Category: Camino

“(On the Meseta) there is little shade and so again we need to take care with the sun and carry plenty of water”.   – A Pilgrims Guide to Camino de Santiago  Ok, I got this...

Torn between chilling in Burgos one more day and maintaining a forward motion, I chose the latter.  In just one day I  was getting too used to calamari salad and gelato. A short 13km brought me...

Burgos does sacred architecture to scale.  It just overwhelms the senses to walk down a crowded street of shops, enter an open plaza and see a mass of spires, huge doors and arched passages.  And I’m...

Left Tosantos this morning knowing that I had a bit of a hike today.  The worst part were 2 peaks of about 500m to climb later in the day and they were part of the final...

Tosanto’s claim to fame is the “Our lady of the crag – Ermita de la Virgen de la Peña la Chiesa” hermitage built into the sides of the limestone cliffs. The church was locked but the...

An early start this morning as the dormitory was a bee hive of activity by 5:30am.  The walk was mostly on clay and gravel roads through rolling farmland, mostly in grape vines and a lot of...

Last nights stay was in a church basement with a couple dozen other pelegrínos.  It included  a communal dinner  of wine, salad, lentil soup, pasta, and fresh peaches for dessert.     A light breakfast awaited...