Category Archives: Daily trek

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 →

(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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

It’s 17:32 local time and we’ve arrived hot and tired from what we thought would only be a short stroll from Burgos. It was, as it turned out, hard going, with the sun in its full glory and the temperature … Continue reading →

At last. After an abortive attempt in April, curtailed before starting by a torn calf muscle, we’re finally on our way. The bus from the central bus station in Oxford leaves in 15 minutes and we should be in Bilbao … Continue reading →

Dorothy and I are heading back to the Camino on 8th April, returning on the 18th. We left Spain last year at Burgos having spent the night at Cardenuela de Rio Pico, roughly 40km from the subject of the last … Continue reading →

What is the obsession of the Spanish with concrete? We’ve walked 24km today, at least 22km of which was on concrete or tarmac, really, really unpleasant on the feet. The last stretch into Redecilla del Camino in particular was absolute … Continue reading →