El Camino Day 16

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 … Read more

El Camino Day 15

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 … Read more

El Camino Day 14

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. Today’s walk was only a short one as we need to break up the walk into 3 … Read more

El Camino Day 13

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 … Read more

Adios Arzúa – El Camino Day 24

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 time here … Read more

Adios Portomarín – El Camino Day 22

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 … Read more

Adios Sarria – El Camino Day 21

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. We were going uphill for a good part of the morning … Read more

Adios Triacastela – El Camino Day 20

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. The hotel we stayed at in Triacastela was also and albergue so it had a mix of accommodations. We didn’t stay in the dorm, a twin share room for … Read more