Camino Francés – Sept 2017
04
Sep
25k up – just 2k down ….. How does that work?
Buen Camino – the hardest day I can recall – 13kg pack – mucho pain . Now reduced to 8kg ( big package on the ...
04
Sep
1500 metres – straight up
Early basque tortilla at Col d’Orisson –
already in excellent company
03
Sep
Here we Go
Morning All – Southampton Airport and Looking like its time for today’s second leg flight.
Not saying i...
04
Sep
1500 metres – straight up
Early basque tortilla at Col d’Orisson –
already in excellent company
04
Sep
25k up – just 2k down ….. How does that work?
Buen Camino – the hardest day I can recall – 13kg pack – mucho pain . Now reduced to 8kg ( big package on the ...
05
Sep
Wardys Favourite 11.00 am feast
Una Caña por favor. A Small beer and fresh Spanish warm tortilla – with good company
Love Navarre !
...
05
Sep
Pains & Gains
Pain – it’s not the steps – it’s the floors
Other than that. – all good : Knees fine : Back has to be g...
06
Sep
Up early for Pamplona
Up in the dark and out by 7 AM to reach plaza Del Toro . Being in the last of the Pyrenees Foothills this earl...
06
Sep
Pamplona – Lunchtime- No Bull
The trail to Pamplona is remarkable but arriving there is so much more.
The fortified old city walls …..
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06
Sep
International – Pop Translation
“What is this ?- ” 500 miles and No Proclaimers” on your blog ”It’s a long story…… hopefully one of ...
06
Sep
Albergue = Hostal
But if you think Hostal = Cheapo . Think again .Hostal 10€ , Dinner 10€ – and its fab . Wine inc’Alb...
07
Sep
Through Navarre
With the Pyrenees behind us hey beautiful hike through the farmlands of Navarre .
15 km before breakfast to...
07
Sep
Sierra Del Perdon – International version
Sziasztok sracok fenn vagyunk a blogon es a hegyen
The girls insist on being on the blog so all the friends...
07
Sep
To Puente la Reina
A warm welcome after a relatively easy day – flat last 4 hours after the amazing Perdon . Medieval town – stun...
08
Sep
Heading for Rioja
A startling change in heat , climate , colour of soil as I pass over the famous bridge
And one for the ...
08
Sep
Estalla + Pain & Gain # 2
Firstly – Pain – I just found the stats from the first days walk – St Jean to Roncevalles a real baptism of fi...
09
Sep
A Town where the One Horse left 😆
To Los Arcos – a town the size of a large English village , restaurants 1 , nightlife 0 – – consists of well p...
11
Sep
Hemingway Sunday Edit # 1
This will have to be an Edit as it started as simply as a long day could – our first 30km … AND … my 23rd wedd...
11
Sep
A Day …. where nothing happened😳
I suppose it’s a good counterbalance to yesterday.
Dusty – long , humid , foot injuries ( others) , not so ...
13
Sep
Camino People
When the way is unremarkable – it’s the people who make it ….
Heather Goodall and Carine – Fabulous Ladies ...
14
Sep
Extremes
From 8′ C to 28’C in a Day – starts dark / Raining .
We left the Alberques Quattro Cantons in Belorado in t...
15
Sep
Ice Cold in Burgos
From Atapuerca before Sun Up was a good move for our timetable ….. but crystal clear and very cold – somehow t...
17
Sep
High Plains Drifter
Day behind Blogging – this is yesterday:-
From Burgos in a chilly dawn and surprisingly quickly into the me...
18
Sep
You say Meseta , …. 🎶
Today !! – This supposedly bleak part of the Camino is something that’s imposing its grandeur on us all . This...
18
Sep
Boadilla del Camino to Carrión de los Condes
We leave our Alberque with its quirky sculpture-
And within the first cold hour encountered a rainbow …...
20
Sep
Half Way
With the medieval GPS a little hazy I either passed the half way mark this morning or definitely by the time I...
20
Sep
Even a desert has its moments.
And so it is with the Meseta . Can’t believe it but it’s growing on me . Covered 25k today – didn’t notice it ...
21
Sep
They really still use that stuff ?!
It’s another feature I have overlooked as it’s become commonplace. Considerable parts of the small villages we...
24
Sep
Lost Blogger Returns ….
….. Through a melánge of Wine , Beautiful people , 42 hours without sleep and fond farewells the blog became c...
25
Sep
Midnight Bus to …….
….. ah well – it’s early evening – I’ve got 5 hours to go – it’s been a blast – so how to end it ? .
– this...
28
Sep
Remote Editing …. & Post Camino Separation Disorder 😳
Well I’m in England – but via Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and whatever means are available I get messages da...
28
Sep
Cruz de Ferro
This place might be the best example of “function over form“ I have come across.
Cruz de Ferro – can’t be a...
29
Sep
Farewell Castille and Hola ! Galicia
For those still travelling – Contributing today are Brigitta , Carmen with a cameo from Joss King ……. These da...
02
Oct
Galicia – Where ?
….. 2 words – Green Spain
Think Portugal and up a bit. Or Ireland and down a lot, which isn’t quite as daf...