by Maggii | Sep 21, 2019 | Camino Frances
We had a decision to make this morning. Would we take the main route to Hospital de Orbigo which ran mostly along a busy road or would we take the road less travelled through the countryside. We opted for country. The first half of the walk was nice and interesting....
by Maggii | Sep 20, 2019 | Camino Frances
The thunderstorm brought rain last night but is was gone before we left Villarente this morning. Once again the morning sky was dark and threatening and we kept looking skyward, waiting for the rain. It had been an easy 12 kilometre walk this morning and a few spots...
by Maggii | Sep 19, 2019 | Camino Frances
The path that our feet trod today was very similar to yesterday. A stoney, white, tree lined path that ran parallel to a small road. But what was around us was quite different. We left this morning under the gaze of a cloud covered moon. Our light came from the head...
by Maggii | Sep 18, 2019 | Camino Frances
We left Sahagun in the half morning light over the Rio Cea via the Puente Canto with its five arches. The bridge was originally Roman but had been reconstructed in the 11th and 16th centuries. While crossing the bridge we met a Japanese man who was legally blind,...
by Maggii | Sep 17, 2019 | Camino Frances
We woke to thunder and lightning this morning. I was thinking that maybe a rest day would be nice. I checked the hourly weather forecast. Rain expected until 7:30. Perfect timing. The morning had been all noise and show and the rain hadn’t hung around so the morning...