{"id":10734,"date":"2021-01-20T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=10734"},"modified":"2021-01-18T11:27:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T19:27:34","slug":"camino-photo-of-the-day-slogging-through-the-mud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-slogging-through-the-mud\/","title":{"rendered":"Camino Photo of the Day: Slogging through the Mud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">A<\/span>fter the the black trees of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-wolves-and-bandits\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-wolves-and-bandits\/\" target=\"_blank\">bandit forest<\/a> and the pointless down and up of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-anger-and-pain\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-anger-and-pain\/\" target=\"_blank\">Valley of Anger<strong>&#x2122;&#xfe0f;<\/strong><\/a>, we had one more physical challenge today: mud. Although the stormy weather came and went that day, the mud lingered. It lingered on the ground, on our shoes, and eventually spattered us up to our waists. The mud wasn&#8217;t everywhere, but near enough. It was a hard slog, in the original meaning of the word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Perhaps this is a metaphor for our current days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-765x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-765x1024.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-768x1028.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-1147x1536.jpg 1147w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-1530x2048.jpg 1530w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-560x750.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-260x348.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-160x214.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8733306910_5933311156_o-scaled.jpg 1912w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-fec4b8bc-d4d1-4aad-94c1-4abe89f7353b\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> 11 April 2013<br><strong>Place:<\/strong> between Villafranca Montes de Oca and San Juan de Ortega (Province of Burgos, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)<br><strong>Today started:<\/strong> somewhere just before Belorado (Province of Burgos, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" id=\"block-995c4f54-56d6-45ea-b0e1-e4c9b3ab56e6\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/El_Camino_Frances_12m-546x1024.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is El_Camino_Frances_12m-546x1024.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the the black trees of the bandit forest and the pointless down and up of the Valley of Anger&#x2122;&#xfe0f;, we had one more physical challenge today: mud. Although the stormy weather came and went that day, the mud lingered. It lingered on the ground, on our shoes, and eventually spattered us up to our waists. 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