{"id":11640,"date":"2021-11-01T09:20:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=11640"},"modified":"2021-11-01T09:20:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T16:20:58","slug":"camino-photo-of-the-day-small-towns-big-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/camino-photo-of-the-day-small-towns-big-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Camino Photo of the Day: Small Towns, Big Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A<\/span>fter Moratinos and about twenty minutes of Meseta walking, we spied the next little village half-hidden in the distance. This is San Nicol\u00e1s del Re\u00e1l Camino, population 43. It was in this little stretch that an idea for a Camino novel came to me, along with its last line. Although it’s evolved over the years, at its core it’s still what I wrote in my journal all those years ago. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Camino where every kilometer takes you back further in time. Narrator unaware? Reaches Santiago de Compostela as the Saint’s tomb is discovered. “… And then I turned around to make my Way back to the home I only dimly recalled, like the earliest childhood memories.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

It’s a solid idea, but I find myself unable still to begin it. On my 2016 Camino, I kept a small notebook with ideas for the story – filled it really – and more or less lost it immediately upon my return home. There’s poetry in that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Date:<\/strong> 17 April 2013
Place:<\/strong> between Moratinos and San Nicol\u00e1s del Re\u00e1l Camino (Province of Palencia, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)
Today started:<\/strong> Terradillos de los Templarios (Province of Palencia, Castilla y Le\u00f3n, Spain)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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