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November 20, 2020
The best tasting pizza since 1971! Cizur Manor to Muruzabal I awoke to another sunny morning. A fabulous start to the day. Plenty of time for a leisurely breakfast for once. When I went back to make final preparations to leave, one of the ladies in the American Seniors group was struggling to pack her […]
November 1, 2020
Don’t go chasing rainbows! Larrasoaña to Cizur Menor A fairly early breakfast was had in a well laid out dining area and there were only a small number of peregrinos to share it with. This is the benefit of having spent the night in a quite small but very nice hostel. I would well recommend […]
October 24, 2020
¡Todo Completo! Roncesvalles to Larrasoaña I awoke to the noise of the three persons closest to where I was sleeping moving around, their darkened silhouettes just about visible against the less dark background of the dormitory. A glance at my phone indicated it was 04:30. They seemed to be in the process of packing up […]
September 2, 2020
The 44 year wait comes to an end St Jean to Roncesvalles It was approximately 05:45 when I awoke. It was still quite dark. I had arranged to have breakfast at 07:30, intending to set off at about 08:00. Outside I could hear what I thought was rain. It seemed to be quite heavy and […]
August 6, 2020
I first planned to do the Camino Frances in 2018. I had the choice of three means of travelling out to St Jean:- Fly: London (Stansted) to Biarritz, taxi to Bayonne, then train to St Jean Rail: Portsmouth/London/Paris/Bayonne/St Jean Ferry: Portsmouth to Santander, bus to Pamplona, bus to St Jean But during 2018 there were […]
July 28, 2020
My very first thoughts about walking the Camino de Santiago occurred round about 1975 when there was an ‘awakening’ of the existence of Long Distance Footpaths (LDPs) as we call them in the UK. At that time in the UK there were only a small number of these, in total contrast to the situation in […]