Monthly Archives: September 2019

We left Madrid at 22:05 on Saturday and arrived here in Trinity Beach, Cairns at a little over 13:30, Monday. Phew! Australia is a very, very long way from the UK. There were three legs, Madrid to Dubai, 7+ hours, … Continue reading →

We’ve left the Camino (sad). We took longer than usual to get going this morning. Last night’s communal dinner was surprisingly pleasant. There were four Irish pilgrims, a husband and wife and two friends. They had been joined on their … Continue reading →

We’re back at the Santa Fe albergue we we stayed last time we were passing this way. It was here that I suffered extensive bruising to my lower torso from Dorothy’s kicks under the table as she tried in vain … Continue reading →

We started late this morning; it was 7:45 or so before we were out and walking. We’d left the majority of pilgrims behind in Santa Domingo but a dozen or so could be spotted ahead and behind us as we … Continue reading →

This was Dorothy at 7:30 this morning. The sun still had a little over 20 minutes to appear but there was enough light to see where we were going and in particular to spot the renegade chicken that had managed … Continue reading →

We left not quite as early as we’d have liked, 6:43 instead of 6:30 but we hadn’t reckoned on sunrise being so late, 7:50 this morning. This meant that walking for the first 30 minutes took place in darkness Thankfully, … Continue reading →

We’ve arrived In Logroño – where it is chucking it down. Dorothy had looked on weather.com and had assured me that it would be 30 degrees of glorious sunshine, but apart from a few short hours of sunshine in Bilbao … Continue reading →

Good flight, decent dinner at what must be one of the few remaining Jamie’s restaurants after a relatively easy bus journey. Many thanks to Menna for firstly walking over to us to pick up excess packaging and later, driving into … Continue reading →

We’re heading back to Bilbao on Saturday, staying overnight at a hotel at the airport and then catching an early afternoon train back to Logrono. Having walked from Pamplona in July and then climbed over the Napoleon route in August, … Continue reading →