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Day 14, to Frómista
April 29, 2026 The day started with rain. We walked the long uphill out of Castrojeriz in rain, but once on top and walking downhill the rain lessened. Everything looked rather muted. I saw an interesting rock by the side of the way, it looked like the face of an old man with big eyebrows:…
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Day 13, to Castrojeriz
April 28, 2026 Last year the walk from Hornillos del Camino to Castrojeriz was one of my favourite days of the Camino. This year it also was a beautiful walk, but quite different than last year. Starting out last year, it was misty with an almost golden glow to everything as the sun came out…
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Day 12, to Hornillos del Camino
April 27, 2026 I am, fortunately, safe and dry at my albergue in Hornillos del Camino. It is 4:40 in the afternoon and it is raining. Pouring! Buckets of water. Loud thunder. Bright lightning. I am so glad not to be out walking anymore today. It is, however, supposed to rain for the next two…
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Day 11, A Rest Day in Burgos
We had great difficulty finding lodging in between Belorado and Burgos. We decided to skip that section of the Camino, take the bus to Burgos, and take a rest day in Burgos. We got to Burgos by about 10 in the morning, waited for the Albergue Municipal to open, checked in, cleaned up a bit,…
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Day 10, to Belorado
April 25, 2026 We started to walk at dawn. It’s been so interesting to start walking when it still is dark, and see it getting light, then see the beautiful, soft dawn colours in the sky, and finally see the sun come up. The world slowly starts looking as I am used to see it.…
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Day 9, to Santo Domingo de la Calzada
April 24, 2026 It was a long walk today, about 33K from Ventosa to Santo Domingo de la Calzada. The backpack got a bit heavy towards the end. It was a overcast day with a few showers, mostly just sprinklers. The cooler weather made the walking much easier. The Camino went through vineyards to Nájera,…
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Day 8, to Ventosa
April 23, 2026 I left Logroño today once again with Zazi, in the dark, shortly after 6 AM. I again did not need to use my snazzy headlamp because of all the street lights. Walking out of the city, we went through a nature preserve. It has lots of pathways, native plants, birds and red…
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Day 7, to Logroño
April 22, 2026 Today Zazi (the woman from the UK) and I walked together again. We planned to start early, but a number of things happened (wet socks, sore toes needing to be taped, coffee shop not opening ‘til 7) and we didn’t get going until about 7:30, just in time for sunrise. It was…
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Days 5 & 6, Estella & Sansol
20 & 21 April, 2026 It’s been hot! And these two last days most of the trails were in open country or through towns. No shade. Hot! I don’t do well in heat. A number of times these last two days, especially on Monday on the walk to Estella, I wanted to quit. I wondered…
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Day 4, to Puente La Reina
April 19, 2026 On Sunday, April 19, I started walking at about 6:20. I wanted to use my spiffy new headlamp, but I was in a big city, Pamplona, and the streetlights were more than enough to see the way. From my albergue, the Camino went uphill into Pamplona’s Old Town (Casco Histórico). It was…