by Maggii | Sep 5, 2019 | Camino Frances
Sleepy Dave left the Parochial Albergue this morning after a good breakfast but a bad nights sleep. Young Patrick overnight had according to Sleepy Dave become the Olympic Snoring campion. Even downstairs in the bathroom young Patrick could be heard. Me. I didn’t hear...
by Maggii | Sep 4, 2019 | Camino Frances
We left Los Arcos under a cloudless star filled sky. At 6.20 the morning air was very crisp and the ends of my fingers were tingling with cold. It was a very dark morning and we wouldn’t have gone anywhere without our head light. But it did look beautiful with the...
by Maggii | Sep 4, 2019 | Camino Frances
We left Estella this morning just before dawn. The morning broke on heavy dark clouds reminiscent of yesterday but with a crisper morning air. The breeze was a little heavier but it made for good walking weather. I was looking forward to arriving at the Bodegas Irache...
by Maggii | Sep 3, 2019 | Camino Frances
We left this morning over the 1000 year old Roman bridge Puente de Reina or Bridge of the Queen. The bridge spans the river Aga in the town of the same name. After a long arduous climb out of Puente de Reina and 7 1/2 k’s later we were rewarded by Cirauqui, a well...
by Maggii | Sep 1, 2019 | Camino Frances
We left this morning down a golden Pamplona street. It was 6:30 and already there was a line of pilgrims to follow. Not that it was hard to traverse the streets out of town. All you had to do was follow the scallops imbedded in the sidewalk. With a brilliant sunrise...