Left the last albergue late at around 8pm, which is very late in comparison to other mornings, but I did have a lovely lie in. The journey to Leon was not one of the longest but it was hard because the path followed a main road most of the time , or it actually was on the main road. Nothing much to say about the journey really except to say that the sun was shining and listening to music helped a great deal. After a number of toilet and refreshment stops I arri...

After a good sing in the shower the night before and a wonderful pizza in a bar watching football ( Spain 4 v Italy 2) I was ready for a good nights sleep. This time I did get a very good nights sleep!! It was raining again which made the journey hard. The only difference was that this time my feet felt much better , it was clear that the blisters were beginning to heal, thanks to some good advice that I had received earlier. I stopped for coffee and a Spanish ...

The albergue last night was unusual to say the least. Essentially, it was a barn attached to a cafe with a garden In between. The albergue was pretty much the only building in the village apart from a few agricultural sheds. I had the pelegrino meal in the evening, but really wasn't very hungry because I think I had a bit of a fever and i was feeling tired. This turned out to be of a shame because this particular pelegrino meal was a bit different, with a cho...

I had an interesting pelegrino meal the night before with a French couple that just decided to start walking the Camino from their front door in Potier in The middle of France. I am constantly amazed when I discover the number of people that walk from their home country, covering thousands of km, not just the hundreds that I'm attempting. Also the number of people that travel from far away including places like Australia, just to complete the Camino. The dormi...

A lovely short day today. The route continued along the canal and the beautiful gentle countryside. The song birds were out again, cookoos, wrens woodpeckers. I could hear frogs too and other delicious creatures. I started as usual without breakfast, because I like to walk first in the early hours as much as I can and have some coffee around 9 am. After about an hours walking a bumped into Gretta, a diminutive delightful lady from Bulgaria travelling on her own...