Camino del Norte

May 31st, 2017 Sobrado des Monxes to St Irene (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km Walked: 38 Km total: 795 Well, that was the worst night at an Alburgue by a wide margin. It was so awful I hesitate to even write about it, because it makes me so angry. How can such a pristine monastery make […]

May 30th, 2017 Baamonde to Sobrado des Monxes (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km walked: 40 Km total: 757 Today was one of the better days on the trail and one of the most “remote.” For a good 3-4 hours we walked on quiet, far out country roads with nary a sign of human life. It almost

May 29th, 2017 Gontan to Baamonde (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km walked: 40Km total: 714 Well, only 100 km left. Today’s walk wasn’t too bad and we mostly stayed on dirt and gravel roads. We had a long day because we decided we wanted to finish the trail in 4 days instead of 5. So much

May 28th, 2017  Mondonedo to Gontan (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km walked: 17 Km total: 674 We walked outside into near zero visibility as we left the Alburgue. We had a pleasantly good stay there. The room was actually cold (a good thing), and there were no snorers in the room. Today’s walking was a fairly

May 27th, 2017 Ribadeo to Mondonedo (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km walked: 36 km Km total: 657 It was a misty and cloudy morning as we walked out of Ribadeo, but it wasn’t really raining, and that was okay. The forecast for the next three days looked glum- lots of rain and thunderstorms. We climbed up

May 26th, 2017 Tapia de Casariego to Ribadeo Km walked: 12 Km total: 621 I woke up and stepped outside to see the sunrise over the ocean, the first I’ve seen on the trip. I snapped a picture and then got my things together. I asked Carolyn on our way out of the Alburgue, “How

May 25th, 2017 Penera to Tapia de Casariego (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km walked: 26 Km total: 609 We slept in and got a late start, not hitting the pavement until about 9:30. It was nice to sleep in, but the heat was already strong and the humidity was fierce and it made me wish we

May 24, 2017 Camping Regalina to Stealth Campsite outside Penera  Km walked: 31 Km total: 582 The walk today wasn’t too bad, and we mostly followed gravel and dirt roads through a bunch of small towns and one larger town, Luarca. It was a touristy place with a large outside market and lots of people

May 23rd, 2016 Camping Cudillero to Camping Regalina Km walked: 35 Km total: 551 Today was spent walking in and out of single track trails through dense and lush woods as we mostly followed the winding highway N-632a. We were offered some great views of the ocean and hillside cliffs on several occasions which was

May 22nd, 2017 Aviles to Camping Cudillero Km walked: 27 Km total: 516 We left Aviles late, around 10 AM, after getting the buffet from the hotel, which left a lot to be desired. The morning walk was again a slog, first out of the city and then through a network of suburbs. We had