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October 20 Santiago de Compostela, SpainDay 37. 10 kms. San Paio, Hotel Garcas – Santiago de CompostelaNot far to go but Hurricane Orphelia is ruining the view. We’re just having a coffee stop. We’re walking with a group of 6 Australians through eucalyptus forests. (As you do in Spain) October 21 Santiago de CompostelaA fantasticContinue reading “El Camino Frances Week 6 20th October – 25th October 2017”

October 13 Vega de ValcarceDay 29. 26Kms. Cacabelos – Villafranca del Bierzo – Trabadelo – Vega de Valcarce. A very cold morning’s start (its well in to Autumn and at 600 metres.) and then a bit of a trudge following the old road and the rio Valcarce to here in preparation for crossing the sierraContinue reading “El Camino Frances Week 5 13th October – 19th October 2017”

October 6 Puente VillarenteDay 22. 26 Kms. El Burgo Ranero – Reliegos – Mansilla de las Mulas – Puente Villarente. Another 0630 start with a beautiful full moon to guide us till daybreak at about 0800. Sunrise didn’t happen till 0830. Then it was a bit of a hot, mind numbing trudge beside the NContinue reading “El Camino Frances Week 4 6th October – 12th October 2017”

September 29 BurgosDay 15. 0 kms. Burgos. A very lazy day off. We checked out the Museum of Evolution which was fascinating and even had an entire display devoted to Mungo. (http://ia.anu.edu.au/biography/mungo-man-27704) Then we visited Santa Iglesia Catedral Basílica Metropolitana de Santa María de Burgos. It is without a doubt the most spectacular cathedral IContinue reading “El Camino Frances Week 3 29th September – 5th October 2017”

September 22 VianaDay 8. 18 Kms. Los Arcos – Torres del Rio (no bull & no river) – Viana. We arrived in Viana @ 1230 and decided to take the afternoon off. Another lovely walk, a few Camino pilgrim memorials and enough wind turbines to give Don Quijote a breakdown. Cameron Cossart, a long timeContinue reading “El Camino Frances Week 2 22nd September – 28th September 2017”