Wed 1st Nov., Ourense Today, I discovered entirely by accident, is a public holiday for All Saints' Day. It's also known by the name All...

Tue 31st Oct., Ourense. Well, we made it to Ourense via an unintended path, but such is the way of life. As our Scottish ancestor Rabbie...

Sun 29th Oct., España. I wasn't intending to write any more blogs until when we hit Ourense and started walking again, but some have...

Thu 26th Oct., Lubian back to Puebla de Sanabria, ~30 klms, by taxi The rain pelted down nearly all night, and showed no sign of easing...

Wed 25th Oct., Puebla de Sanabria to Lubian, 21 klms on foot, 9 by taxi. This is not the post I had planned as the day started. I had...

Tue 24th Oct., Entrepeñas to Puebla de Sanabria So much to say ... Let's start with a wolf report. No wolves, but here where we are...

Mon 23rd Oct., Rionegro del Puente to Entrepeñas. Approx 22 klms. This might sound a bit pretentious (not meant to) or maybe just a bit...

Sun 22nd Oct., Santa Marta de Tera to Rionegro del Puente, 27klms, ~ 36/38,000 steps Today's theme popped into my head as we wandered...

Sat 21st Oct., Tabara to Santa Marta de Tera After yesterday's grumble we awoke to a message from home that we should "always look on the...

Fri 20th Oct., Granja de Moreruela to Tabara, theoretically 25klms, probably more ... Those who know me will appreciate that I'm a...

Thu 19th Oct., Montamarta to Granja de Moreruela, ~23klms, 30/32,000 steps Today's theme came relatively late in the day for reasons...

Wed 18th Oct., Zamora to Montamarta, approx. 22klms. 30,000 steps +/-. The acronym www means different things to different people. It...

Tue 17th Oct., Zamora Where to start? Perhaps with a weather report. We had slept for something like 11 hours, which tells just how much...

Mon 16th Oct., Zamora Whilst we accomplished yesterday's walk with few dramas, the 31+ klms nevertheless sapped our energy a bit. So...

Sun 15th Oct., El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino to Zamora. 31+ klms, 7 hours on our feet, ~ 41-45,000 steps (device dependant) Today we...

Sat 14th Oct., Calzada de Valdeunciel to El Cubo de la Tierra del Vino, ~21 klms I must start today's brief commentary with a statement...

Fri 13th Oct., Salamanca to Calzada de Valdeunciel, 16 klms An addendum to yesterday’s post: yesterday, el Día de la Hispanidad (12th...

Thu 12th Oct., Salamanca Addendum: it was this day, 12th October, 8 years ago, that we first walked into Santiago de Compostela at the...

Wed 11th Oct., San Pedro de Rozados to Salamanca. 20klms Biggish day today; not distance, just challenge. For reasons I'm explain later,...

Tue 10th Oct., Fuenterroble de Salvatierra to Morille, ~30 klms, +/- 40,000 steps, 8 hours door-to-door Big day today. The last 5 klms/1...