Day 28. Villafranca del Bierzo – Triacastella. Top of the World

left Villafranca needing to make up a day, the harvest festival on Saturday night delayed us by a day and we needed to be in Triacastella by 28th. So we

Day 27. Ponferrada – Villafranca del Bierzo. Lovely stroll through the vineyards

glorious morning and after breakfast we made a break for the hills. This is the view out our hotel window. Walking in the dawn sun we caught these. Walked through

Day 26. Ponferrada. Quiet day before the final run to the end

the day is summed up by this….. We moved hotels, went back to Molinaseca for lunch, visited the Knights Templar castle and had an early dinner and prepared for the

Day 25. Rabanal del Camino – Ponferrada. Man now that was a walk…

Beautiful day lay ahead. The first 2 hours would lead us up the mountain to the highest point on the Camino – the closest to God. The Cruz de Ferro

Day 24. Astorga – Rabanal del Camino. Up a hill

ok getting in the groove now. Walked out of Astorga knowing we had booked the last room in Rabanal. It’s quite the unpilgrim thing to do. But considering there are

Day 23. Hospital de Orbigo – Astorga. A bit further for Kate’s 2nd day

Hospital didn’t live up to it’s name at all. We don’t need it yet! the walk into Astorga was a little longer today a mere 17kms. But it was pretty

Day 22 Leon – Hospital de Orbigo. Nice easy walk

kates first day was greeted with sun, a beautiful breakfast in the parador and a bus ride out of Leon to Villadangos so we didn’t have to walk through the

Day 21. Leon day 2. Kate arrives

Decent sleep in this morning and had a similar breakfast to yesterday. Went to look for a few provisions for the track. Poles, socks, a hat, poncho for Kate. found

Day 20. Leon. Tourist day

lots to see here after a decent nights sleep. Spoke to Kate late last night in Madrid and then went to sleep. this morning I did final washing of every

Day 19. Mansilla de las Mulas – Leon. Couple of days off

ok so there’s a time on my Camino when I want to have a couple of days off. It is 3 days in Leon. Kate gets here in Monday and