Category Archives: Daily trek

We’re on our way. We’ve checked the dogs into pet passport control and we’re waiting for our vegan Brazilian black bean and a falafel wrap from Leon. The dogs are relaxing in the car whilst we eat. They ate earlier … Continue reading →

It’s been a wet, wet day, the wettest day we have ever experienced on this or any other wet Camino. Our anoraks held out manfully but both are old and eventually the unrelenting downpour found its way onto our jumpers, … Continue reading →

Today’s been wet but otherwise uneventful. As you can see from the image, lots of vines underneath a very wet sky. As you can see from these two images, the dog, a poodle is tasked to carry his own food, … Continue reading →

We had the most extraordinary weather today, hailstones, thunder, lightning and an absolutely torrential downpour which caught us out in the open with no opportunity to hide. We got wet 😞. Still, let’s start from the beginning. We left after … Continue reading →

We started at 8 o’clock, we stopped for what I’d hoped would be a substantial breakfast a couple of streets away but nope, we were restricted to tostada and café plus marmalade. We turned down the offer of free fried … Continue reading →

We’ve arrived at tonight’s venue, A Casa da Herba which I’d booked directly. Unfortunately the bathroom is shared which isn’t ideal for someone padding off to the toilet twice a night. But the room is light, the shower is excellent … Continue reading →

We’ve struck lucky. Tonight’s accommodation is excellent, great room, shower etc and we’ve just polished off a delightful dinner of salad and in my case, a bottle of Estrella Galicia Especial. The Santiago cake with Té Manzanilla wrapped everything up … Continue reading →

It’s nearly 10 a.m. and after a decent breakfast in the hotel we’re meandering down to the bus station to catch the 11:30 autobús to Valença. Yesterday’s flight was uneventful. I fell asleep and missed take off but Dorothy assured … Continue reading →

Heading back to Santiago de Compostela with Vueling. We’ll stay tonight at Hotel Avenida (not started there before, our favourite hotel Compostela is fully booked). Prior to that is the small matter of getting through security here, Dorothy gets frisked … Continue reading →

We arrived to find Santiago full of noise and people. Some sort of procession was winding its way through the town towards the cathedral – very noisy. The walk from San Roque to Valenca was uneventful, not so the bus … Continue reading →