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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”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 17: Friday 25 April 2025 – CARRIÓN de los CONDES to SAHAGÚN (40 [+3] kilometres) I have done a lot of crazy things in my time I guess, but this marathon in the Spanish sun must rank up there with the maddest of all. I was up pre-dawn, and walking hardContinue reading “Mad Dogs And Englishmen”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 16: Thursday 24 April 2025 – FRÓMISTA to CARRIÓN de los CONDES (19 [+6] kilometres) Resting overnight in a smart hotel, possibly the most spacious and comfortable of my journey so far, I took the decision to make a later start to today’s shorter walk, and to avail myself of theContinue reading “Another Day In Paradise”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 15: Wednesday 23 April 2025 – CASTROJERIZ to FRÓMISTA (25 [+6] kilometres) The weather gods must be on my side. Clear blue skies greeted me at dawn this morning (due to the oddities of the time zone, sunrise is not until sometime after 7.00 am here), and so it remained allContinue reading “Weather With You”

CAMINO FRANCÉS – Day 14: Tuesday 22 April 2025 – HORNILLOS del CAMINO to CASTROJERIZ (20 [+6] kilometres) Up on the Meseta plateau early this morning I was more alone, and gloriously so, than at any other time on my Camino walk to date. It is difficult sometimes to even imagine total silence, but upContinue reading “Silence Is Golden”