Category Archives: Spain

3 October 2023, Camino 3, Day 34 Melide to Arzua It’s cool (60 degrees) and a bit humid this morning. It feels good walking but stopping for a drink it seems chilly. It’s a short walk to Arzua which is good. My ankle has been acting up and I welcome a reduction in kilometers. IContinue reading “TWO DAYS TO SANTIAGO”

1 October 2023, Camino 3, Day 32 Portomarin to Palais de Rei Full disclosure: I am not walking to Palais de Rei today. Yesterday was a very tough day. The walk itself was not too bad but the heat was brutal. In addition walking into Portomarin is a very steep downhill followed by a veryContinue reading “FOUR DAYS TO SANTIAGO”

30 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 31 Sarria to Portomarin Today was everything I expected and more. There were all sorts of groups of people. Groups of men being loud, teenagers sitting on the roadside texting, and more. And when I say more I mean something more interesting possibly. There is a group of menContinue reading “FIVE DAYS TO SANTIAGO”

2 October 2023, Camino 3, Day 33 Palais de Rei to Melide Today we are walking the Primativo route to Melide where we will rejoin the Frances route. It is the oldest of the routes to Santiago and the route that the king of Spain took to pay homage to the bones of St. JamesContinue reading “THREE DAYS TO SANTIAGO”

4 October 2023, Camino 3, Day 35 Arzua to O Pedrouzo It’s a beautiful day today. The weather is cool, the path shady with bits of mild sunshine, rolling hills, and good traction on the road. About 13 miles to O Pedrouzo. It is the last day before the last day. I have walked aloneContinue reading “ONE DAY TO SANTIAGO”

5 October 2023, Camino 3, Day 36 O Pedrouzo to Santiago Glen and I have had a little joke along the camino. When we are close to our destination and need to push through he says, “Let’s finish this thing before it gets out of hand.” Well today we’re going to finish it. The dayContinue reading “SANTIAGO”

29 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 30 Triacastela to Sarria Today we enter the last 100 km of the Camino Frances de Santiago. I feel funny about this. A month ago I was saying to myself “OMG! I still have a month of this to do?!” And now it’s the final phase. A lot ofContinue reading “ON TO THE BEGINNING OF THE END”

28 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 29 Pedrofita do Cebriero to Triacastela So you can see by the elevation map that today has a major downhill. Well after yesterday…we decided to skip it and take a taxi to Triacastela 😮😁😉. Yup it’s an easy day today 🥳 It’s a nice little town and we haveContinue reading “A LITTLE REST DAY”

27 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 28 Las Herrierias to Pedrafita do Cebriero When they were up, they were up,And when they were down, they were down,And when they were only halfway up,They were neither up nor down. Pedrafita do Cebriero is about 2 miles off the camino before reaching Ocebriero but make no mistakeContinue reading “WHERE IS THE ROAD?”

26 September 2023, Camino 3, Day 27 Villafranca del Bierzo to Las Herreiras Today is a relatively long day, about 12 miles. I’m worried about this since yesterday was a short day and I had a lot of pain in my quads, calves, and hamstrings. Of course silly me hasn’t been stretching like I should.Continue reading “WALKING WITH TREPIDATION”