by Paty | Sep 30, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 30, 2022 Route: Llanes to Ribadesella Distance: 30.9 kilometers (19.2 miles) Cumulative Distance: 429 km I was wide awake this morning at 6 a.m. and felt a sense of urgency building. After a full day off from hiking, I was chomping at the bit and...
by Paty | Sep 29, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 29, 2022 Route: A zero day in Llanes Distance: 0 kilometers (0 miles) Cumulative Distance: 398.1. km There isn’t much to say about my zero day other than I rested. A lot. The heavy rain descended, just exactly as the weather forecast...
by Paty | Sep 28, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 28, 2022 Route: Serdio to Llanes Distance: 23.6 kilometers (20.8 miles) Cumulative Distance: 398.1. km I was up ridiculously early this morning thanks to an errant text from a friend in North America who had no idea that I was nine time zones...
by Paty | Sep 27, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 27, 2022 Route: Cobreces to Serdio Distance: 28.2 kilometers (17.5 miles) Cumulative Distance: 364.5 km After dinner with Renato last night, I walked back up the hill to my beach hotel in the cool wind. My hand-washed clothes were still hanging...
by Paty | Sep 26, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 26, 2022 Route: Boo de Piélagos to Cobreces Distance: 34.1 kilometers (21 miles) + 1.2 km train ride Cumulative Distance: 336.3 km Although my morning technically began at the albergue in Boo de Piélagos, I didn’t begin walking until the next town of...
by Paty | Sep 25, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 25, 2022 Route: Galizano to Boo de Piélagos Distance: 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) + 3.2 km detour to Decathlon and Santa Cruz Cumulative Distance: 293 km The rain continued through the night, which meant I’d had to hang my hand-washed clothes around the...
by Paty | Sep 24, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 24, 2022 Route: Laredo to Galizano Distance: 32.5 kilometers (20.1 miles) Cumulative Distance: 263.3 km I woke up this morning to so much rain. It rained all night long. It was raining as I packed my bag back up. It was still raining as I ate breakfast...
by Paty | Sep 23, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 23, 2022 Route: Castro Urdiales to Laredo Distance: 32.2 kilometers (20 miles) Cumulative Distance: 230 km I was still a little bummed out this morning over my lost sock. But maybe this was a blessing in disguise. I preferred my Injinji toe socks over the...
by Paty | Sep 22, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 22, 2022 Route: Portugalete to Castro Urdiales Distance: 26.2 kilometers (16.2 miles) + 2 km bridge detour Cumulative Distance: 197.8 km Last night’s experience at the albergue in Portugalete was a real pain. And I can sum it all up with a single cause...
by Paty | Sep 21, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 21, 2022 Route: Bolívar to Eskerika to Portugalete Distance: 40.9 kilometers (25.4 miles) Cumulative Distance: 171.6 km An amazing thing happened at the rural albergue where I slept at last night. They were seven pilgrims sleeping in bunks, and not a...
