Last night - the Hospitalero took us upstairs to his little church to have Vespers - purely voluntary but Jeff and Sal in for one and all. Read prayers left by previous peregrinos to strengthen their chance of achieving what they were Caminoing for. Ha - what was my prayer going to be??? Couldn't sleep, my back hurt, my shoulders hurt, my legs hurt and there was powerful snoring going on Last night - the Hospitalero took us upstairs to his little church to h...

The bloody church bells, tolled all night on the hour and the half hour just above our head! So hugged the hospitalero (volunteer warden) goodbye as he was such a genuine guy helping the peregrinos and getting them to slow their Camino down so it didn't finish too soon. They say 1/3 is for the body, 1/3 is for the mind and 1/3 for the soul - we are almost 1/3 but I think I am working on the physical still. Bussed then walked 5kms after lunch but - shhhh - we are...

Day 12 - 1/4 of way! Taking the bus again today boohoo BUT big news, I have developed some gluts! Was doing rotation arm swings yesterday and hit something hard behind me - new muscles! So arrived in Santo Domingo 3 hrs ahead of the perigrinos - the old town was deserted, cold and windy. I wore my polyprops, my trousers and my waterproof pants. Finally found a little sunny Plaza and had a sleep :). Fish soup for lunch with Jeff and his Spanish mate Ivan (Eevaan...

b*****ed this am - HR up. Asked in Spanish about a bus, but the guy kept on about the Camino track, finally changed my 'bus' to 'boos' - 'boos' you f***wit - and he clicked! So sitting having coffee listening to the church bells - it's Sunday :) Good news - found a 360o viewpoint above the town, then had a wee snooze at busstop. And bus came on time Bad news - hopped on bus brain dead and forgot where I was going - Navarra? Nierra? so the irate bus driver bera...

16 people and no snorers - only 3 Native English speakers (incl one strong Irish so have to concentrate), 1 Afrikaans, 3 Asian, 1 Danish, 4 Germans, and several Italians. Have to emphasise how magnificent these towns are -Viana built 13-15th C, huge church in the centre, up on a hillhfortified by walls with Archway Portals to the cities. Life must have been tough 13-15c fighting off the invaders! Walked 10.5kms today to Logrono, strode out with Jeff but trickl...