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 brisk 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 Boó de Piélagos, I didn’t begin walking until the next town,...
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 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 a downpour of rain. It rained all night long. It was raining as I repacked my bag. 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 When I woke up this morning, I was still a little bummed about last night’s discovery that I’d lost a sock somewhere. But perhaps this was...
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 one of the more frustrating ones I’ve ever...
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 last night. Seven pilgrims were sleeping in bunks, and not a single...
by Paty | Sep 20, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 20, 2022 Route: Bolívar to Eskerika Distance: 28.7 kilometers (17.8 miles) Cumulative Distance: 130.4 km After finishing my super early dinner in Iruzubieta yesterday, I had to walk the 2.3 kilometers back to my empty albergue. It wasn’t even 5 pm by...
by Paty | Sep 19, 2022 | Camino del Norte, Spain, Trail Journals
September 19, 2022 Route: Ibiri to Bolívar Distance: 25.3 kilometers (15.7 miles) + 4.6 km extra for food Cumulative Distance: 101.7 km As much as I loved staying at the old dairy farm last night, it had the same problem that every other albergue has: the early birds....
