Albergue El Salvadore
18 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Settled into the municipal albergue for tonight after a long day travelling; from 04.45 until when I found the albergue at 17.30. Small but clean rooms in a very old seminary. There is a largeMeer informatie
Sunrise over Oviedo
19 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Always difficult getting out of the city but excellent when achieved. Set off at 07.35 and stopped for first coffee at 09.50.
Beautiful countryside and very hilly. Chestnuts trees are loaded but notMeer informatie
Albergue La Quintana, Grado
19 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
A beautiful but long walk from Oviedo to Grado of 27 km but the guides say 25 km? Needed to stop for liquid (small 🍺) 3 km before Grado but arrived at 14.40.
Had a good meal in the town; time for bed.
Cornellana
20 september 2024 ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
Just passing through towards Sala. So many ups and downs that I don't remember from 5 years ago. Started out early at 07.15 in the dark, to ensure I arrived before the forecast of 100% rain at 2Meer informatie
Salas
20 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Arrived at the albergue in Salas at 13.30 and bright skys, no sign of the forecast rain. Showered, washing and out for a menu de dia at Casa Pachon as recommended by the hospitalera Sandra.
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La Espina
21 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Started walking at 08.00 and the heavy rain started 10 minutes later. Walked for 3 hours in the rain up mud filled tracks and paths that had turned into mountain streams; all part of the game. ArrivedMeer informatie
Tineo
21–22 sep. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Walking around the town and the police closed the centre roads so that the local horse riding club could parade through the town. The town is a weird mix of old, new and derelict buildings. The townMeer informatie
Tineo trail out of the valley
22 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Beautiful climb out of the valley this morning; an increase in elevation of 450m. Mist and quiet vistas, and the ever present distant company of baying dogs and hunters in high vis jackets. Sunday inMeer informatie
Borres, Montana albergue
22–23 sep. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Arrived at the albergue at 13.00 and waited 5 minutes for the owner to turn up and sign me in. Very compact refuge pretending to be an Albergue but all the 12 beds are taken. Some disappointedMeer informatie
Route over Hospitales
23 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 9 °C
An excellent walk as the Sun rises, of over 1200m at it's peak across varied open hillsides. As you walk on the North or east sides of the hills you have no Sun of warmth until after midday, if youMeer informatie
Berducedo
23–24 sep. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
A return to an albergue I stopped at last time. Good food a clean shower room and reasonable beds. Very well looked after by the hospitalera
Vanessa. Very little to see in this rural cross roads. TheMeer informatie
On the camino, down
24 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Down, down always down; 800m descending in 7km. The weather is damp and the mist is thick and we are walking down hill on scree paths and wet natural slabs of slate. The consequence was inevitable andMeer informatie
Grandas de Salime dam
24 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
The purpose of all the 'down' mentioned in the last missive was to reach the Grandas de Salime (hydroelectric) dam and then to start the 'up' once again, all the way to Grandas de Salime.
Grandas de Salime
24–25 sep. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Arrived at the very nice private albergue just after 2 O'clock and completed ablutions before visiting the town to see what I remember of the place. Lots of new pilgrims/ walkers showing up at theMeer informatie
Galicia
25 september 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Crossed into Galicia below some wind turbines which were making the noise of howling jets because the wind was so strong. The climb of 600m to 1100m is quite gradual to start with but turns into aMeer informatie
Fonsagrada, Albergue
25–26 sep. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Arrived at 14.30 after climbing into the town up an 800m hill of 30 degrees and more. Any more inclination and you would need ropes. A long stage of 26 km in a very strong wind and rain showers thatMeer informatie
O Cadavo, albergue
26–27 sep. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
It has been a long day due to the tormenta (storm).
The howling of the winds and the lashing of the rain woke me up in the hill-top town albergue at 4 O o'clock this morning when I discovered theMeer informatie
Lugo
27–28 sep. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
A long walk interrupted by frequent and heavy showers but relatively short in duration. Mostly track and roadside across the Lugo plain with none of the huge hills we have been scaling for the last 7Meer informatie
Ferreira
28–29 sep. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 5 °C
Left Lugo at 07.30 and walked in thick wet mist until the Sun broke through at 11.00. Mainly road walking today but some pretty countryside once the mist cleared. Arrived at the albergue at 13.30Meer informatie
Boente
29–30 sep. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Another day mainly walking on small village roads. Nice sunrise and pleasant countryside but the number of pilgrims has grown exponentially with mainly Americans and Koreans. I am staying at the LeMeer informatie
O Pedrouzo
30 sep.–1 okt. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Left Boente at 08.10 and joined the moving human escalator that the camino Frances becomes just before Santiago. An unsurprising walk of roads, tracks and woods that started with drizzle, became dryMeer informatie
Santiago de Compostela
1–2 okt. 2024, Spanje ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
What a miserable final mornings walk into Santiago. I heard the rain drumming hard on the albergue roof as soon as I woke up and knew the walk would be wet and muddy. It rained from the start at 08.35Meer informatie








































































































































































ReizigerSorry to mislead but the festival is San Mateo which is a singing festival.