Totally on my own today which is probably a good thing. Have just walked through some of the most hideous industrial estates and Burgos airport to get to the centre and the old town. The cathedral here is one of the finest in Spain and I am sleeping right underneath it. It is a fine gothic example and absolutely enormous. Tapas Bars and shops abound but I am simply too tired to check any of them out at the moment. My feet are ok I suppose. However the second to...

Nice place. Accidentally deleted blog an cant be bothered to type again.

I asked Ernest the hospitalsro who had walked fhe Camino many times, whether he had any words of advice. 'Yes' he said ' try not to think!' He also mentioned that it would be difficult going back as there would be no more yellow arrows to follow. After a hot coffee Tobias and I set off. We walked fast and were soon overtaking those that had left Granon much earlier and had been insane enough to wake up before 5am. He was good company hisEnglish was very good but...

I don't think I mentioned anything about the albergue last night. Imagine if you will a rugby club house,very large changing room with a separate bar and entertainment area, that about fits the description of where i stayed. Although Tobias and I arrived I'm good time ie 1pm, there were already people there. The albergue eventually filled with 90 people in double bunks. Sleeping next to me was an older lady from Brazil. She had an interesting concept in kit trans...

Supper turned out to be really great. Rice again but in a different way, still tasty though,followed by a large slice of baked potato with fruit to follow. Around the table was Maria an architect from Columbia, Ha hi an Australian actress of Vietnamise origin, and Philip and older guy from Aus who was an ad man in Maddison avenue NY, but is now in the process of making a film in Australia. Maria was an amazing young woman. A bout 5 years ago she had a terrible ...