Day 14, Hornillos del Camino to Castrojeriz.
We headed straight out from Hornillos del Camino back onto the wide open meseta. As we looked back towards our start we were fortunate to see the sunrise. Our day continued across this very remote area with views in every direction. As with yesterday, there was very little shade with the exception of two places […]
Day 13, Burgos to Hornillos del Camino.
Today’s start was a lovely cool river walk through Burgos, we also saw the magnificent Cathedral. As we left the city there were many modern brightly painted pilgrim ironworks. Burgos is certainly a beautiful place to visit. Once we moved on from the city our route headed out into what is often described as the […]
Day 12, San Juan de Ortega to Burgos.
We left San Juan de Ortega in the dark as we knew we had a long walk ahead. It was certainly a very atmospheric place at this time with the monastery looking particularly dramatic. Our route initially took us through trees and then we climbed up to the highest point of the day. The land […]
Day 11, Belorado to San Juan de Ortega.
Woohoo, we’ve completed one third of The Camino Frances today! It’s been a day of climbing upwards and now we’re back up in mountains at a height of 4,000ft. That’s higher than anywhere in England, Wales or Ireland but not Scotland! We’ve travelled through farmland and on forest tracks. Now we are in the extremely […]
Day 10, Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Belorado.
So, we used our rest day to explore the cathedral and bell tower in Santo Domingo de la Calzada. The cathedral was very beautiful with a hugely diverse range of artistic work. Our climb up the seventy metre bell tower gave us incredibly distant views of the countryside and of course we were very close […]
Day 9, Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada.
We left the Rioja region today with our final views of vineyards also looking towards the distant mountains. The type of arable land we have previously walked through soon reappeared, with the red soil of the Rioja region replaced by bright greens and yellows. The Camino is sometimes very isolated and you can walk for […]
Day 8, Logrono to Najera.
It was another very early start this morning to complete the nearly twenty mile walk. So lovely walking in the cool of the morning. It’s been a day of meeting lots of interesting people and we heard that on the day we crossed The Pyrenees in snow 20 people needed to be rescued. We’re glad […]
Day 7, Los Arcos to Logrono.
We have two long days of nearly twenty miles today and tomorrow. Our plan to ensure we complete these in good time is to set off early, this meant leaving in the dark, with head torches on. It was certainly quiet, cool and peaceful when we left and Los Arcos looked fantastic at this time. […]
Day 6, Estella to Los Arcos.
We have had a great day of walking with lovely wide paths and far reaching views all day. This has meant we arrived in Los Arcos early this afternoon. Our route has taken us through farmland and many vineyards. These have often been large commercial operations. The highlight of the day has definitely been the […]
Day 5, Puente la Reina to Estella.
We set out just as the sun was rising today, this allowed us some lovely early morning views. Our route took us up and down to walk through beautiful small villages and towns. Looking back at Puente la Reina. One of the squares in Maneru. In many of the villages a main feature was also […]