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#3goodthings 1. Cows behind the gate. 2. A walk by the coast. Not obvious from the snap, but the Atlantic was WILD.. 3. The long road home.

Watching East of Eden on Netflix. It's good. It's very good

#3goodthings 1. I nearly bought the shortbread for the tin. Reader, I resisted. 2. Got oranges, made the juice I was craving yesterday. Slugged half before I thought of the snap. 3. Knitting a scarf. Making it up as I go along.

“But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” — C. S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950) 🖼️ The Giant — N. C. Wyeth, 1923.

Now I don't want to appear ungrateful, but I could live happily without the free samples that come along with the covid and flu jabs. I'm hunkered in the bed, alternating between boiling hot or frozen, with a headache that won't give up, and craving fresh orange juice, but out of oranges. 🙄

#3goodthings 1. After becoming hooked on the freshly squeezed orange juice in Spain, dusted down my juicer. 😋😋😋 2. 100 Wordle streak. Last time I got to 98, and then missed a day. 😬 3. Current project from my slow stitching class. Great therapy, needling.

#3goodthings 1. Early morning pinky sky. 2. Autumn colour in the garden: Joseph's Coat still going strong, and the marigolds just keep coming. 3. Blueberry muffins and banana bread from my baking class. Forgot the sugar in the banana bread. 😂😂😂

This week is Irish Book Week - a week celebrating the contribution of Irish authors and illustrators, Irish publishers, Irish interest books, and Irish bookshops to Irish culture and economy - and @kennysbookshop.bsky.social ships worldwide. Just sayin'.

#3goodthings 1. Met a dog before I left Oviedo. He didn't say much. 🐾 2. Countryside as green as Ireland on the way back to Santander, and so many trees. Bus took 2.5 hours to cover the miles I trod over the last 9 days. 😂 3. Cafe con leche y con amor.

#3goodthings 1. Met a witch in a cafe. 😱😱😱 2. A lovely last day of walking. No big ups or downs, just a steady pace under blue skies. 3. Landed in Oviedo, a happy mix of the spiritual and the commercial.

#3goodthings 1. Another dinky accompaniment to my morning coffee. If there was a bakery that sold only teeny treats I'd be their best customer. 2. Gorgeous off-road walking today - love those twisty foresty paths. 3. Apples for the taking. I took - yum.

Bit of positive news to start the week: the online voter registration system voter.ie is now live nationwide (having previously worked only for Dubliners) - now anyone in the State can register or update their details on the electoral register in a couple of minutes using only their PPS number.

#3goodthings 1. Lunch. A big fat nom. 2. A day of ups and downs - steep ascents, scrambly descents. Some lovely sights along the way. 3. Threw this entire pack into a bath - pharmacist told me Epsom salts not big in Spain - stayed in till I got bored. Tootsies deffo on the mend.

Crikey, walked further than I thought. No wonder the tootsies were complaining.

Got bus this morning. Asked driver to let me off at a stop that was roughly halfway to my next destination, still minding the tootsies. He FORGOT. By the time I asked him, I was about 2 miles from my destination. Walked back to a beach I'd spotted from the bus. Lovely. No harm done.

#3goodthings 1. My first beach. Dunked the tired tootsies and left them there for a long time, and they LOVED it. 2. Teeny bun that came with my morning coffee. Almost too cute to eat. Almost. 3. Roadside marketing.

#3goodthings 1. Spanish donkeys. Every bit as cute as Irish ones. 2. A colourful wall. 3. A teeny church/chapel.

Llanes, my home for the night. Is it not sweet? Roaming before dinner.

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#3goodthings 1. Beautiful blue sky day in Northern Spain. 2. Spotties in a supermarket. I limited myself to one. 😂😋🍌 3. Tootsies demanded a rest day, so I bypassed today's walk and took the train to Llames, my next stop - and guess what I found in my bathroom - just what the tender tootsies need.

On the camino, the signs are your friends. You're doing fine, they say. Keep going. Missed one today, had to rely on the kindness of locals (no shortage) to keep me going in the right direction. In the 40 mins or so until I saw another yellow arrow, I felt rudderless.

#3goodthings 1. Met the 3 billy goats gruff, and a few henny pennys. 2. Breakfast on the go, timed it right for the mobile shop. Mandarins and banana. 3. A mostly dry day, badly needed after yesterday. Lovely rural outlooks. Sunshine forecast tomorrow. 🤞🤞

To those who were anxious as to whether I'd eat tonight, the good news is that the rain stopped and I skedaddle to the restaurant with a borrowed umbrella. Dinner, as ye can see, is typically Spanish.

Whiling away the time, another 1.5 hours, till the restaurant which I've been told is '2 minutes away' opens for dinner. Nothing since breakfast on the road (pic) about 6 hours ago. Complication: still lashing. Don't relish getting soaked again. Tum te tum. As problems go, it's not huge.

#3goodthings 1. 2nd day of Camino, after first hour of sunshine the rain came, and it was biblical. 2 torturous hours later (nowhere to shelter) a lovely man pulled over and gave this drowned rat a lift. 2. Very scenic, pics before rain. 3. Weather set to improve for the rest of my stay.... 🤞🤞🤞

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Look what I packed. Aldi's best, think they set me back €4.99, but by God are they welcome after a day of tramping.

#3goodthings 1. Well, that was one long walk, bit over-ambitious....bushed - but feet behaved beautifully, no lasting damage. 2. Such a thoughtful message for the footsore. Just on the wall of a private house. 3. Lovely weather for the most part. Mild, dry, middle of day sunshine.

Dogs poop in Spain. Well I never.