by Maggii | Sep 16, 2019 | Camino Frances
There were a few things today that I was looking forward to seeing. The first one that I couldn’t find was the ruins of the 12th century Franciscan Abbey. Next was the best preserved stretch of an original Roman Road. I could see that the road was well elevated above...
by Maggii | Sep 15, 2019 | Camino Frances
It was an interesting and varied walk today and mostly flat. At times I thought we could be back in Australia with the vast open fields of wheat stubble. But the wheat stubble was interrupted by paddocks of sunflowers in various stages of growth so I knew that I...
by Maggii | Sep 15, 2019 | Camino Frances
Groggy Dave needed an extra nudge to get moving this morning. Jean a vino tinto loving German lass from Frankfurt had wooed him with an empty glass and a promise of free flowing vino. A couple of hours later and Groggy Dave finally made it to bed. We left Castrojeriz...
by Maggii | Sep 12, 2019 | Camino Frances
Another cool crisp morning. Yesterday’s temperature didn’t make it past 13 degrees but the nights temperature wasn’t much lower at 10 degrees. We were only doing 20.4 k today and no rain forecast so it should be an easy day. My thigh was feeling marginally better so,...
by Maggii | Sep 12, 2019 | Camino Frances
Burgos and we woke later than normal and finally out on the street to see it had rained overnight. I put on my rain jacket just in case even though it looked like the rain had stopped. But false alarm the street had been washed down. It was a good mistake though and I...