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The cycling pilgrimage to Santiago in the penultimate stage (13/08/2008)

There are 1,143 kilometers separate Santiago Lorca through the route of the Argar.

1143 miles tomorrow will have visited the 40 cyclists Lorca on Friday August 1 departed from the church of Santiago, ready to ride all over Spain to reach the Cathedral of Santiago.

This is the fifth time that cyclists Lorca made this route further this year with the claim to ensure that the council considers it as an official church, which it performed the pilgrims would be entitled to obtain Compostela, after meet the requirement to seal the official book at every stop.

Today we are making the penultimate stage, linking the towns of Verin and Ourense Carballino, separated by 106 km., So they are meeting the expectations, also without any incidents so far.

On the day of tomorrow, in the final stage, will depart from Carballino towards the Plaza del Obradoiro of Santiago de Compostela, where they will be received by the ecclesiastical authorities.

This issue is also enrolled the Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, who are using their summer vacations to travel with this group cycling many miles between the Sun City of Santiago de Compostela.

Mayor said he was "very pleased to have made it this far.

Although I had prepared thoroughly feared that the forces did not arrive until the end.

Fortunately, tomorrow I can get a bike to Santiago. "

Lorca The mayor took the opportunity to publicize the image of Lorca in all places visited by the delegation, "the dissemination of our city is for everyone, me first, and that is why so in every stop of the expedition I used to talk about Lorca and comment on the tourist attraction of our city. "

Jódar also clarified that, although was unable to perform one of the days, since municipal grounds have been hindered, it feels more members of this group of pilgrimage.

Remember that on 6 August the Mayor had to travel to Murcia to sign an agreement concerning the House of Women, and to meet with the Minister of Finance, Pedro María Reverte, with the aim of finding new funding streams.

"The first thing is work, of course," said the Mayor, "and so every time it has been necessary to have left the bike to meet local needs: being mayor is a job that takes 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and when it is beneficial to Lorca negotiation, we must drop everything and work for the good of the city. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca

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