Day 20 Walking The Camino De Santiago – Población to Carrión de los Condes What can I say, some days on the camino De Santiago are boring. Today was the straightest most boring walk along the side of a road for 18km. We also had a strong constant head wind all day as well. We didn’t pass through any towns or villages along the way, other than one deserted village. It is times like this when it is best to…
Day 19 Walking The Camino De Santiago – Castrojeriz to Poblacion Wow, what a day this was! The Camino De Santiago really does have a mind of it’s own and I can see it testing us with all sorts of obstacles and challenges. The weather was unbelievable today, literally the biggest shifts in weather patterns that I have ever seen in one day. The Albergue in Castrojeriz was beautiful, it felt like a yoga centre and the hospitalero was a…
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…