Friday, 17 May 2024Cea to Estación de Lalín32.4 kilometers Today was a very long day. And it rained or was drizzling almost all day. The rain was relentless and unseasonable for May in Galicia. Also, the day was pretty cool with the high temperature in the high 50s Fahrenheit. Despite the rain and the cool (almost cold) temperatures, the scenery was continually beautiful. From the map, it can be seen that we are on a […]
Thursday, 16 May 2024Ourense to Cea23.2 kilometers Today was another cool and rainy day on the Camino de Santiago. We left Ourense at about 8:20 AM. Ron is having some difficulty with his knee, so he is taking a rest day and will take the bus to meet us at Cea, our destination today. In spite of the off-and-on rain, it was another beautiful day in Galicia, the northwestern most part of Spain. After walking […]
Wednesday, 15 May 2024Xunqueira de Ambia to Ourense24.5 kilometers Today was another day of intermittent rain and cool temperatures. The views as we walked to the large town of Ourense were as beautiful as all of Galicia has been. I’m basically going to let the pictures speak for themselves and keep the narrative minimal. There was some walking on natural paths, and fortunately very little mud today even though it rained hard at times last […]
Tuesday, 14 May 2024Vilar de Barrio to Xunqueira de Ambia14.5 kilometers When we woke this morning, we had concerns that it might be a challenging walking day on the Camino route towards Ourense and Santiago de Compostela. There was heavy rain overnight amounting to almost half an inch. Rain means mud on natural trails, so we were hoping that today’s route would be partly over paved secondary roads. And much of the route was on […]
Monday, 13 May 2024Laza to Vilar de Barrio19.5 kilometers The Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route today from Laza to Vilar de Barrio was characterized by another climb up, over, and down a mountain. A long, steep, unstable climb up, a bit of a rolling section at the top, then a steep but less unstable path down to Vilar de Barrio. It was a cloudy day, threatening rain from the outset, and the rain did come […]
Sunday, 12 May 2024Campobecerros to Laza14.4 kilometers Today’s walk on the Camino de Santiago was characterized by stunningly beautiful vistas as we descended along the side of a mountain into the valley and the town of Laza. We are now in Galicia and everything is a little greener than central Spain. Here is an example of the scene looking across the valley as we descended the mountain. The walk today was another day of walking […]
Saturday, 11 May 2024A Gudiña to Campobecerros23.1 kilometers Today’s walk from A Gudiña to Campobecerros was a difficult 21 kilometers characterized by going up and over a mountain, steep, rocky, and unstable at times. The views of the scenery around us were striking and beautiful. One of the best views was of a large reservoir or man-made lake behind a dam that we never could see. The walk was to be 21.1 kilometers. We took […]
Wednesday, 8 May 2024Asturianos to Puebla De Sanabria15.6 kilometers Today was an interesting day, full of ups and downs, both physically and emotionally. The day was really characterized by walking on natural (dirt or dirt/rocks) roads through a very wet forest at times. And the recent rains left some of the lower parts of the road ankle-deep or deeper in soft mud. When not negotiating the best way through the mud, the forest was beautiful, […]
James the Intrepid Pilgrim 