Sunday 28 April 2024 Travel to Madrid and Zamora After agonizing over planning and packing for what seemed like far too long, the time to actually start this journey to Spain had arrived. First a flight to Madrid, meet with my brother-in-law Ron and his friend Dan, then a train ride to Zamora where we will start the walk on Thursday the second of May. I walked about a kilometer (3/4 of a mile) to […]
21 April 2024Everything in one backpack A year ago I started a Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route known as the Via de la Plata & Camino Sanabres from Seville in the south of Spain to Santiago de Compostela in the northwest corner of Spain. I had to stop at Granja de Moreuela because of severe and painful tendonitis in my left leg. Here is a photo of me walking last year between Casar de Cáceres […]
14 April 2024 Planning a return to the Camino de Santiago I am returning to Spain for a pilgrimage walk on the Camino de Santiago in two weeks. A year ago I was walking a 1050-kilometer (650 miles) pilgrimage route known as the Via de la Plata which started in Seville in the south of Spain. I developed severe and painful tendonitis in my left leg and had to stop walking after about 660 kilometers […]
James the Intrepid Pilgrim 