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CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 27: Monday 5 May 2025 – O’CEBREIRO to SARRIA (40 [+2] kilometres) The Galician weather, arriving usually from across the Atlantic, is renowned for its volatility, and I was always aware that to walk the entire 800 kilometres or so of the Camino Francés without experiencing rain was a virtual impossibility.Continue reading “It’s All In The Game”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 26: Sunday 4 May 2025 – VILLAFRANCA del BIERZO to O’CEBREIRO (29 [+2] kilometres) Today’s was a testing walk, with a sting in the tail. The first three quarters of the path follows a gravel track heading gently up the verdant valley of the Rio Valcarce and, whilst running parallel toContinue reading “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 25: Saturday 3 May 2025 – PONFERRADA to VILLAFRANCA del BIERZO (24 [+4] kilometres) The Bierzo region of Spain sits in the north-west corner of the province of Castilla and León, and comprises Ponferrada and the upper reaches of the Rio Sil basin, including Villafranca where I am resting at theContinue reading “Flowers”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 24: Friday 2 May 2025 – FONCEBADÓN to PONFERRADA (27 [+4] kilometres) I am feeling rather euphoric tonight, having had a wonderful day in the hills that included the highest point along the entire Camino Francés route – Alto Altar, at 1,515 metres above sea level (so around 170 metres higherContinue reading “Up Where We Belong”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 23: Thursday 1 May 2025 – ASTORGA to FONCEBADÓN (26 [+0] kilometres) I left Astorga this morning a bit later than planned as, to be honest, I overslept! On this Camino trek I have not set an alarm, but I usually awake about 6.30-ish, then pack and hit the trail withinContinue reading “Changes”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 22: Wednesday 30 April 2025 – VILLADANGOS del PÁRAMO to ASTORGA (29 [+6] kilometres) I understand that the weather in the UK has been up in the mid-20s centigrade, and it has been much the same in these parts of northern Spain over these last few days. A little hot forContinue reading “Soak Up The Sun”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 21: Tuesday 29 April 2025 – LEÓN to VILLADANGOS del PÁRAMO (21 [+4] kilometres) Today’s walk was a short five-hour ramble that I completed by lunchtime in pleasant temperatures before the afternoon sun burnt through some light cloud. I cannot say that it was a particularly memorable stage of the CaminoContinue reading “Mainstreet”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 20: Monday 28 April 2025 – REST DAY in LEÓN The city of León has a population of around 130,000 and is, after Pamplona, Logroño and Burgos, the fourth city on the Camino Francés route between San Jean in southwest France where I started my walk and the Camino’s destination inContinue reading “In The City”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 19: Sunday 27 April 2025 – RELIEGOS to LEÓN (24 [+4] kilometres) I am certainly not one to complain, especially on a trek of a lifetime, as my Camino pilgrimage is turning out to be, but some days are certainly harder than others. After two long days of walking, another six-plusContinue reading “Beast Of Burden”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 18: Saturday 26 April 2025 – SAHAGÚN to RELIEGOS (31 [+4] kilometres) Having walked, long, hard, hot, and solo yesterday, I set off this morning, again with the dawn, on a slightly shorter but still challenging section of the Camino Francés. My overnight stop in Sahagún had worked out well, butContinue reading “Walk A Mile In My Shoes”