Off to Miranda de Ebro

I know this is crazy, but I have not yet managed to finish my 2025 Camino Viejo. I still have about 9 walking days, and I decided that I just didn’t want to wait till next spring. Things are stable here, the trip will be short, and I was able to get a good ticket … so I am off again!

I ended my walk this summer in Miranda de Ebro, a not so beautiful small city about four hours north of Madrid, and so that’s where I will start. This last part probably won’t be as spectacular as the earlier stages, with all the monasteries, castles, gorges, and MOUNTAINS, but I’m excited!

This segment, which ends in another unknown, small Spanish city, Aguilar de Campóo, spends most of its time near the meandering Ebro River. Lots of gorges, beautiful little villages, more Romanesque, a monastery or two, and a few peaks to climb. I have good information about off-route loop walks that will mean shorter forward progress, but more elevation and more natural beauty, at least if I can do it.

I have officially entered the 4th quarter now, if you think it begins at 75. Or if you think it begins at 76, I still have one year of middle age left. In either case, I have to seize whatever opportunities I have to enjoy the Camino beauty that will be out of range for me very soon.

So off I go, with my new backpack (weighing 10 pounds before food and water!!!) and my ancient green fleece. The fleece was a present from my son for my first Camino in 2000, and I have worn it on every Camino since then. I can’t imagine walking without it.

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