Category Archives: Daily trek

It’s been an extraordinary day. Forget anything that I’ve said previously about hard days – today beats them all into the proverbial cocked hat. Hills? Got mountains. Snow? Tick. Pain? Levels that would make a grown man cry – and … Continue reading →

Another long day 😟. We’ve made the mistake of booking our flight back to the UK for Wednesday next week. We booked it in Rabanal when we were still 250 km from Santiago de Compostela. At that point we had … Continue reading →

😓 Today has probably been the hardest day that we’ve spent on the Camino – period. This was starting out. A short while later. What you don’t get to see are the intermittent blizzards of snow, hail and sleet. At … Continue reading →

We awoke with the alarm at 6:30 a.m. having booked breakfast for 7 o’clock. Still sleepy we made our way down to what turned out to be a decent buffet breakfast before setting out at 8:15. (Tom isn’t the fastest … Continue reading →

Phew 😯. 32km from our albergue last night. I at least have sore feet. Tom seems perky as ever and Juanita’s osteoporosis seems to have had absolutely no effect on her ability to walk these distances with a pack heavier … Continue reading →

The start of today’s journey. And in contrast, the view from the porch of tonight’s albergue. We’ve had a very pleasant stroll today from Leon. Plenty of stops for coffee with an avocado and tomato sandwich for lunch saw us … Continue reading →

We’ve finally made it back to Leon, thankfully this time without any significant medical problems. Mum’s little toe, painful for the first couple of days, has been tamed with the removal of ankle support padding and the soft gel around … Continue reading →

This is where we stayed last night 😊 Mum found this on TripAdvisor. We turned out to be the only guests but the room was delightful, dinner was lovely and we had a great chat with the lady who ran … Continue reading →

The hotel in Oviedo was strategically situated for the train station but also for the local municipal cleaning squads. Mum swears that during the night they swept, washed, shampooed, dried and finally polished the street before driving up and down … Continue reading →

We’re back 🤗. We had a relaxed bus ride to Gatwick followed by a decent lunch of beautifully cooked salmon and puy lentils with two small glasses of Merlot. Hedonism run wild. The flight was remarkably turbulent but otherwise uneventful. … Continue reading →