Monthly Archives: September 2017

Saturday 30 September. cooler today Shorter stage today, about 10km plus city walking taking it to 18km.   QB, suffering from a back spasm made the wise choice of taking a taxi and enjoying the larger city. Day started with light … Continue reading →

Friday 29 September very warm near end of walk. Checked carefully, we are staying in Viana only one night.   Today’s walk included one of the highest and steepest climbs of the Camino according to one book.   Garmin 21.1 kms Android … Continue reading →

Thursday 28 September Distance:. basically zero except for wandering about the village. Second night here after the mix up in Estella. Decided to stay here rather than try and fix the luggage transport going forward.   Nice rest day. The hotel, … Continue reading →

Wednesday 27 September A messy and expensive mix up, a road not taken, a good if shorter walk. First the mess up.   I thought we booked  one night at Tximista. Nope, two.  Did not discover the error until we tried … Continue reading →

Tuesday 26 September warm  A little shorter day as we took a taxis about 6km to a nearby hilltown.  Several more hilltowns, cute and medieval were on the path. Android 22.3 IPhone 21 Garmin 23.9 km We walked through Puente, … Continue reading →

Monday 25 September Walk with the crossing if a “Hill”.  Altura de Perdón. Distances again: iPhone 24 km Android, in same vest 26.9 Garmin 26.7 Book 25.5 Terrain:. walk starts downhill to Visit Menor and then wends its way uphill … Continue reading →

Sunday 24 September Rest day, needed.  Laundry, Cathedral, wandering. Breakfast was a different type of buffet:served one.  Different and with smoked salmon.  I got QB’s portion. Yesterday we mentioned a festival. Elizabeth asked if there were giant heads. I erroneously … Continue reading →

Saturday 23 September. Cool,perfect start, too hot and sunny later. Keeping, for a few days with the test of distance devices: book- 23.8 km Garmin 25.62 iPhone- 22.7 Android 23.0 Pretty good concordence today.  As a side testing note I … Continue reading →

Friday 21 September – a Rain say Day started with significant thunder, lightening and rain which tapered off early afternoon.  Left some roads very slippery. Early start from Hotel Roncesvalles QB in very pretty Basque town The last 4km were … Continue reading →

Thursday 21 September Tomorrow we march with the weather we get to have. Today, however, was warm and sunny. A lazy do nothing other than reading and making sure all gadgets, maps, and instructions properly set up and functioning. Our … Continue reading →