It was a good night's sleep for most of us. It had proved to be a nice hostel with good bathrooms and minimal snoring - what more can a pilgrim ask for! We were up around 6 and at 6.45 ish were breakfasting in the municipal Albergue next door which served up good wholesome Camino breakfast fare including a cracking tortilla!! Fiona decided to leave after breakfast as she was a bit concerned about her knees and wanted to go at her own pace. It was still a bit earl...

What a good night's sleep in comfy pine bunks. I am speaking for myself here as the Menopausals among us had a few overheating problems. I reached for my phone to see what the morning's breaking news was and saw that Roy Hodgson had resigned as England manager and the Tabloids had momentarily forgotten Brexit and immigration and all devoted their front pages to the shambles that was now the England team! Our political correspondent reporting from Brighton, Jenny ...

Not a good night! Snoring, uncomfortable metal bunks, cockerels and church bells resulted in little sleep for me and most of my travelling companions. Jacqui, Jenny and I were up, dressed and out not long after 6 in search of a coffee. Fortunately we didn't have to go far for a lovely little bar serving all sorts of yummy breakfast goodies, including warm chocolate croissants. The others joined us and we ate well (how unusual) but it has to be said I did regret t...