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Today's walk was from Atapuerca to Burgos. A walk we haven't done before so it was all new for us today. A 22km walk for us with cloudy skies at the start. A much better outcome than the weather predictions we received last night from our phone weather apps. It turned into a very pleasant… Continue reading El Camino Day 16
Our walk today was from Villafranca to Atapuerca. About 19kms all up and mostly through a service track for a pine and oak forest. It was very cold and there was snow around from yesterday's snow fall. Thankfully we didn't need to walk through a snow storm or much rain but the skies were fairly… Continue reading El Camino Day 15
A cold start to the day's walk this morning with snow during the night as the temperatures dropped below zero. The snow was visible on the gardens and parked cars as we walked out of Belorado this morning. A snow covered sunflower Today's walk was only a short one as we need to break up… Continue reading El Camino Day 14
Today's walk was challenging. Very cold with temperatures down near 0ºC with constant rain, wind and the occasional hint of snow. It was super cold walking and my hands in the useless gloves were very cold. I had to constantly keep the fingers moving to get the blood to flow. I kept the pace of… Continue reading El Camino Day 13
Our last day of the Camino today. We made it! 600kms walked We awoke early, had breakfast and set out to walk the last 10kms of the Camino. As we were staying at a hotel near the airport it made sense for us to leave our bags at the hotel and pick them up on… Continue reading Hola! Hola! Santiago de Compostela – El Camino Day 25
Leaving Arzúa It rained through the night and when we awoke it was still raining so all the wet weather gear was put on to protect the packs and ourselves. I have a sleeve that fits over my whole backpack to protect it from the rain. I wore long waterproof pants today for the first… Continue reading Adios Arzúa – El Camino Day 24
We left this morning with no breakfast at around 8:00am. It was still dark but there was light in the sky with the sun soon to rise. Nowhere was open at this time of the morning so we had to start without our morning coffee and bacon and eggs. We figured we'd be able to… Continue reading Adios Palas de Rei – El Camino Day 23
Not too much to report on today. An easy days walk today with a lot of road walking. Not as scenic as yesterday’s either but a good day outdoors nonetheless. The view outside our hotel this morning. Cold morning to start being only about 1C so the gloves and beanie were out. Leaving town we… Continue reading Adios Portomarín – El Camino Day 22
Forecast for today was clear and sunny again with a foggy morning. We had 26kms to get through today. We left the hotel at about 9:30 this morning. The hotel is in the background of the image to the right. Heading out of Sarria. The bypass above and a rail track on the left We… Continue reading Adios Sarria – El Camino Day 21
Looking fab at dinner Leaving the hotel this morning We had a fun night last night with some fellow pilgrims again. We’ve been meeting this bunch a bit as we all start finishing our Camino. Leaving town this morning The hotel we stayed at in Triacastela was also and albergue so it had a mix… Continue reading Adios Triacastela – El Camino Day 20