finding Information Equipment and Travel Logistics Day 2 & 3 - Astorga to Ponferrada Day 4 - Ponferrada to Las Herreiras |
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The biggest surprise this year is the choice of a pilgrimage route as a cycling destination. I first learned of the route after watching a travel segment on public tv. Do you have to be religious to ride a pilgrimage route? Certainly not! Do it to find inspiration, enrich your soul, ask for forgiveness or find inner peace. If it's going to make you a better and happier person, go do it. My reason for riding is to celebrate 40 years of life. Life has never been easy, but I feel blessed. Blessed with good health, family and friends. This cycling pilgrimage is a celebration of what has been, and hopefully of what will be. |
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Camino de Santiago is a pilgrimage route taken in honor St James buried in Santiago. There are numerous routes starting at different points - all ending in Santiago. The most famous is the French route starting on the French side of the Pyrennees. Due to limited time, we are riding only part of the route - from Leon to Santiago - a distance over 300 kilometers, in about 6 to 7 days. The group started with 13 people. This group of friends has traveled yearly on cycling trips since 1992. Due to a last minute cycling mishap, a husband and wife team had to drop out a week before the trip. We're all weekend warriors - more cycling tourists than hard core riders. If schedule allows, we at least try to ride our 20 mile San Francisco route weekends. We hope that our story inspires you to plan a similar trip. During our 7 days on the road, we hardly saw riders coming from North America. Most were Spanish and Europeans. We think the Camino is an under rated destination waiting to be discovered. By showing you road pictures and describing the terrain, we hope to stop you from worrying about road conditions. Instead, you can devote more time reading and researching the history, culture and the language. So sit back and enjoy our Camino adventure on the net. Hopefully, you can be on the real Camino soon. If we can do it, we know you can too! |
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