Journey

Day 5 of the VdlP. Just 13.6 kms today.  It is either that or 33!  And my feet can't take that distance.  This is one of the challenges of the VdlP.  It's a bit like a chess game where you have to think 2 or 3 moves ahead, so that you can work out your daily stages....

Day 6 on the VdlP.  20 kms today from El Real de la Jarra to Monesterio. It was an early Camino start in the dark in search of breakfast.  I had to walk from the far side of town, back through town, but found a great bar open.  There always seems to be a bar open...

Day 7 on the Via de la Plata.  It's 20.7 kms from Monesterio to Fuente de Cantos.  A comfortable distance for me. It was also my first day at leaving much earlier. I mean early ‘pre-dawn’.  I thought I might not find any breakfast, always a risk with a very early...

Day 8 - Fuente de Cantos to Zafra.  24.2 kms today. But the last 4 was alongside a road, so my feet were complaining. Another great day! Starting in the dark at 6:30 am. And again I find a great bar just opening for breakfast.  It's 6.2 kms to the next village, and I...

Day 9 Zafra to Villafranca de los Barros. Not a great sleep last night. There were a lot of partying going on right outside my room. But nevermind, today is a relatively okay day in terms of distance – 20 kms. So, I’m going to have a slow and steady day. I was hoping...

So today was the day that I thought might be a challenge because it's 27 kilometres with no stops. Unless you take a detour of 4 kilometers off the Camino, but it turned out to be a really great day.  I explain the detour in the video below. The Walking surface was...

Day 11 - Torremejia to Merida. Today is just a short day of 15 kilometers. The weather is great and the walking was fairly easy. Before I set off for the day though, I'm going to show you around the Albergue that I stayed in to give you an idea of what Albergues are...

It's a day off in Merida. I always feel a little bit awkward about having days off because sometimes your body tells you that you need to take a rest, particularly your feet. Very often you want to just keep moving, but I think it is sensible to have a day off now and...