by Ruth McDonald | May 30, 2022 | 2022 Via de la Plata, Spain |
Gordon, Grandma and I A tough section of stony Roman road, not recommended for bikes. I have reconciled with Grandma Friday after a few misunderstandings. We have been together for a long time, so naturally one expects a few bumps along the way. She explained it all...
by Ruth McDonald | May 27, 2022 | 2022 Via de la Plata, Spain |
Walt and I. Some people are just made of different stuff than the rest of us. Generally I feel like I am pretty fit and strong for a woman of my age, but there a lots of women on the Norte who are in their sixties and seventies. Unlike me most of them don’t coast down...
by Ruth McDonald | May 20, 2022 | 2022 Via de la Plata, Spain |
We missed a lot of the coast on our cycle trip along the Camino del Norte in 2014. The last two days of walking, biking and pushing have been varied and simply stunning. We followed tracks around headlands, crossed beaches on boardwalks, and of course, climbed steep...
by Ruth McDonald | May 17, 2022 | 2022 Via de la Plata, Spain |
I’m sitting in the square in the shade of the Santiago Cathedral in Bilbao. Gord should be along any minute, but this is a lovely place to wait. As the signs have told us since we started the Camino del Norte, we are not in Spain, we are in Basque County....
by Ruth McDonald | May 14, 2022 | 2022 Via de la Plata, Spain |
Grandma Friday and I having a rest Unfinished business on the Camino del NorteI’m feeling a bit like Sisyphus. After finishing the Via de La Plata, we took a 12 hour bus ride to Irún so that we could once again make our way to Santiago. We clearly need help. We...
