2024 Arles to Santiago

Crossing the Mountains (again), and Grandma breaks a Hip (again)

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 ...

By |2024-05-20T09:38:23-07:00May 20, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , |9 Comments

”Old people do it!”

May 16, 2024 - Cervera de Pisuerga – Guardo - 36 kms - Hotel el Tremazal May 17, 2024 - Guardo - Puente-Almuhey - 19kms - Albergue Peligrinos May 18, 2024 - Puente-Almuhey - Arrimadas - 32 kms - Hotel Rural Monasterio de Ara Mada Well I’m not made of sugar, thankfully. Today was cold and a soaker. But I am now sitting writing this by a ...

By |2024-05-18T08:14:53-07:00May 18, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , |5 Comments

Weather

May 15, 2024 - Aguilar de Campo - Cervera de Pisuerga - 29kms - Hostal El Resbalón We consider ourselves lucky when we are settled into our hostel before the rain, the thunderstorms or, as in the case today, the sleet lets loose. Most days our timing is good and I am so grateful that we are not camping. Yesterday was the first day on ...

By |2024-05-15T23:24:02-07:00May 15, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , |8 Comments

The Ebro

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  ...

By |2024-05-14T12:17:20-07:00May 14, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , |7 Comments

Valle de Tobalina

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 ...

By |2024-05-10T11:42:56-07:00May 10, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , |5 Comments

From the Vasco to the Olvidado

May 7, 2024 - Salvatierra - Vitoria - 28kms - Apartamento  May 8, 2024 - Vitoria - Miranda de Ebro - 35 kms - Pensión Matillas We have now come over 3000 kms from Budapest and 1020 kms from Arles.  Today was one of my best riding days ever. It started with a good climb over a mountain pass and then a slow descent along ...

By |2024-05-08T10:57:54-07:00May 8, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , , |2 Comments

Through the Tunnel

Oiartzun to Icazteguieta - 38 kms - Icazteguita Ostatua Icazteguita to Zegama - 29 kms - Municipal pilgrim hostel  Zegama to Salvatierra - 22 kms - Municipal pilgrim hostel We are currently following a Camino route known variously as the Camino de Vasco, the Interior Route, and the Tunnel Route.  Today I passed through the “tunnel” that gives rise to the last of these names. ...

By |2024-05-06T10:48:50-07:00May 6, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , |2 Comments

Leaving France and Entering Spain but the Pays Basque Continues

May 2, 2024 - Bayonne - Saint-Jean-de-Luz - 25kms - Brit Hotel de Paris May 3, 2024 - Saint-Jean-de-Luz - Oiartzun - 30kms - Txikierdi Alde, Spain We have now crossed into Spain, and although the landscape and culture are markedly different,  we are still in Basque Country. For days now we have been  surrounded by hills dotted with traditional Basque farm houses or Exte as ...

By |2024-05-03T22:48:15-07:00May 3, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , |1 Comment

Bayonne

April 29, 2024 - La Bastide Clairence to Bayonne - 28 kms - Temporesidences Cathedral April 30 and May 1, 2024 - Rest days in Bayonne - Temporesidences Cathedral  When we passed through Bayonne years ago we were struck by the beauty of the place.  So with more time available on this trip, we chose to stay here for our first rest day since Arles.  ...

By |2024-05-01T04:07:42-07:00May 1, 2024|Categories: 2024 Arles to Santiago|Tags: , , |6 Comments
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