On Saturday, three days before our flight to Bangkok, I made a last trip to the Public Works yard to dispose of a utility trailer load of fruit tree prunings and other yard waste. As I was pulling the loaded trailer up our moss covered driveway I slipped, fell, and dropped the heavy steel trailer tongue on my knee, pushing it in a direction it ...
June 18, 2024 - Malpica de Bergantiños to Barrañan - 30 kms - Playa de Barrañan June 19, 2024 - Barrañan to A Coruña - 17 kms - Hostal La Provinciana June 20, 2024 - A Coruña - Hostal La Provinciana June 21, 2024 - A Coruña - Hostal La Provinciana June 22, 2024 - A Coruña to Madrid by train - Hostal Aresol June ...
June 17, 2024 - Corme to Malpica de Bergantiños - 16 kms - Apartamento Mencer Upon reaching Santiago we still had about 10 more days available. What to do? As in Japan in 2019, the only possible response was keep walking and cycling. Our first destination was Muxía, which we remembered fondly from our first visit in 2011. From there we have continued up the ...
June 4, 2024 - Barquiero to Cuiña - 25 kms - Hostal Restaurante Casa Giz June 5, 2024 - Cuiña to San Andrés de Teixido - 29 kms - Casa Rural San Andrés de Teixido Today we arrived at a major pilgrimage destination in Galicia. No, not that one, but rather San Andrés de Teixido. This one also involves an apostle, but St. Andrew rather ...
May 30, 2024 - Playa de Penarronda to Barreios - 25 kms - Solarena Bistrot May 31, 2024 - Barreios to Foz - 21 kms - Apartamento Puerto Foz Total distance walked or cycled so far this year: 1619 kms. From Budapest: 3706 kms Yesterday we crossed the high, windy bridge to Ribadeo. In doing so we traversed the boundary between the regions of Asturias ...
May 24, 2024 - Rest day in Oviedo - Uria 25 Rooms For a number of years we have wanted to visit Oviedo. We have passed within a day’s walk of it on two occasions while doing the Camino del Norte, but didn’t feel that we had the necessary time. The cathedral in Oviedo is, however, the destination of the Camino de San Salvador, so ...
May 21, 2024 - Villamanín de la Tercia - Payares 19kms - Albergue Peregrinos May 22, 2024 - Payares - Pola de Lena - 23kms - Apartamento May 23, 2024 - Pola de Lena - Oviedo - 34kms - Uría 25 Rooms I intersected the Camino de San Salvador at Poladura de la Tercia and we spent three days on this Camino to Oviedo . ...
May 19, 2024 - Santa Colomba de las Arrimadas to Vegacervera - 32 kms - Albergue Cueva de Valporquera May 20, 2024 - Vegacervera to Villamanin - 19 kms - Albergue de Joventud Gordon: Ruth says that I get a special twinkle in my eye in the mountains, and if so my eyes were sparkling today. We woke to a beautiful sunny day in the ...
May 11, 2024 - Trespaderne to Quintana de Valdivielso - 26 kms - Arte y Natura Valdivielso May 12, 2024 - Quintana de Valdivielso to Soncillo - 31 kms - El Capricho Clement May 13, 2024 - Soncillo to Arroyo - 28 kms - La Lobera May 14, 2024 - Arroyo to Aguilar de Campoo - 38 kms - Hotel Valentin Gordon: We followed the ...
Miranda de Ebro to Quintana Martin Galindes - 35 kms - Albergue Valle de Tobalina Quintana Martin Galindes to Trespaderne - 25 kms - Hostal José Luis We have been following the Ebro River upstream from Miranda de Ebro. The first few hours out of Miranda were not particularly attractive, but once we turned off the main road we moved into a different world. We ...