Europe 2026

Rain. We decide that if I do a long haul and skip a stage stop and Di takes an extended mother’s day break (and not… Read More »Stage 25 – Villares de Orbigo 38km / 271km

Trent Dalton’s editor character espouses that any good story can be reduced to three words; boy swallows universe. So for today; cold, wet, dreary, sums… Read More »Stage 24 – Leon 18.6km / 308km

Di takes a mother’s day break and I take the hike to Mansilla de Les Mulas. It’s flat, raining and cold. Pilgrams’ ‘Holas’ seem to… Read More »Stage 23 – Mansilla de Les Mulas 19km / 327km

Eduardo, who owns and manages hotel el en Camino, is a flautist and has a degree in music. He’s not picked up a flute in… Read More »Stage 19 – Villalcazar de Serga 18.7km / 363km

Yesterday we had a lay day in Castrojeriz, in a lovely little hotel over looking the wheat fields. The Roman fort up behind the town… Read More »Stage 18 – Boadiĺla del Camino 19.4km / 344km

There are lots of people doing the Camino, an inescapable consequence of the planet’s population (and movies like ‘The Way’). The ancient ‘way’ was to… Read More »Stage 17 – Castrojeriz 19.5km / 325km

I doubled up on a stage, this is 16 not 15 ( I think I did 2 13s…not to worry). The town pavers were shiny… Read More »Stage 16 – Hornillos del Camino 21km / 305km