{"id":2249,"date":"2014-04-16T08:50:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T15:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/?p=2249"},"modified":"2014-04-16T08:53:18","modified_gmt":"2014-04-16T15:53:18","slug":"one-year-ago-the-long-flat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/","title":{"rendered":"One Year Ago: the Long Flat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(from my journal) <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">T<\/span>erradillos de los Templarios<br \/>\n16 April \/ St. Bernadette<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2250\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9033322457_885134c387_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2250\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2250\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033322457_885134c387_b.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving Carri\u00f3n de los Condes\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033322457_885134c387_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033322457_885134c387_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033322457_885134c387_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2250\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leaving Carri\u00f3n de los Condes<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9033325443_a1b1ca6f85_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2251\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033325443_a1b1ca6f85_b.jpg\" alt=\"Carri\u00f3n de los Condes\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033325443_a1b1ca6f85_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033325443_a1b1ca6f85_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033325443_a1b1ca6f85_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9035553136_116c5090e9_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2252\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035553136_116c5090e9_b.jpg\" alt=\"Carri\u00f3n de los Condes\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035553136_116c5090e9_b.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035553136_116c5090e9_b-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035553136_116c5090e9_b-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2253\" style=\"width: 775px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9033331129_ea227626ef_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2253\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2253\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033331129_ea227626ef_b.jpg\" alt=\"Ruined Church Overlooking Carri\u00f3n de los Condes\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033331129_ea227626ef_b.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033331129_ea227626ef_b-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033331129_ea227626ef_b-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2253\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ruined Church Overlooking Carri\u00f3n de los Condes<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2255\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9035562098_002f06f2e1_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2255\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2255\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035562098_002f06f2e1_b.jpg\" alt=\"Monasterio de San Zoilo, just outside Carri\u00f3n de los Condes\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035562098_002f06f2e1_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035562098_002f06f2e1_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035562098_002f06f2e1_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monasterio de San Zoilo, just outside Carri\u00f3n de los Condes<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"drop\">Today started out with 17.5 km of nothing. It didn&#8217;t get much better as the day went on. Lots of time to think, about what comes next, about literary projects and games, about my sins, obsessions, and demons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9035572618_c0632650c3_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2256\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035572618_c0632650c3_b.jpg\" alt=\"The Meseta\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035572618_c0632650c3_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035572618_c0632650c3_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035572618_c0632650c3_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2257\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9033351465_c573182dff_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2257\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2257\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033351465_c573182dff_b.jpg\" alt=\"Sanitago at rest\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033351465_c573182dff_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033351465_c573182dff_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033351465_c573182dff_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sanitago at rest<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9035578034_ef37b148ac_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2258\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035578034_ef37b148ac_b.jpg\" alt=\"The Meseta\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035578034_ef37b148ac_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035578034_ef37b148ac_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035578034_ef37b148ac_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9033356265_343c4fe299_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2259\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033356265_343c4fe299_b.jpg\" alt=\"The Meseta\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033356265_343c4fe299_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033356265_343c4fe299_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033356265_343c4fe299_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Accidentally left my fleece behind in Calzadilla de la Cueza. The only major loss from this is the chicken figurine I picked up in Santo Domingo. The fleece can be replaced.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2261\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9033360325_74551d8f3f_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2261\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2261\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033360325_74551d8f3f_b.jpg\" alt=\"Calzadilla de la Cueza: where I lost my chicken\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033360325_74551d8f3f_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033360325_74551d8f3f_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033360325_74551d8f3f_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Calzadilla de la Cueza: where I lost my chicken<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2262\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9033362723_74b38c059d_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2262\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2262\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033362723_74b38c059d_b.jpg\" alt=\"Iglesia de San Mart\u00edn in Calzadilla de la Cueza\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033362723_74b38c059d_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033362723_74b38c059d_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033362723_74b38c059d_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iglesia de San Mart\u00edn in Calzadilla de la Cueza<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2263\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9033375307_e895251478_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2263\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2263\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033375307_e895251478_b.jpg\" alt=\"Hobbit holes west of Calzadilla de la Cueza?\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033375307_e895251478_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033375307_e895251478_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9033375307_e895251478_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hobbit holes west of Calzadilla de la Cueza?<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2264\" style=\"width: 775px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9035608896_541a6f2c6a_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2264\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2264\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035608896_541a6f2c6a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Eamon calculated that he was about halfway through his Camino. He decided that this small tree marked the centre point between Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Santiago de Compolstela.\" width=\"765\" height=\"1024\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035608896_541a6f2c6a_b.jpg 765w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035608896_541a6f2c6a_b-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035608896_541a6f2c6a_b-224x300.jpg 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 765px) 100vw, 765px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eamon calculated that he was about halfway through his Camino. He decided that this small tree marked the centre point between Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and Santiago de Compolstela.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9035609508_70fa5d9e0c_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2266\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035609508_70fa5d9e0c_b.jpg\" alt=\"Approaching Terradillos de los Templarios\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035609508_70fa5d9e0c_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035609508_70fa5d9e0c_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035609508_70fa5d9e0c_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/2014\/04\/16\/one-year-ago-the-long-flat\/9035619396_0a61417b6a_b\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2267\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035619396_0a61417b6a_b.jpg\" alt=\"Terradillos de los Templarios\" width=\"1024\" height=\"765\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035619396_0a61417b6a_b.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035619396_0a61417b6a_b-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9035619396_0a61417b6a_b-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Long day, short entry.<\/p>\n<p>26.5 km total.<\/p>\n<p>All the photos from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thomryng\/sets\/72157634108994328\/\" target=\"_blank\">day 15<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(from my journal) Terradillos de los Templarios 16 April \/ St. Bernadette Today started out with 17.5 km of nothing. It didn&#8217;t get much better as the day went on. Lots of time to think, about what comes next, about literary projects and games, about my sins, obsessions, and demons. Accidentally left my fleece behind in Calzadilla de la Cueza. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2256,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-memories","category-thom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2249"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2270,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2249\/revisions\/2270"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thomryng.com\/camino\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}