• Jeanette PengellyCamino de San SalvadorTraveler
    My bed last night
    Great to see the Cathedral again 😍A familiar sight...it's a great feeling to be back on CaminoWalking through the city-notice the lovely cool start to the day!Breakfast4The start of the Camino de San Salvador2The first marker...turns out NONE of them have a distance on them3This was when I thought I only had to walk 18km!!!These are the markers I am following2Second coffee stopDifferent flowers this Camino...I do miss the red poppies thoughStarting to climb-León is on the far left in the backgroundThe climb was hot! I needed a stop in the shadeRandom signs...never saw a thing!2Beautiful spanish building 😍2Loving the murals againI hadn't finished but as I had extra to do, I figured I earned an early reward!1Nearly there...but of course the albergue is at the OTHER end of the town2La Robla plaza (town square)Municipal albergue-sleeps 16

    Day 1

    August 5 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C

    The plan was to walk 18km to Cabanillas...however, the fact the albergue only slept FOUR was worrying me. Sure enough, it was full 😫 As it was early in the day...sort of...I decided to walk another 9km (instead of taking a taxi) So...yep, a 27km day...44,700 steps by the time I went to bed!!
    And now I have a day extra up my sleeve...this Camino was meant to be 9 slow, short days...oh well, the Camino teaches you lots of lessons. Obviously, I need to learn to stop planning so obsessively!!    Read more