Lovely walking to start – past some places where both sides in the Spanish civil war were holed up. One can imagine the sniping that could have taken place. Then we had views of the quintessential Spanish landscape of olive trees. In a couple of villages we’ve seen communal laundries in good condition but don’t…
There may have been a taxi involved this morning, as a couple of people had errands to do in Granada and also preferred not to take on a 38 km walk today. Three intrepid members of our group (not including me) did the long day, which ended with 3 km steeply uphill to Moclín. As…
This was a very picturesque walk. Six of us set out together. The first part winds along through villages, houses with vegetable plots and fruit trees, rushing stream, little ups and downs. Then up over a hill we found some ruins that maybe my resourceful brother can identify – several separate towers with no walls…
We had a tough day – my longest yet, this year, at about 28 km. It was interesting, having some of almost everything – steep climbs, steep descents, asphalt road, dirt tracks, river beds, pine forests, orchards, and a huge limestone quarry. The only thing missing was a bar. Now we are installed in a…
I walked today with the 6 women – somewhat spread out but keeping an eye out for each other. The one in front took a wrong turn and disappeared near the end. However, thanks to tracks on maps.me, she found her way back and into WhatsApp contact. This region has red clay in abundance, and…
This is quite an interesting town. And I am certainly tired, but even more, I needed a change in pilgrim dynamics. By waiting a day I have become one of “6 chicas” – 6 English-speaking women from 5 countries who met on an internet forum about the camino, and started in Almería last week.
This was a very nice day of walking. Guadix is a touristic town with a lot of cave dwellings, including accommodation. However, i am staying in a beautiful 15th century palacete (don’t really know what that means but it is a lovely house in the town). Apparently it is built over Roman ruins.
Still trying to catch up, so here are some photos with no anecdotes.
Since I’m writing a day late, I can hardly remember Day 3. (I am posting it even later – finding it hard to put the blog together, and I’m not sure if I’ll keep it up, this trip.) An early highlight was breakfast in Abla. There were some nice views of the Sierra Nevada. The…
The Energizer Bunnies were off, leaving me and another Canadian in the dust. The only reason she was back with me was that her ~20 kg backpack was slowing her down. We were warned about the early, very steep ascent, and it was. But really quite enjoyable if you go at the right speed and…
It was a hard day, being the first day with backpack and all, It was mostly up and down dry hills and there were some double-black-diamond descents to navigate, and a long stretch on concrete path along the “river”. I started off with three Energizer Bunnies who walked a bit faster than my prefered rate.…
I had a leisurely start, with coffee and tostadas con paté in a typical Spanish bar where the TV is on and the city traffic moves by a few feet away. Then off to see the Alcazaba – Moorish fortress. After a siesta, was a visit to the underground refuges of the Spanish civil war.…
I was feeling discombobulated last night and this morning – exhaustion, jet lag, trying to find the right food in a Spanish city at the wrong time, having a sore foot from walking last week with the laces too tight, and – most of all, I haven’t managed to get a SIM for my phone.…
