Just a quick post to share how you can find and keep an eye on the fires along the caminos, towns and cities in Spain at the minute. If you open Google Maps, pick a location you are interested in, then click on Layers – the little stack of squares marked by the yellow arrow … More Forest fires in Spain and how to find them
If you are already planning your camino travel for 2026, beware that Santiago airport will be closed for all traffic between April 23 and May 27 next year! There are of course other options so your camino doesn’t need to be affected in any way, you just might have to fly in to a different … More Santiago airport to close for 35 days in 2026
The wording has now been updated in both the Spanish and English version of the Pilgrim Office website, so though there are still questions around what the wording means, at least it is consistent and probably here to stay. Screenshots from today, 12 Feb 2025: Left, Spanish website, google translated; and right, English. Both state … More New compostela rules – Update
And then came the last day. Colleen and Mandy stayed in the albergue across the street, and we had to go there to leave our key before we set off. There they were, having a leisurely breakfast after most of the pilgrims had already left. There was a good bit of fog outside so we … More Camino Inglés day 9 – Santiago
From Meson do Vento the quickest way back to the camino is to take a left just after Meson Novo and join the trail from Bruma. Nanci walked off into the fog on her own as I needed to get a taxi to Ordes to fill a prescription. No matter how remote the trail might … More Camino Inglés day 7+8 – Meson do Vento to Sigüeiro
We got a taxi back to the Meson Museo for breakfast – croissants smelt lovely but toast with tomato is more sensible, so we got one of each and shared … Half way, in Beche, there is now a fabulous rest and recreational stop for pilgrims and locals, with café, toilets, picnic benches, even a … More Camino Inglés day 6 – Meson Museo to Meson do Vento
The weather forecast was right, it was definitely getting colder! We had decided to split the next stage too and spend more time in Betanzos, famous for its tortilla and very odd Encyclopedic Park, the Parque do Pasatiempos, paid for by local brothers Juan and Jesús García Naveira who made their fortune in Argentina. Sadly … More Camino Inglés day 5 – Betanzos to Presedo
In the morning we dressed in our warm weather walking gear, only to discover when we came outside to find breakfast that it had turned a lot colder overnight. The guidebook said there would be two cafés en route – none of them were open! The first was at Ponte de Porco – Pig Bridge, … More Camino Inglés day 4 – Miño to Betanzos
When we woke up and took the cases down the next day, hoping to have a leisurely hotel breakfast before sauntering off towards Miño, it seemed that the hotel breakfast room was all reserved for a large group of Spanish walkers, so we had a quick café con leche in the cafeteria next door instead. … More Camino Inglés day 3 – Pontedeume to Miño
Once again we set off from the Parador, and met our NW English friends again at breakfast, eager to get going. We had decided to get a taxi not back to Neda, where we left off, but to the monastery we walked past yesterday to take the path next to the train tracks across the … More Camino Inglés day 2 – Monasterio to Pontedeume
Somewhere Slowly 