Incredibly, the next day Nanci managed to do all the magic for the Compostela on her phone before we went down to the office. There was some confusion outside, pilgrims saying they couldn’t get the new online registration system to work, but Nanci showed her QR code and immediately got whisked through – and ten … More End of the journey – Santiago
The next morning the Library bar was still closed, so we just had a quick coffee nearby and decided to go for some light shopping before the shops closed. And as if by magic, inside the hippie clothes store there was a café serving such wondrous things as bacon and eggs, yogurts and avocado toasts! … More End of the camino, End of the World – Fisterra
I got up with Nanci and had a coffee before she set off after breakfast. It was odd to see her melt into the steady trickle of pilgrims all heading the same way, while I stayed behind. I had made the decision the night before – I wanted to backtrack a km or so and … More Camino Finisterre day 4 – O Logoso to Corcubion
When we came back to Porto, staying in a very nice room on a busy street in the city centre, we wanted to make the most of our last night before we started walking. We had a late lunch and tiny planning session in a lovely place called The Happy Nest, which has a garden … More Camigas in Porto
The next morning, after dithering about packing – Nanci’s suitcase, the Beast, was full to the brim after her Cinqueterre visit before arriving in Porto – we bimbled out for some breakfast. Down one of the streets leading to the riverside we found a café with smashed avocado sandwiches and eggs Benedict, so we started … More Camigas in Coimbra
What do you do when you wake up in Santiago and have nothing to do, nowhere to go, and can’t seem to get back to sleep after waking up at pilgrim o’clock? Well, if you’re staying in the Pinario, you can go down to the Obradoiro square just to see dawn changing the colour of … More CF21 Day 26 – Santiago
So what do you do on a rest day in León? Answers are many – sightseeing, visiting the cathedral, taking a historical tour, going to the museums like Casa Botines, planning your route forward, meeting other pilgrims… Or you can follow my rather boring lead and do lots of laundry and invent clever ways of … More CF21 Day 10 – Rest day in León
Yesterday I woke up at an airport hotel and took a prebooked taxi to the airport to make sure I wouldn’t miss my flight to Madrid with all the extra checks, controls, codes etc. I even paid for fast-track through security, which I think most of the passengers had done… So I got there hours … More Burgos – day 0
(From our winter camino, late February to early March 2020) Another lovely day, and a tentatively better ankle! We decided to forego the breakfast in the busy motel café and hoped there would be an open bar in Ambasmestas or Vega de Valcarce. If nothing else, the local shop would have some food and drink … More A cold O Cebreiro by night
(From our winter camino, late February to early March 2020) Oh, the bed was lovely and the day outside was so, so grey and miserable. The ankle was no better, and we were now bandaging it and the Scouse Spouse was taking anti-inflammatory painkillers. Sad, but it is what it is. There would be no … More Sightseeing in Villafranca
Somewhere Slowly 