Category Archives: Daily trek

It’s been a gentle, uneventful day after a night spent tossing and turning wondering whether it was fair on the dogs to travel so far. Having reached Rouen it was still only a relatively short hop back to Calais whereas … Continue reading →

We’re safely ensconced in the Ibis budget hotel Rouen Nord which is a little grim but takes dogs and has all the necessary creature comforts with little of the desirable getting in the way. The day started normally enough with … Continue reading →

It’s been an odd sort of day. We’re leaving fairly early tomorrow to catch the 14:20 train. We’ll need to charge close to the train station in order to make it to the Ibis Hotel Rouen Nord where we and … Continue reading →

We’ve picked up the necessary paperwork for the dogs. It turned out to be a very painless experience, a 30 minute interview with the vet simply going through the forms he’d already prepared and a transfer of £149 from our … Continue reading →

It’s Monday, 3rd April and we leave on Wednesday 12th. We’re going to drive to Folkestone, pick up the eurotunnel train and assuming all goes to plan, arrive in Calais some 35 minutes later. We’ve a trip to Havant arranged … Continue reading →

After chamomile tea and toast we walked to where Google insisted was the stop where we’d pick up the bus to A Coruña. It was some distance out of town and no bus stop in sight. There was a restaurant … Continue reading →

Albergue Guiana was excellent, especially the Velux window 😊. Watching the swifts was really special. Unfortunately, the route out of town took us past some pretty dilapidated buildings. These are invariably covered in graffiti and look awful. It’s hard to … Continue reading →

It’s been a hard day, probably the hardest on the Camino so far. Interestingly this is exactly what I said last time we arrived in Ponferrada. Last time it was April and we had blizzard conditions coming over Cruz de … Continue reading →

That’s the second time we’ve stayed there – it’s a lovely hotel, white, bright and airy, two large single beds pushed together, large bathroom with a bath – cue childish screams of joy. Astorga is a nice town, great lavandería … Continue reading →

Let’s start with dinner last night which was great. Great company, two Spanish cyclists (on electric bikes!!!), but I’ve racked up even more brownie points, two Italians, one young, just graduated in sustainable management (?), the other probably our age … Continue reading →