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
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
This hardly counted as a walk, to be honest. I gave myself permission to lie in, and so didn't leave the hostel much before eight. I was joined early on by Martin, an ex-prison governor from Milton Keynes, and together we shared a pleasant flat stroll through suburbs which brought us to the hefty and …
Continue reading Camino Stage 6: Day 11 – Villava to Pamplona.
The day started before dawn with breakfast at 06:30. With my walking companions, Jackie and Simon, we had left SJPdP by 07.20. Normally, I would have considered this a very bad thing, but today was a particular day of challenge! Through the Virgin's Gate early The old town of SJPdP is really very small, and …
Continue reading Camino Stage 6: Day 8 – Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Roncesvalles
Last night was wrapped in the deep silence of the countryside, with only the sound of rain. I woke to a brighter morning and, after breakfast, was on the road by 8.15am. I had agreed to walk with Annie, whom I had met on the road on Tuesday. She had lodged at the same place, …
Continue reading Camino Stage 5: Day 5 – Bourriot-Bergonce to Roquefort
Vines and an ancient tower at Haute Bonnetie This was my first walking day. I was up early after a good night's sleep, and ready before Breakfast, so I was on the road by 7.22. Sainte-Foy was wrapped in quite heavy mists; Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness This made walking along the road rather …
Continue reading Camino Stage 4: Day 2 – Sainte-Foy-la-Grande to Saint Ferme
From The Quire 