Day 15/30 La Laguna - Biduedo An excellent and long sleep. Headed away at 0800. Beautiful walk today. Felt like I should break into song “the hills are alive ......”. We reach 1335m (4,500ft) today, so downhill from now. We stopped at O Cebreio for breakfast. Reminded us of the cobbled streets of Queenstown. Started walking with Mark & Dana from Sydney. Mark a kiwi from Wellington but been in Sydney since late 80’s. Dana Romanian living in Sydne...

Day 14/29 Vega de Valcarce - La Laguna We only had a short walk planned, mainly due to not being able to get accommodation at O Cebreio, so we settled for La Laguna a few ks shorter. I bought a fresh loaf, jamon and cheese, some water and the regular bag of almonds so we could make our lunch along the way. There are also many places that have fresh drinkable water fountains so we can refill our bottles during the day. It was a really lovely walk today. Thr...

Day 13/28 Villafranca - Vega de Valcarce A fairly easy walk today. 17k but mainly along a local road on one side and to Mike’s delight a good flowing stream on the other side. We stopped frequently to try and spot trout but didn’t see any. We passed through quite a few villages and ended in Vega de Valcarce. We are entering our third week on Camino, for this trip. It’s a looong walk, we aren’t running on the “high” of the novelty anymore!! We are ...

Day 12/27 Cacabelos- Villafranca del Bierzo Feels like a day off as we only did 11k today. But we wanted to stay in Villafranca, and a good chance for Mike to carry his pack to see how his heel coped. A really lovely walk again through many vineyards on either side of the trail. Not much open as Sunday morning, but as we passed through Valtuille de Arriba, we discovered a lovely little garden spot just opening. We had coffee and croissants and befriended a ...

Day 11/26 Ponferrada- Cacabelos We started the day with a walk out of Ponferrada, quite late - around 10. It seemed industrial and then we came across some lovely homes, sports fields – it’s Saturday and just like at home, kids sports fixtures underway. Spring time is beautiful to walk in. New life all around in the flowers, trees, Storks in their amazingly high nests feeding their young. We stopped for breakfast in Columbrianos, at an expensive and unimp...