7:15am: ready to get the train to Paris There is a limit to how far you can go by land without it taking days to get to where you want to go - I think, with this stage of the Camino, I have now reached it. Perhaps, if I were younger, I might be able …
Continue reading Camino Stage 6: Day 19 – Bordeaux to Southwell – and reflections
It had rained quite a bit in the night, but I didn't hear it. Though I was in a 12 bed dorm I slept well, and woke about 7.40. I am a bit ambivalent about Spanish cuisine in general, perhaps first of all because I don't really understand what people are eating, and why and …
Outside the Casa Consistorial, Viana, at 07:40 this morning. There is always something bittersweet about coming to the end of another stage of this extended Camino. At one level, I am wanting get home to husband and hearth, to the love and the comforting routines of every day. But at another, every fibre of me …
Continue reading Camino Stage 6: Day 16 – Viana, Logroño and Bilbao
Sunrise from the terrace at el Palacio de Sansol After yesterday's extended effort, I now have two 'cool down' walks, as I come to the end of this stage. Today I did just 11 kms to Viana, which leaves nine to get to Logroño. After that I will get a bus to Bilbao, and, after …
With temperatures scheduled to peak today, another early start was called for. I had slept well in my own room and was up, packed and ready for the off by 06:55. The road out of Estella started to climb immediately, the street lights guiding us through some not very interesting parts of the city. Once …
Puente la Reina at 7.10am, reflected in the waters of the Arga river Today has been a classic Camino day; no spectacular heights to scale, a lot of walking on paths (always better than being where cars are), but many small surprises and delights, and practical challenges as well. These mid-September days are very hot …
Continue reading Camino Stage 6: Day 13 – Puente la Reina to Estella
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