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Day 4, La Caldera round trip

Alleluia! We can walk again 🌝. We did almost nothing yesterday and we were asleep by 9:30 😒. Much too early. We left the hotel in La Laguna after breakfast and drove to La Caldera which was quite high up … Continue reading

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Day 3, cabin fever

It rained and it rained. It’s six o’clock and it’s rained all day 😓. Mampa was quite pleased since her legs weren’t working properly today. She walked like a puppet on a string, arms and legs going in all sorts … Continue reading

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Day 2, Cruz del Carmen round trip

Our story continues. I didn’t say yesterday but when we got back last night I noticed that my walking shoes were in a bit of a mess. The left one in particular was really bad – the sole was hanging … Continue reading

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Day 1 Cruz del Carmen to Punta del Hidalgo

For Eleanor and Anwen. What a gorgeous walk. Lots of changes of scenery, Forest to mountain top, steep accents and vertiginous (that means really, really steep) descents. Not a lot of people which was nice. The weather was glorious. We … Continue reading

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Leon

Following lunch in Sahagun, we walked an additional 6km in the direction of Leon, but my right eye continued to weep so we took a taxi to the university hospital at Leon to get it checked out. The most likely … Continue reading

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Lunch in Sahagun

(sigh). We’re tired. Sleeping in the albergue with other people was surprisingly relaxing. I woke around 5:15 and could hear Dorothy purring quietly alongside me. The purring continued for 45 minutes until Dorothy whispered to check if I were awake. … Continue reading

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Calzadilla de la Cueza

Phew! We’ve arrived in an albergue in Calzadilla de la Cueza, a small village with two albergues that can take in total some 130 pilgrims, roughly double the number of permanent inhabitants. We left Fromista just after 6 a.m. and made excellent … Continue reading

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Fromista

We’ve stopped for the evening in a pleasant hostel in Fromista. There are a small number of albergues in Fromista but we’re used to having our own room so it’s worth the extra for the privacy. The heat is incredible. … Continue reading

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Boadilla Del Camino

We’ve stopped for lunch; cold gaseous water and a ham, cheese and tomato bocadillo. It’s a glorious day, up at 5:45 and out the door by 6 a.m. Long vistas across the meseta, a gently strenuous climb up onto a … Continue reading

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Castrojeriz

We’ve stopped in Castrojeriz, a small town of some 600 inhabitants with a main street some 2km long. Our albergue was right at the far end of the town (sigh). We started relatively bright and early; we left at a … Continue reading

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