Day three started with much better weather, though it was still a bit cool and the clouds looked ready to provide rain or snow again. We had a little bit of breakfast and chatted with the few others who lingered after 8, a German speaking couple and our Americans. Then off we went, for Part … More CF Spring 17: Day 3, Acebo-Ponferrada
On the second day of our walk we woke up to blue skies and wet ground. It seemed yet again the forecast rain had been and gone, and we were confidently clad in short sleeved tops under fleece and padded jackets, ready to peel off the layers as the day warmed up. After a couple … More CF Spring 17: Day 2, Rabanal-Acebo
Yes, we are back again. (Though I seem to have completely forgotten exactly why.) Things were a bit turbo on re-entry into Normal, more of which later. Promise. As usual we had decided to walk from Astorga to Santiago, 12 days of walking and a day and a half in Santiago plus travel. Everything was … More CF Spring 17: Day 1, Astorga-Rabanal
Apologies for sloppy blogging. Since my last post I have visited Rome and Alicante and am currently packing for Oslo, where I will attend a book launch, have a huge traditional Norwegian Christmas dinner with friends and show new peregrina S around town in less than a day. No pressure there, then. As for walking, … More PCB Prevention Attempts
When we woke up on Day Four, S told me straight away that she wouldn’t be able to walk any further. She had overdone it, causing huge clusters of blisters and also not slept, eaten or drunk enough so she felt really run down. She had been a right little trooper, but the Camino can … More Camino 16: Day Four – Melide to Arzua
Now most Camino veterans or just pre-walk nerds will notice that this was not an 18 km day, far from it! As we left Eirexe on a beautiful cool morning on gently sloping tarmac, 25 kms looked like a good idea. Melide not being a typical Brierley stop also sounded like a good idea. Unfortunately … More Camino 16: Day Three – Eirexe to Melide
Back to the night before: It turns out that the side room where we had picked our two beds, away from the semi crowded and damp and stifling albergue rooms upstairs, was actually a hall outside two private rooms with en suite bathrooms on the ground floor. Ah well, never mind. And I didn’t. Not until I … More Camino 16: Day Two – Mercadoiro to Eirexe
I have just returned from my Sarria to Santiago walk with my friend S, who is a first timer and wanted to take this opportunity to experience the Camino and also get a Compostela in the Year of Mercy. We initially planned on walking the Ingles, but changed to the Frances due to the expected … More Camino 16: Day One – Sarria to Mercadoiro
Approximately 112 kms from Santiago on the Camino Francés is the town of Sarria, which is a popular place to start a short Camino. Maybe because it takes about a week including travel and you still get to see Santiago … and maybe because the minimum distance you need to walk to claim your Compostela, is … More The Sarria Thing
Our last walking day on the Camino started as bright and sunny as the others. We had been told where to go from Pedrouzo to rejoin the trail, and it was strange to walk somewhere completely new on a walk that I now know so well. Is this what first timers feel all the time? … More Camino Sola 2015: Day Eleven – Pedrouzo to Santiago
Somewhere Slowly 