{"id":11467,"date":"2021-09-20T09:28:54","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=11467"},"modified":"2021-09-20T15:32:49","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T22:32:49","slug":"camino-photo-of-the-day-utter-solitude","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-utter-solitude\/","title":{"rendered":"Camino Photo of the Day: Utter Solitude"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>he six or so kilometers between <meta charset=\"utf-8\">Villalc\u00e1zar de Sirga and Carri\u00f3n de los Condes is a dead straight shot along a mostly empty highway, with oceans of grassy Meseta to each side. Even small differences in length of stride and pace add up quickly here, and Eamon soon pulled ahead of me and over the horizon. For about an hour, I walked in this unchanging landscape with no other human being in sight. Each of us walked in utter solitude, enveloped by the Meseta and alone to struggle with our own thoughts in the silence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-1536x1147.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-2048x1530.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-560x418.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-260x194.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/8862438664_d830ed34b5_3k-160x120.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-a92e3a06-7d67-4f84-b369-a7c961aeeb94\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> 15 April 2013<strong><br>Place:<\/strong> between Villalc\u00e1zar de Sirga and Carri\u00f3n de los Condes (Province of Palencia, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)<br><strong>Today started:<\/strong> Itero de la Vega (Province of Palencia, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/El_Camino_Frances_15m-546x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/El_Camino_Frances_15m-546x1024.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/El_Camino_Frances_15m-80x150.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/El_Camino_Frances_15m-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/El_Camino_Frances_15m-768x1440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/El_Camino_Frances_15m-533x999.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/El_Camino_Frances_15m-260x488.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/El_Camino_Frances_15m.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"546\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/El_Camino_Frances_16m-546x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5906\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/El_Camino_Frances_16m-546x1024.jpg 546w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/El_Camino_Frances_16m-80x150.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/El_Camino_Frances_16m-160x300.jpg 160w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/El_Camino_Frances_16m-768x1440.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/El_Camino_Frances_16m-533x999.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/El_Camino_Frances_16m-260x488.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/El_Camino_Frances_16m.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\" id=\"block-504ee084-3f25-44ca-a84e-cc2407034f76\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Camino-Map-Cathedral-Cities-1024x627.jpg\" alt=\"This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is Camino-Map-Cathedral-Cities-1024x627.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The six or so kilometers between Villalc\u00e1zar de Sirga and Carri\u00f3n de los Condes is a dead straight shot along a mostly empty highway, with oceans of grassy Meseta to each side. Even small differences in length of stride and pace add up quickly here, and Eamon soon pulled ahead of me and over the horizon. 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