The Camino Journey

Roncesvalles to Urdaniz – 26kms I was so terrified of the trek over the Pyrenees, but that was a piece of cake compared to this stretch. This day broke me. I had a rough night’s sleep with a bad tickle in my throat and despite being awake at 5:30am, I Continue Reading

Urdaniz to Pamplona – 18kms After my wonderful pep talks from everyone, I got up in the morning with only a couple of hours sleep, pulled on my big girl pants and headed off with determination. This lasted all of 2kms. My legs felt more and more like cement and Continue Reading

Cizur Menor (via Pamplona) to Puente La Reina – 22kms My chest infection flared up badly overnight and thinking I needed to look after myself to make it to the end, I made the difficult decision of catching a taxi a couple of kms up to Cizur Menor so that Continue Reading

Puenta la Reina to Lorca – 13.5kms With the combination of my feet, my chest infection and utter exhaustion, I’d decided to do a much shorter day and only walk to Lorca. I’d had a lovely man from Barcelona sitting next to me at dinner the night before, so I’d Continue Reading

Lorca to Villamayor de Monjardin – 18kms (plus an extra 1.5kms when I discovered I had taken the “less travelled” route which would miss the wine fountain!) The heat has simply been brutal and with an expected temp of 36 degrees on the trail, from a self preservation perspective, I Continue Reading

Villamayor de Monjardin to Sansol – 19kms I think I woke up drunk on sleep. I couldn’t stop giggling at everything – Irish’s look of horror at having to be up at 6am (she’s not a morning person either), BC trying to be quiet but crashing into the ladder and Continue Reading