Oviedo Cathedral
7 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Staying in Oviedo overnight and catching the early train to Leon which is the start point of the San Salvadore. The San Salvadore Camino leads the pilgrim from the Camio France, which goes to SantiagoLeggi altro
Leon Cathedral
8 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
The start point of the Camino San Salvador. Taking a coffee and Sitting in the open with no rain, yet. There is Sun, occasionally. Booked into an Albergue which is very old and cramped and because ILeggi altro
First marker for the San Salvadore
8 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Went looking for my start route for the morning and walked the first 2km of the route and back again, just in time to save my washing from the rain which has started again with thunder.
Gaudy'sLeggi altro
Just wandering in Leon
8 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Just wandering with all the others who have emerged after a 2 hour thunder storm. There are some very rude Gargoles on the church, with their bottoms in the air. No idea of the significance.
First stop
9 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Taking a water break with my new walking buddy who is Venezuelan economic refugee who now lives in Portugal called Margareta who has a fear of getting lost! The good thing is she is a natural SpanishLeggi altro
La Robla (the oak)
9 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ 🌧 16 °C
Walked for 7 straight hours through frequent rain showers to get to La Robla. Only one person ahead of us and currently only one other person in the albergue, an Irish woman who walked half way hereLeggi altro
Pola de gordon
10 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Last coffee before the big hike.
Buiza
10 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Buiza is 10 km from La Robla but is the start of the Cantabrian mountain area.
Poladura de la Tercia
10 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
What an excellent day walking through the mountains. The weather was good and the views were excellent. Neither the photos or the caption will do it justice. Only have a take away dinner tonight fromLeggi altro
Puerto de Payares
11 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 15 °C
The views are beyond description.
Pajares or Payares
11 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
The albergue is very clean and the hospetalero has just done our very muddy washing. The pathe was very wet, the mud very deep and the streams were difficult to cross but the walk was excellent. LunchLeggi altro
ViaggiatoreThe weather has been perfect for the two high mountain days but turning rainy for the next 2
Llanos
11 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
2 hours into today's walk and the views in the hills make all the ups and downs tolerable to a point.
Herias or Erias
12 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
This is the turn off from the camino to my albergue for tonight. I have now lost my Spanish and Venezuelan friends who need to continue walking to the next town to meet travel deadlines: very sad. TheLeggi altro
Bendueños
12 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Arrived at this wonderful old word Church albergue run by a wonderful woman called Sandra. It was a long walk through high level wooded tracks that were very muddy and crossing streams was tricky.Leggi altro
Iglesia Christina
13 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Going slowly down towards Pola de la Lena which is my stop tonight; a very short day to avoid the predicted rain storms. The next two days look much better weather in which to complete my journey toLeggi altro
Pola de Lena
13 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
What a difference a day makes in the type of albergues. I am on the first floor of a municipal office block that has an area set aside as a municipal albergue and the building receptionist is theLeggi altro
El Miño, Pola
13 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
This is one reason I love Spain. The menu de dia in El Mino is €10. It is known as a rough sidraria (Astorian cider house ) but look at my lunch. The waiter is huge like Bifo the bear has a deepLeggi altro
Uxo or ujo
14 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Half way through today's stage which is only 14 km. Stopped at a cafe in Uxo for coffee and a breakfast roll and was given a freshly cooked cake by the owner. Cafe con leche, bocadillo con tortilla;Leggi altro
Mieres del Camino (University albergue)
14 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
105 km complete and only 20 km to complete tomorrow. A completely new town with little to see but it is surrounded by hills which have to be walked over to make progress north to Oviedo. The albergueLeggi altro
Out of Mieres
15 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Out of this dirty, industrial ex-mining town with it's smoking coal stage heaps to the very hilly countryside and two bloody great hills to get over.
Oviedo Cathedral
15 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Just finished the Camino San Salvador and I have another certificate to show St. Peter but I don't hold out much hope.
Naranco pre Romanesque churches
16 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Old man still walking. I have found another hill to climb, up to the Pre-Romanesque churches at Naranco which is 4 km above Oviedo. Fuelled only by cafe con leche,
tostadas con tomato andLeggi altro
Oviedo Cathedral and park
16 giugno 2023, Spagna ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Last footprint: the parks are just as clean, tidy and pleasant as the old town and the new town.
