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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...

Leaving Bilbao this morning. Gordon:  In a marked change from our first six days on the Camino del Norte, today’s walk was mostly flat and moderate in length.  (Yesterday I walked 31 kms, with almost 1000 metres of climbing, an experience my knees...

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....

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...

More pictures to come… having some technical difficulties The route into Santiago on the Camino Sanabres is the best approach by far of any caminos we have done. At three kilometres from the Cathedral we were still going up and down in a very rural landscape. At one...

Our pilgrim friends are now walking into Santiago each day. They take the required photo in front of the Cathedral which they text to the group. Sometimes they share a few thoughts about the impact of the Camino before they send their heartfelt goodbyes. Enrique...