Day 36 Walking The Camino De Santiago – Arzúa to Arca O Pino (Pedrouzo)
Day 36 Walking The Camino De Santiago – Arzúa to Arca O Pino (Pedrouzo)
The Santiago Trail – Living It Up In Burgos – Day 16
Walking The Santiago Trail in winter has it’s challenges. Toady the Camino wouldn’t let us walk. It had other ideas and wanted us to take the bus into Burgos and have a rest day. The rain was coming in sideways when we left the albergue in Villafranca and we had a mountain to walk over. I made the command decision to get the bus as the the weather was just to rough to be able to walk over a mountain…
El Camino De Santiago – Granon to Villafranca – Day 15
Setting off from Granon this morning on El Camino De Santiago, we walked straight into a cold head wind, which disturbed Victoria enough for her to turn around and walk back towards Granon. The wind can be very mentally tough and it takes some reframing and state management to be able to manage it. Fortunately Victoria was able to make a little shift in her perception and she turned around again and started walking into the wind again with a…
Santiago Trail – Resting in Granon – Day 14
We were forced to take a rest day today in Granon by the Santiago Trail. There were very strong icy winds and knowing that we would be walking up about 200 metres elevation were it would have been even colder, I made the command decision to stay in the nice warm cosy albergue. Nicole was our beautiful hospitalera from Austria, and she allowed us to stay an extra day, as the normal rule is that you can only stay in…
Camino De Santiago Walk – Winter Day 13
Walking the Camino De Santiago in the winter is a completely different matter than any other season. It can be dangerous if the correct equipment is not carried and clothing worn. As we stepped out of Santo Domingo this morning, the wind cut straight through me. It was blowing over the snow capped mountains and the conditions became arctic like. Common sense is important and I decided that we would stop in the next town and stay there until the…