I walked the Camino de Santiago (French Route)
In 2014, I was lucky enough to have the time and fitness to walk the Camino de Santiago from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago, Spain. What is the Camino de Santiago? The Camino de Santiago, a walk of…
Camino Frances 2014 – Day one
I walked over 800km from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago to Finesterre in April/May 2014. What follows are links to my musings on the Camino. Being new to blogging, it is free form without details of distances and…
On top of the world
25th April 2014 Day 2. The Virgin to Burguete What a Difference a Day Makes The taxi driver taking us back to where we stopped walking yesterday gave us a minute to photograph a spectacular scene. While yesterday was sunny…
More Rain
Day 3 Burguete to Larrasoana Head Torches Leaving before sunrise meant using our head torches. The pleasant yellow glow of the street lamps contrasted with the icy wind which drove the light rain into our faces. It did warm up…
Friendly Locals
Day 4 Larrasoana to Cizur Menor Day 5 Cizur Menor to Puente de la Reina 28 April 2014 Prevention is better than Cure Yesterday the sheep’s wool came out. I felt my first hot spot and being the good girl…
Daily Routine
Day 6 Puente de la Reina to Estella Day 7 Estella to Los Arcos 1 May 2014 Over a Week of Walking We have now walked for 8 days -an average of 20km each day. We are both good but…
False Start
Day 8 Los Arcos to Viana Day 9 Viana to Navarete via Logrono Day 10 Navarete to Najera 2 May 2014 A False Start This morning we let ourselves out of our accommodation at 7am leaving the key in the…
Santa Domingo de Calzada
Day 11 Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada 3 May 2014 Not Quite What We Expected I’ve always wanted to stay in a Parador (usually a converted monastery) but they are really expensive. … some as much as $600/…
Noticing the little things
Day 12 Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado Day 13 Belorado to San Juan de Ortega 5 May 2014 Some Days are Better Than Others Today was a long walk with some steep uphill. Not a good day for…
Ground Hog Day
Day 14 San Juan de Ortega to Burgos 7 may 2014 Our Longest Walking Day So Far It’s the end of our longest day so far. 26km. Made even longer by the fact that a fast half hour in we…