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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 →

Monday 2 October  Spanish hotel rooms: double beds, booked for two persons and yet can never get a second luggage  rack.  Maybe we succeeded once. Today’s walk: “one of the nicer walks” QB remarked.  Garmin 20.5 km iPhone 16km Android 18 … Continue reading →

Sunday October 1 Slight rain for a short while.  Hopefully not enough to affect the red clay for the walk tomorrow. First stop, the cathedral.  Timing was perfect as we got to hear the organ playing for Sunday mass.  It … Continue reading →

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 →