Mansilla de las Mulas ➡ Leon ➡Valverde de la Virgen The morning dawned cold and smelt of damp pavement; it was still a little drizzly, but the…… Read more “El Camino Day 20, 21 & 22 -Thai Food and Good Company”
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El Camino Day 18 & 19 Rain and Pancakes
Terradillos de los Condes ➡ Bercianos de Real Camino ➡ Mansilla de las Mulas I woke tired and restless before my alarm on day 18 in Terradillos…… Read more “El Camino Day 18 & 19 Rain and Pancakes”
El Camino Day 16 & 17 -Singalongs and Masseuses
Carrion de los Condes ➡ Terradillos de los Templarios Carrion de los Condes is not a large town, but neither was it a blip like some of…… Read more “El Camino Day 16 & 17 -Singalongs and Masseuses”
10 Important Things to Know About El Camino de Santiago
1. Cash is King Rural Spain is a society of cash, card machines are not a thing, and if you don’t have Euros on you it makes…… Read more “10 Important Things to Know About El Camino de Santiago”
El Camino Day 12 & 13 -Sunrises and Irish pubs
San Juan de Ortega to Burgos, Burgos to Hontanas Our arrival in San Juan de Ortega was a true relief, but we weren’t the last to drag…… Read more “El Camino Day 12 & 13 -Sunrises and Irish pubs”
El Camino Day 14 & 15 -Tears and Taxis
Hontanas ➡ Intero de la Vega ➡ Carrion de los Condes Day 14, officially two weeks into our Camino journey, and I had spent most of it in…… Read more “El Camino Day 14 & 15 -Tears and Taxis”
El Camino Day 10 & 11; Tuna Salad and the Longest 5km of My Life.
Granon and San Juan de Ortega Another stunning sunrise for another day of walking, along the route we met a pair of Australian friends walking a section…… Read more “El Camino Day 10 & 11; Tuna Salad and the Longest 5km of My Life.”
El Camino Day 8 and 9: Snack Trees and Domestics
Logrono and Najera A freight train forced my eyes open at five in the morning, or that was my assumption upon waking to the noise coming from…… Read more “El Camino Day 8 and 9: Snack Trees and Domestics”
El Camino Day 7 -Camino Miracles
Estella to Los Arcos The double bed of the B&B in Estella was hard to drag ourselves out of, the first comfortable, big bed and lack of…… Read more “El Camino Day 7 -Camino Miracles”
EL Camino Day 5 & 6 -Knee pain and Bed bugs
day five and six of our camino journey were hard going, more knee pain and our first encounter with the dreaded bed bugs
The Travelling Shepherds 