June 13, 2024 - Negreira - A Picota - 30 kms - Hostal Camino Finisterre June 14, 2024 - A Picota - Muxia - 30 kms - Pousadas Mariñeiras Camino de Barca June 15, 2024 - Muxia - Laxe - 32 kms - Hostal Bahía June 16, 2024 - Laxe - Corme - 27 kms - Apartment Touristico...
Into Santiago on the Camino Ingles
June 5, 2024 - Cuiña to Santo Andrés de Teixido - 29 kms - Casa Rural San Andrés de Teixido June 6, 2024 - Santo Andrés de Teixido to Valdoviño - 30 kms - Hotel Valdoviño June 7, 2024 - Valdoviño to Ferrol - 24 kms - Hotel America June 8, 2024 - Ferrol to...
I am a Pilgrim; We All Are
A Facebook post of mine that encouraged others to consider taking a particular Camino route and the variants it offered received a comment from the head of a particular Camino association that surprised me. He said that if you take an unauthorized variant you are not...
San Andrés de Teixido
June 4, 2024 - Barquiero to Cuiña - 25 kms - Hostal Restaurante Casa Giz June 5, 2024 - Cuiña to San Andrés de Teixido - 29 kms - Casa Rural San Andrés de Teixido Today we arrived at a major pilgrimage destination in Galicia. No, not that one, but rather San...
Albergues: Stretching Beyond Our Comfort Zone
June 1, 2024 - Foz to San Ciprián/Ciprao - 30kms - Hostal Buenavista June 2, 2024 - San Ciprián/Ciprao to Viveiro - 30kms - Oli Vita Hostal June 3, 2024 - Viveiro to Barqueiro - 25kms - Hostal O Forno There are no municipal albergues on the Camino del Mar, but in...
On to the Camino del Mar
May 30, 2024 - Playa de Penarronda to Barreios - 25 kms - Solarena Bistrot May 31, 2024 - Barreios to Foz - 21 kms - Apartamento Puerto Foz Total distance walked or cycled so far this year: 1619 kms. From Budapest: 3706 kms Yesterday we crossed the high, windy...
Revisiting the Norte
May 25, 2024 - Oviedo to Avilés - 30 kms - Avilés Por Visitar apartment May 26, 2024 - Avilés to Rellayo - 32 kms - Hotel Casa Fernando II May 27, 2024 - Rellayo to Canero - 39 kms - Hotel Restaurant Canero May 28, 2024 - Canero to Navia - 29 kms - Casona...
Oviedo
May 24, 2024 - Rest day in Oviedo - Uria 25 Rooms For a number of years we have wanted to visit Oviedo. We have passed within a day’s walk of it on two occasions while doing the Camino del Norte, but didn’t feel that we had the necessary time. The...
Camino de San Salvador
May 21, 2024 - Villamanín de la Tercia - Payares 19kms - Albergue Peregrinos May 22, 2024 - Payares - Pola de Lena - 23kms - Apartamento May 23, 2024 - Pola de Lena - Oviedo - 34kms - Uría 25 Rooms I intersected the Camino de San Salvador at Poladura de la...
Crossing the Mountains (again), and Grandma breaks a Hip (again)
May 19, 2024 - Santa Colomba de las Arrimadas to Vegacervera - 32 kms - Albergue Cueva de Valporquera May 20, 2024 - Vegacervera to Villamanin - 19 kms - Albergue de Joventud Gordon: Ruth says that I get a special twinkle in my eye in the mountains, and if so my eyes...
”Old people do it!”
May 16, 2024 - Cervera de Pisuerga – Guardo - 36 kms - Hotel el Tremazal May 17, 2024 - Guardo - Puente-Almuhey - 19kms - Albergue Peligrinos May 18, 2024 - Puente-Almuhey - Arrimadas - 32 kms - Hotel Rural Monasterio de Ara Mada Well I’m not made of sugar,...
Weather
May 15, 2024 - Aguilar de Campo - Cervera de Pisuerga - 29kms - Hostal El Resbalón We consider ourselves lucky when we are settled into our hostel before the rain, the thunderstorms or, as in the case today, the sleet lets loose. Most days our timing is good and I am...