Author Archives: boogkb

Thursday 12 October same weather National holiday, Hispanic day, C.Columbus arrived Castille 1497.  There are three ways out of town: shortcut over a large hill with an 18%-25% grade descent, a road around the hill adding another 8 -10 km … Continue reading →

Wednesday 11 October.  Same dry hot afternoon.  Starting out.  Garmin 23.7 km We are staying at a Posada.  These exist in Portugal, Spain and Brazil,each with different set of rules. Here in Spain they are old important buildings not of … Continue reading →

Tuesday 10 October same cold mornings and getting warmer afternoons. Need to discuss the weather.  We have not seen a cloud for at least 7 days.  Fields are brown like a California summer.  No farm animals.  A severe drought! The … Continue reading →

Monday 9 October cold morning, warm day. Weather is warming again. Looking back to and earlier  blog post (same date 7years ago) we have cloudless skies today – and out for the next ten days at least – whereas we … Continue reading →

Sunday 8 October (looks like used the 7th twice). Cold morning again, then hot afternoon. QB bundled up. Not a good day for QB.  Back spasms again, this time on the other side.  After about 10km, and some tea and … Continue reading →

Friday 7 October.  A little warmer than yesterday. A SMDG – explained below. Very small town.  Population about 23  Next closest has 65 people. However, and important monastery is here.  Quite a beautiful one being restored. Long day over various … Continue reading →

Friday 6 October cooler, finally We left La Rioja and entered Castille y Léon.  Good roads, seem much better than seven years ago.  Camino seems to have been improved to make walking smoother  but not shorter. Garmin 27 km iPhone … Continue reading →

5 October still warm  Rest day in this cute town with a famous cathedral. We are staying in one of the two Posadas – Bernardo.  QB in front of the other one. Considerably hidden in the shadows. The one above, … Continue reading →

Wednesday 4 October warm Almost 1400 ft of climbing today. Garmin 25.5 km Android 11.41 km (suspect loss of connectivity on some hill) iPhone 21 km Book 23.5 First pic is of the caves (defensive) in the red Rock Hill … Continue reading →

Tuesday 3 October warm afternoon Garmin 19.8km. Android 19.5 iPhone 16km Terrain mostly gentle rolling with a steady climb of 2% or so. 12th century gate in front of the cemetary. Gate moved from the hospital de Acre. This area … Continue reading →