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They lied ! Gronze.com, the source of all that is honest and truthful about the Spanish Caminos said that apart from one significant descent and one ascent, the path today was fairly level. O boy, did they lie. The descent … Continue reading →

Phew! The last stretch up to the Fonsagarda was somewhat steep as my aching Achilles tendons can attest. It lasted a little under 600m, we climbed 130m and my Garmin tells me that my heart rate reached 151. That said, … Continue reading →

We’ve stopped for the day in a lovely little village a little over 5 km outside of Grandas de Selime. There are half a dozen houses, a small old fashioned family hotel which we’re staying in and an albergue/youth hostel. … Continue reading →

We’re back 😊. We left Gatwick late again but fortunately this time we were in time to catch the 8:30 bus to Oviedo. We stayed in the same hotel as last time, a mere 100m from the main bus station. … Continue reading →

No more updates until we come back to finish this journey. Buen Camino

We awoke to the sound of the alarm at 7 a.m. Heavy clouds on the mountain presaged rain that never arrived. Still tired and with aching feet we headed down to breakfast. Breakfast at La Mesa was the typical coffee, … Continue reading →

Yet again it’s been a very beautiful day in amongst the mountains. We set the alarm for 6:40, woke and headed down for breakfast which was included in the price of the room but was awful. The Spanish really do … Continue reading →

We’ve arrived at a hotel in a small town at the foot of long climb up into the mountains. This thankfully will be tomorrow’s problem. Today’s route took us out of the small pension we stayed at inTineo and out … Continue reading →

We’ve stopped early today in Tineo, some 20km from the albergue we stayed in last night in Salas. Salas was a really pleasant medieval town with lots of bars clustered around the albergue. The photo was taken early this morning … Continue reading →

We’ve arrived in Salas. We briefly popped into the albergue where we’re staying tonight, dropped off our bags and poles and came across to the bar where we’re currently watching England play Sweden. It’s 16:34 and England have just scored. … Continue reading →