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Camino Mozárabe stage 9 – Quentar to Granada 18.5 km

Apologies for no elevation information today – I accidentally deleted it – very annoying! Today’s distance 18.5 km Total distance from Almería 208 km This morning dawned quite mild, no harsh breeze. After a quick stop at Bar Los Angeles … Continue reading

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Camino Mozárabe stage 8 – La Peza to Quentar 28 km

Today’s distance 28 km Elevation gain 747m Elevation loss 861 m Total distance from Almería 189.5 km We leave earlier than usual at about 7:20 because of today’s long hike. Some grey cloud is hanging in the sky and the … Continue reading

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Camino Mozárabe stage 7 – Guadix to La Peza 27 km

Today’s distance 27 km Elevation gain 563 m Elevation loss 487 m Total distance from Almería 161.5 Guadix is a beautiful city with stunning period property, which was enhanced by the early morning sun as we left for today’s stage. … Continue reading

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Camino Mozárabe stage 6 – Alquife to Guadix 24 km

Today’s distance 24km Elevation gain 201 m Elevation loss 505 m Total distance from Almería 134.5 It became very cold during the night and I had chosen a very lightweight blanket and didn’t sleep too well as a result. Manuel’s … Continue reading

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Camino Mozárabe stage 5 – Huéneja to Alquife 20 km

Today’s distance 20 km Elevation gain 349 m Elevation loss 289 m Total distance from Almería 110.5 Well, this is what we have been waiting for. Now we are talking camino walking – and it doesn’t get finer than this. … Continue reading

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Camino Mozárabe stage 4 – Abla to Huéneja 21.5 km

Today’s distance 21.5 km Elevation gain 432 m Elevation loss 139 m Total distance from Almería 90.5 km A much nicer start to the day, with the snow topped mountains to our left and walking along comfortable country lanes and … Continue reading

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Camino Mozárabe stage 3 – Alboloduy to Abla 30 km

Today’s distance 30 km Elevation gain 817 m Elevation loss 315 m Total distance from Almería 69 Last night in Alboloduy there were twelve pilgrims, we five, a Spanish guy who I have yet to see, a German couple, an … Continue reading

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Camino Mozárabe stage 2 – Santa Fe de Mondújar to Alboloduy

Today’s distance 16 km Elevation gain 487 m Elevation loss 323 m Total distance from Almería 40 We made a very leisurely exit from the albergue this morning and were immediately tackling some extreme elevation. We wound up and up … Continue reading

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Camino Mozárabe stage 1 – Almería to Santa Fe de Mondújar

I forgot to turn on my gps for a while so the distance walked was perhaps 1km longer than stated below Today’s distance 24 km Elevation gain 254 m Elevation loss 81 m Total distance from Almería 24 Nine Pilgrims … Continue reading

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Two days and counting…

Two days and counting!  Backpack is almost sorted, most items on the packing list are ticked off.  Rather than show you the standard series of photos of  folded clothes that will accompany me on my camino, I thought I would … Continue reading

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2018 Camino – Mozárabe and Torres (with one or two variations)

Another combination camino for me this year marked in yellow on the map.  If anyone is looking for an excellent map detailing all the camino routes in Spain (unless you know of any that aren’t shown) I can highly recommend … Continue reading

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Carry on caminoing

It must be about time I shared my plans for my next camino. What started as a vague commitment to walk in 2018 with a member of the camino forum, has snowballed into a multinational group of anything between 6 … Continue reading

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Reflections on the Caminos Primitivo and Fisterra

Here is part two of my 2017 camino round-up.  I won’t give too much detail as these are much more travelled routes and there is a lot of easily available information around.  You can check out part one which covers … Continue reading

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Reflections on the Caminos de Madrid & San Salvador

It’s hard to believe that almost three months have passed since I finished my 2017 camino.  I’ve spent quite some time going through my photos and video clips to put together the movie you can see below.  I managed to … Continue reading

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It was a ¡buen camino!

I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has read and commented on my blog over the last 36 days. The comments really do give me a great boost every day. Please stick around for a … Continue reading

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