At the airport
2017年8月29日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
I am happy that my bag weighed 7.4 kgs. I wish it was 10% of my bodyweight.
I am excited and a little nervous, and feeling very grateful to be heading off on this three week wander in Spain. Caminoもっと詳しく
Biarritz
2017年8月29日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Easy 1 euro bus trip from airport to hotel.
Off to check things out down at the beach, and face the challenge of eating in a restaurant alone. That will be a big hurdle to get over. Maybe I willもっと詳しく
Walkabout
2017年8月30日, フランス ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Observations from my wanderings today:
Mostly white people, mostly French. White clothes seem to be a thing, lace is popular.
Basque cakes are lovely, basque strawberries from the market were superb.もっと詳しく
Bayonne
2017年8月31日, フランス ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Short bus trip to be a tourist in this lovely city and also to get my Camino passport stamped.
Big day. I ate in a restaurant, alone, which was a huge hurdle for me to get over. I had a glass of wineもっと詳しく
Espana . Me Gusta.
2017年9月1日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
I rook the train from Biarritz to Hendaye, the last town in France, then I crosses the bridge into Spain. I wandered about in Irun trying to look like I knew where I was going. Then I decided I may beもっと詳しく
Walk to San Sebastián.
2017年9月2日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
I got up at 6 and left the hostel at 7.05. It was not raining and quite cool. I felt confident enough though lots of "what ifs" went through my mind last night.
Most of the town was walking up theもっと詳しく
Tourist day
2017年9月3日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Qthings I learned in San Sebastián today, which may be coloured rosy by warm sunshine and a magnificent setting :
A large sugar raised bun partially sliced and filled with 3 inches of cream, alongもっと詳しく
Walkingn to Getaria, Gipuzkoa in Basque.
2017年9月4日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Left San Sebastián at sunrise and enjoyed a beautiful walk along the coast to a small village called Getaria. Not unlike the west coast of Ireland, landscape wise. However, grapevines and sheep withもっと詳しく
Easy walking day to Deba
2017年9月5日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
I challenged myself last night and slept in a top bunk. I was always afraid I would fall out. Luckily that was an unwarranted fear but I should have practiced getting out as I worried about putting myもっと詳しく
Gernika
2017年9月7日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Yesterday was a slog day. Rain all day and lots of up and down. Good though, complete silence at some points, really nice. Last night's lodging was a bottom bunk in an old church, donation. I ateもっと詳しく
Bilbao
2017年9月8日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Today was long, well my choice for it to be long. There was a lot of road side walking so that is not quaint.
The best part of today was talking to the locals. On my way out of Gernika today I startedもっと詳しく
Guggenheim etc
2017年9月9日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Rainy and cool so a good day for a bit of a rest and a walk about in Bilbao. It is nice. The museum is extra ordinary to look at but most of the modern art inside is either rubbish or I don'tもっと詳しく
Castro Urdinalesand bust.
2017年9月11日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
Yesterday was a tough one. I walked way more than I thought I was going to. Ten more kms than I wanted to and my feet were not happy.
I left Bilbao after a sleepless night in the hostel owing toもっと詳しく
Sontonio
2017年9月12日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
In a hosteland there is a man from Leeds talking to me even though I have turned away from him. He is nuts. The walk today was glorious, fantastic scenery. I got off the trail a few times but elderlyもっと詳しく
Sontonio, SANTANDER, Santilla del. Mar
2017年9月15日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
This is a beautiful lille place. No words to aptly describe a medieval village. It was enchanting to arrive here yesterday evening after my second day of 40 km walks. I don't set out everyday with aもっと詳しく
San Vincente de la barquera
2017年9月16日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
And it ends here for now.
Yesterday, once again I walked far. The planned stop had no beds left. I could have got a hotel or hostel but I wanted my last night to be with other walkers.
I met up withもっと詳しく
Santander
2017年9月18日, スペイン ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
I got to know this place well, waiting for my plane to go back to Dublin. Ryanair offered no recompense, and after going to the airport, as directed by an email, the girl there said Dublin told themもっと詳しく
Last day in Spain
2017年9月19日, スペイン ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
22 days in one of my, well actually, my favourite place. It has been a great visit for me. I like it here.
My last day was well ended with a conversation with my favorite group of Spanish people, oldもっと詳しく
Back in Dublin.
2017年9月20日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Back art the flat, uneventful flight.
Kevin and Chelsea are here as they start their own European wander. We wandered in the rain. Ate chips and ice cream, threw raw fish to the seals in Howth andもっと詳しく
Sligo
2017年9月23日, アイルランド ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Quick weekend visit with Kevin and Chelsea. Beautiful day yesterday, Walked on the beach, and went to a free not Irish music concert at the theater. It was culture night in Ireland so there was a lotもっと詳しく
Rossknowlagh
2017年9月24日, アイルランド ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
We stayed in a old BnB in shabby Bundoran. The decor was typical of an old place, huge flowery wallpaper in three shades of lilac, with a clashing paisley pattern duvet and some diamente throwもっと詳しく


















































