{"id":6,"date":"2016-08-09T20:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T19:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2019-08-10T12:48:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-10T11:48:08","slug":"days","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/days\/","title":{"rendered":"Days of the 2016 pelerinage\/camino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how the days went.\u00a0 Took a while for the site and blog to get started.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Tuesday 2\/8\/16.\u00a0 South London to Doddington.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 3\/8\/16.\u00a0 Doddington to Calais.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 4\/8\/16. Calais to Montreuil.<\/li>\n<li>Friday 5\/8\/16. Montreuil to Amiens.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 6\/8\/16. Amiens to Beauvais.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday 7\/8\/16. Beauvais to Giverny.<\/li>\n<li>Monday 8\/8\/16. Giverny to Chartres.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday 9\/8\/16. Rest day in Chartres.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/hello-world\/\">First blog post<\/a> appeared!\u00a0 And <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/photos\/photos-from-chartres-9816\/\">some photos<\/a>, still incomplete.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 10\/8\/16. Chartres to Blois.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 11\/8\/16. Blois to Br\u00e9h\u00e9mont. Next real addition to the site: another blog post: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/longest-distance-so-far\/\">longest distance so far<\/a>&#8220;.<\/li>\n<li>Friday 12\/8\/16. Br\u00e9h\u00e9mont to Chouz\u00e9. One post, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/why-do-i-say-she-about-google-maps-my-it-succubus\/\">about Google maps<\/a>, and first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/cumulative-map\/\">cumulative map<\/a> appeared.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/divertissement\/\">Le divertissement.<\/a> 12\/8\/16 to a.m. 20\/8\/16.\u00a0A break of a week as I&#8217;ve linked up with my wife for a holiday week together. Only managed one addition here all week, a post starting the story of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/why-do-this-part-i-why-the-ride\/\">Why do this?<\/a>&#8220;<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 20\/8\/16.\u00a0 Chouz\u00e9 to Airvault.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday\u00a0 21\/8\/16. Airvault to Chef-Boutonne.\u00a0 More posts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/copyright-and-sharing\/\">copyright and some thoughts about sharing<\/a> and about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/on-headwinds-and-in-praise-of-drop-handlebars\/\">handlebars and headwinds<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Monday 22\/8\/16. Chef-Boutonne to Saint-Jean d&#8217;Ang\u00e9ly. Another post about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/i-had-to-go-to-mcdonalds-the-continuing-challenges-of-it\/\">my IT challenges, and McDonalds<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday 23\/8\/16. Saint-Jean d&#8217;Ang\u00e9ly to M\u00e9dis (just outside Royan). Post about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/down-the-slide-for-cars-and-down-memory-lane\/\">memories including &#8220;Down the slide for cars!&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 24\/8\/16. M\u00e9dis to Carcans.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday 25\/8\/16. Carcans to Biganos (Biganos Bourg, not Biganos Plage).<\/li>\n<li>Friday 26\/8\/16. Biganos to Biscarrosse-Plage.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday 27\/18\/16. Biscarrosse-Plage to Mimizan. The next post, about my continuing, and here, largelly self-inflicted, IT nightmares, a.k.a. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/123456789asdfjklasdfjklbnbn-or-why-ive-been-offline\/\">123456789=!\u201d\u00a3$%^&amp;*(+asdfjklASDFJKLbnBN<\/a>&#8221; and two more posts, about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/roadkill-roadcrud-and-roadsplat\/\">roadkill and its relatives, roadcrud and roadsplat<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/my-last-rambling-post-for-today-road-surfaces-and-tree-root-ruckling\/\">road surfaces and tree roots<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday 28\/8\/16. Mimizan to Bayonnne.<\/li>\n<li>Monday 29\/8\/16. Bayonne to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.\u00a0 A post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/why-do-this-part-2-the-pilgrimage\/\">continuing the &#8220;why do this?&#8221; story<\/a> a bit.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday 30\/8\/16. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (France) to Zubiri (Spain!).\u00a0 A post about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/my-bike-has-a-name-oh-a-bit-about-leaving-the-nhs-at-last\/\">making it to Spain and about leaving the NHS<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday 31\/8\/16. Zubiri to Puenta-la-Reina. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/i-woke-at-about-02-15-last-night-and-couldnt-sleep\/\">Sleep struggles, CORE and the tragedy of (current) NHS PROMs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday. 1\/9\/16. Puenta-la-Reina to Logro\u00f1o.\u00a0 Two travel posts, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/a-simple-travel-post-for-a-change\/\">travel post 1<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/a-pictorial-trip-through-today-and-evidence-that-doping-in-camino-cycling-is-not-over\/\">travel post 2 (with pictures)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Friday. 2\/9\/16. Logro\u00f1o to Santo Domingo de la Calzada.<\/li>\n<li>Saturday. 3\/9\/16. Logro\u00f1o to Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Burgos.\u00a0 Four posts: a note about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/updating-my-maps\/\">updating my maps<\/a>, two travel posts about the day before, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/a-photo-cartoon-of-yesterday-2916\/\">2\/9\/16A<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/going-back-a-day\/\">2\/9\/16B<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/another-day-coming-to-an-end-3916\/\">bit about 3\/9\/16<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday. 4\/9\/16. Burgos to Carri\u00f3n de los Condes.\u00a0 Three posts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/and-this-was-how-3916-ended-spanish-cafe-culture\/\">how 3\/9\/16 ended<\/a> a big one (for me) about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/thoughts-as-i-cycle-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-fud\/\">FUD (Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt)<\/a> and a bit about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/its-been-a-tough-but-good-day-4916\/\">travel side of the day<\/a> (i.e. 4\/9\/16).<\/li>\n<li>Monday. 5\/9\/16. Carri\u00f3n de los Condes to Le\u00f3n. Just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/ran-out-of-time-to-put-anything-much-here-for-today-5916-but-a-good-day\/\">a bit about the day<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday. 6\/9\/16. Le\u00f3n to Rabanal del Camino.\u00a0 Two posts about the day, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/newsflash-just-been-joined-by-a-bat\/\">one with a bat<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/6916-last-day-before-the-real-climbing-starts-again\/\">the other without<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Wednesday. 7\/9\/16. Rabanal del Camino to Villafranca del Bierzo.\u00a0 Three posts: one about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/7916-and-spanish-lunch-time-in-villafranco-del-berzo\/\">journey to Villafranca and getting over the hills<\/a>, one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/fud-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt-take-2\/\">moving on with FUD, particularly the U<\/a>, and one about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/moving-onward-uncertainty-and-using-data-coherently\/\">that and NHS and other healthcare data<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Thursday. 8\/9\/16.\u00a0 Villafranca del Bierzo to Sarria. Just one post about having to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/oh-boy-was-this-a-tough-day-had-to-get-off-and-push\/\">get off and push!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Friday. 9\/9\/16. Sarria to &#8230; Palas de Rei (60km) <strong><em>if I make it!\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong>Ha!\u00a0 I actually made if further to Melite\/Melide, see post: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/the-yellow-man-has-nearly-caught-the-last-bus-home\/\">The yellow man has (nearly) caught the last bus home<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/i-owe-melidte-a-quick-post-on-how-it-capped-off-a-day-of-two-halves-yesterday\/\">post about Melite\/Melide<\/a>, actually put up 10\/9\/16.<strong><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Saturday. 10\/9\/16. Melide\/Melite to Santiago de Compostela pretty well guaranteed barring &#8220;a mechanical&#8221;, as the road cyclists put it, or any other &#8220;act of God&#8221; as the insurers put it!<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/ive-made-it-to-compostela\/\"><strong>I made it!<\/strong><\/a> but probably not doing Finisterre but I&#8217;ll leave these next two as they were.\u00a0 Two posts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/ive-made-it-to-compostela\/\">I&#8217;ve made it!<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/a-bit-more-about-this-final-dayleg\/\">a bit more<\/a>, including an account of my bizarre experiences when I reached the Cathedral square.<\/li>\n<li>Sunday. 11\/9\/16. Moving on, despite not cycling to Finisterre.\u00a0 Two posts so far, one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/just-when-theyhe-thought-it-was-all-over\/\">about moving on<\/a> and one about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/people-along-the-way\/\">people I&#8217;ve met along the way<\/a> and their general warmth and generosity.<\/li>\n<li>Monday. 12\/9\/16.\u00a0 Getting to know Santiago de Compostela.\u00a0 Three posts: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/in-which-eeyore-a-k-a-the-yellow-man-gets-yet-more-names-including-camino-angel\/\">getting certified and renamed<\/a>!, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/santiago-de-compostela-cathedral-i-yesterday\/\">cathedral (I)<\/a>, from yesterday mainly, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/pelerinage2016\/santiago-de-compostela-cathedral-ii-today\/\">the cathedral (II)<\/a>, from today mostly.<\/li>\n<li>Tuesday. 13\/9\/16.\u00a0 Fly home via Madrid and Luton<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how the days went.\u00a0 Took a while for the site and blog to get started. Tuesday 2\/8\/16.\u00a0 South London to Doddington. Wednesday 3\/8\/16.\u00a0 Doddington to Calais. Thursday 4\/8\/16. Calais to Montreuil. Friday 5\/8\/16. Montreuil to Amiens. Saturday 6\/8\/16. Amiens to Beauvais. Sunday 7\/8\/16. Beauvais to Giverny. Monday 8\/8\/16. Giverny to Chartres. Tuesday 9\/8\/16. 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