The subject of today’s post is WET. That should be no surprise when you put the words Galicia and November together. Same as Vancouver and November. No Camino would be complete without a long wet day. The photos cannot communicate the overall dampness, boot-squishiness, rain-jacket-claminess and fogged-up glasses of the day. It was cool (about…

Back to normal work walking today. Since my rest day, my friend NY-J has caught up so I expect we’ll walk into Santiago together. Although there are more people on the trail since Sarria,  the mood is quite solitary (partly because of the iffy weather) and many/most places are closed. One can’t count on accommodation…

Remember that fabulous dinner last night? Well? It didn’t agree with me so I had a bad night. Good thing I had the room to myself. I am wondering if the strange (to me) mushrooms on the veggie platter were a problem. Even though I’ve been trying to push ahead before the rain comes, and…

The book says only 21 km,  but I walked to the Sarria train station first and 24 is what MapMyWalk says. More country roads, farmyards and old stone structures. It goes on and on! I feel like I’m walking across a whole country on a route traveled for 1000 years. The weather is expected to…

Here’s a short post to catch up. The weather was OK and the walk quite pleasant – forest paths and country roads that go straight through little settlements. There are signs of commerce during the busy Camino season, but most are closed now. Here is a truck full of new concrete marker cairns, being installed…

Today I was weary. More so than any other day so far. Could be simply the toll of over 600 km. Could be that the weather has changed, from gorgeous to foggy-drizzly. Could be the unmistakable aroma of rural Galicia. However,  more likely it’s because  I slept so poorly last night. I went to bed…

Let’s try this again, but as a re-write, it will be shorter. This was probably the best day of Camino 2015 – only 12 km, although the 650 m climb made it a respectable hike.  The highway overpasses are quite a spectacular part of the scenery. The path started in the valley, followed a small…

Went a bit farther than planned  today because a lot of places are closed for the winter. The day started quite foggy and chilly. By the time I got to Villafranca del Bierzo, where I had to make a route decision, the fog was still in the hills. I had 3 choices… (a) most scenic…