ITINERARY
SEPTEMBER
Sun 28
Gaydon - Portsmouth
Mon 29
Portsmouth dep 22.00 FERRY £29
(Tue 30) arr. 7.30
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Tue 30 (10:34hrs travel time)
CAEN dep 08:57 TGV & BUS to
ST JEAN PIED DE PORT arr 19:31
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Ouistreham arr 7.30
1 min bus ride from quayside to
Bus 19 or 1 (buy ticket in terminal)
bus 30 mins travel at 30 mins intervals
Caen dep 08:57 TGV 3302
Paris St Lazare arr 10:46
(transfer 50 min)
direction Mairie d'Issy) Metro 12
Paris Montparnasse dep 12:28 TGV 8537 (compulsory reservation)
Bordeaux-St-Jean dep 15:51
Dax dep 17:05
Bayonne arr 17:32
(transfer time 34 min.)
Bayonne dep 18:06 Bus 40549
Villefranque dep 18:21
Ustaritz dep 18:26
Jatxou dep 18:31
Halsou Larressore dep 18:35
Cambo les Bains dep 18:46
Itxassou dep 18:56
Louhossoa dep 19:00
Pont Noblia dep 19:08
Osses St Martin.. dep 19:16
St Jean Pied... arr 19:31
OCTOBER
Wed 1
Thu 2
St Jean Pied de Port
Roncesvalles
3 & 4
Pamplona
Pensiõn Aloha
5
Puente la Reina
Lorca
Estrella
Los Arcos
6
"today has been all about love - all the songs I have chosen"
Villamajor de MonJardin Albergue Navarra
7
Sansol
Albuergue deshojando del camino (dont remember it)
"helado chocolato y besos" Jess favourite things
8
Logroño Municipal Albergue des Perigriños (Rua viejo)
shared tapas x 3 10.00 curfew
9
Navarrete
Nájera
10
Azofra
Ben US with Guitar travelling fast
sang Amazing grace in courtyard,
washed and dried clothes on balcony,
picked up two books and throw away razors
Santo Domingo de la Calzada
11
walking alone lost saved by Jesus
Grañon Pilgrim Hopital - NO STAMP
12
goodbye to Coleen
Belorado
13
Espinosa del Camino
14
San Juan de Ortega - jojo 3 johns?
15
Burgos albergue municipal
Rabé de las calzadas
Hornillos de las Calzadas
Casa del Abuelo
16
[Mesita]
Aroyo Sambol (san Bol) merino jumper
Hontanas - windy, wet and very mucky underfoot!
san anton ruinas
Castrojeriz Julio y Marcía
Albergue: Refugio Tradicional de San Juan
concrete beds
17
Frómista
A.mun. walked in with Mark and Paul who had booked ahead
ate chorizo sausage alone in local bar
short of time as curfew of 9.30
18
Villarmentero de Campos
Tipi and pipes with donkey and fire
Sam, Diana and Cindy (bad tempered Aussie) slept in Tipi.
Sam playing guitar with no d string
mostly own stuff.
Albergue Amanecer met Sam sleeping 4 days in the big pipe.
walked with Mark and Paul to Cariøn de los Condes then
walked back to Villarmentero de campos
started walking earlyish with Sam
met Mark and Paul and a convention of Gynacologists in
Carrión de les Condes
Roman road of 12 kilometers with 3 resting places
caught up with Adrienne at number 2
stopped at number three under the stars.
19
Sam let Adrienne have his tent and we tried to sleep on two wooden
benches. The dew fell at 9.00 and soaked our sleeping bags so
we moved under the shelter. Sam slept on the ground and I slept sitting
up on the bench seat. Gpt up to stretch my legs at 3.00 and
saw a glorious single shooting star with a tail fiery tail that seemed
to fill the sky. Slept until 5.00 when the first hint of dawn appeared.
Walked up and down the camino to get warm.
At at around 7.00 I lit a small fire and collected all the rubbish around the
site and burnt it.
At 8.00 the first pilgrim appeared, eyes fixed on the road ahead. He did
not stop.
Cervatos
Sahagún
|Tren El Burgo Ranero
|Tren Mansilla de las Mulas
Léon
|Bus Orbigo
|Bus Astorga
Astorga
23
Ganso - Danny Boy nuts and verdejo
Rabanal nice stamp diane plainsong
kate eloise charlie sylvia
left sleeping bag at Albergue
Ponferrada
Villafranca de Bierza
Vega de Valcarce
26
O Cebriero
Triacastela
29
Sarría
Ferreiros
Portomarin
Palas de Rei
Melide
31 October
Set out with Adrien von Robé intending to walk all night by the glorious light
of a waxing gibbous moon.
Here is a picture of the previous moon - a waning crescent seen from Frómista on the 18th
We had overlooked the fact that the moon just like the sun rises and sets.
By two am the moon had disappeared and the Camino was leading us though a forest.
Not being equipped with torches we decided to sleep on the bank.
Adrien snuggled down in his bag. I had dumped my bag a few days earlier
to save weight but there is point in regret.
Shoes off, feet in empty rucksack, woolen jumper and coat on
and a poncho as a ground sheet sufficed. aAll in all not a bad night.
Arca
Nov 1
Arzúa
Hotel Suiza I was the only guest. The service was personal.
best meal of the camino. By now my metabolism was racing away
and I needed calories, lots of calories.
The meal was served in the pan it was cooked in and consisted of
chips swimming in garlic olive oil with a layer of
roasted peppers, a layer of fried mushrooms, and topped by
three fried eggs; accompanied by a loaf of bread and a bottle of wine.
© JR 2014
