Monthly Archives: June 2022

We woke late, after 8, nipped out to drop our stuff into the nearest lavadoria and grabbed a coffee while we waited for our washing to, er, wash. We then sat and waited patiently while it dried. All good so … Continue reading →

We arrived on the 15:30 bus from Santander, getting in at a little after 6 o’clock. The roads were as always, superb, billiard table smooth and unlike many buses we’ve taken in Spain, this one stuck to the blue roads … Continue reading →

Got up late, packed, wandered down to the central (at the edge of town) bus station, grabbed a coffee. Jumped on the ALSA bus to Santander, meandered around country lanes taking great care to avoid any road wider than two … Continue reading →

We woke with our alarm at 5 am intending to pack quickly and rush off to pick up the Camino someplace ahead of where we’d left it yesterday. The temperature was scheduled to reach 36 by 11 o’clock, rise to … Continue reading →

Today has been a walk through the suburbs of Bilbao. Not always pleasant – I’ll leave the pictures to tell their own story. We noticed as we walked that Basque precedes Spanish on road signs, street and shop names. Although … Continue reading →

We’re no longer on the Camino France. Clifford, Marie Carmen, the Brazilian chap, the Dean, the London priest etc who we’ve chatted to along the way are currently walking towards Navarette and out of our lives. Meanwhile Dorothy and I … Continue reading →

It’s hot 🥵. It’s currently 37 degrees and scheduled to go to 39 degrees by 5 o’clock. That’s 102.2 degrees in old money. Knowing that temperatures were heading into silly territory we were on our way at 5:30 am. The … Continue reading →

We’re staying once more at hostal San Andrés. It’s the one with the swimming pool that Dorothy refused to go into last time around. We started out very early this morning. Dorothy’s alarm went off at 5 am and we … Continue reading →

It’s been a short 21.6 km from Puente la Reina through fields of corn, sunflowers and lately vines. We’re entering the Rioja region shortly where pretty much every available plot of land is devoted to vines. We were up at … Continue reading →

According to Gronze.com it’s been 23.9 km since we left Pamplona at 6:20 this morning. We found the streets packed with young people who had clearly been out enjoying each other’s company, presumably accompanied by substantial help from liquid friends. … Continue reading →