Category Archives: Daily trek

It’s hot 🥵, very, very hot. 32 degrees worth of hotness outside according to Siri. We’re in a decent albergue, private room etc for €40 but there’s no air conditioning and the temperature isn’t scheduled to drop below 30 until … Continue reading →

Dorothy is home. 😊 We’ve arrived in Logroño, the capital of the Rioja region and the source of much innocent pleasure. It’s a mere 23+ km from Torres Del Rio so we delayed our departure until after the local café … Continue reading →

We’re in the lovely albergue with the swimming pool that we stayed in 3 years ago. Dorothy was really looking forward to using her swimming costume, brought specifically for this one occasion. She stepped into the water, bottled it and … Continue reading →

We’ve stopped in a highly recommended albergue next to the river in Estella called Albergue de Curtidores. This is the view out of the lounge in the basement. We’d not managed to reserve a private room but the three of … Continue reading →

Another relatively gentle day today. Some 18.8 km covered, a small mountain ascended (and descended), lots of flowers, snails, slugs, ants and groves of almond, olive trees and vines at the beginning of the Rioja region. We’ll start with our … Continue reading →

We’re now ensconced in a lovely, friendly albergue a few km outside of Pamplona. We stayed here in 2016 when they had tortoises wandering around the well stocked garden. But, no tortoises 😩. Apparently they all died some time ago. … Continue reading →

We’ve met up with Tom in San Sebastián. Tom’s knee was playing up badly by the end of yesterday’s walk, so much so that walking today wasn’t really an option. In reality continuing on the Norte as a group is … Continue reading →

We’ve arrived at the Santa Anna albergue in Pasaia, some 8km from tomorrow’s breakfast venue, San Sebastián. It’s been a relatively short day, 18.87km from our starting point at Hendaye train station. I slept well, mum less so but both … Continue reading →

23:13 and we’re tucked up in bed. We met up with Tom at the Mona Lisa bar where the three of us had a very congenial dinner. Tom was in fine form 😊. The hotel is ok, we’ve stayed in … Continue reading →

Southern Europe has been hit by an extreme heat wave with temperatures into the 40s at various locations along the Frances. Although likely to get cooler over the next couple of weeks, it’s looking likely that temperatures will remain in … Continue reading →