Leaving Los Arcos

Awake from 4:30 thanks to a woman in my dorm who noisily was packing her bag with her light on for half an hour at that time! Tried to have the Camino spirit about it (after all, she gave me an orange Czytaj więcej
Awake from 4:30 thanks to a woman in my dorm who noisily was packing her bag with her light on for half an hour at that time! Tried to have the Camino spirit about it (after all, she gave me an orange Czytaj więcej
It stayed quite cold and windy but with frequent bursts of sunshine for our 27km+ hike today.
Brittany was with us all day and spirits were high except Nick got some disappointing news about the job Czytaj więcej
It rained a little as we approached Logroño after a huge 27km and I got to wear my huge poncho for the first time and I was very glad of it!
My left foot felt sore and I hope it’s not plantar Czytaj więcej
After a surprisingly good night in such a busy dorm, Brittany and I left to meet Nick and Tom for breakfast before setting out to Nájera through several km of really lovely parkland.
It was chilly Czytaj więcej
My feet were much better today so I’m hoping that all is well there. We passed through many vineyards and many olive groves and the going was quite soft underfoot which was good.
Stopped at the Czytaj więcej
We entered what felt like a soviet era town which, when we crossed the pretty bridge, turns into a much prettier old town with a sandstone backdrop.
Gorgeous albergue - my favourite so far! It was Czytaj więcej
Well the weather was good to us yet again as we left Najera under deep blue skies and warm sunshine.
More olive trees and vineyards awaited us on our beautiful path to Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
It was a shorter walk today - just over 20km - but the weather was warming up considerably so it made it feel a bit harder. We all got a bit sunburned (the Camino tan is always more on the left hand Czytaj więcej
The albergue in this town has been serving pilgrims for 100s of years and it was very well organised and awesome.
There were chickens and a cockerel in the sunny garden in homage to a story about a Czytaj więcej
It was a late start as it hadn’t been a great night in the busy dorm. Brittany wasn’t feeling well and I was throaty too. Nick and Tom had gone on ahead and Brittany and I listened to music as we Czytaj więcej