Tag Archives: travel

Oh what a day!   It started well enough – a splash of light rain, a walk by the river, chocolate y churros, some sunshine and a bench in a square overlooking the cathedral out of the wind.  So far, … Continue reading →

Covarrubias to Modúbar de la Emparedada The first 6km into Mecerreyes is on a very quiet road.  There are several bars here but none is open at 8:30 on a Saturday. After Mecerreyes we are on track all the way … Continue reading →

Santo Domingo de Silos to Covarrubias, 16.6 km After our jaunt to the gorge this morning we set off on today’s stage rather belatedly at 10:30 with a cold wind, a grey sky and a long way to go without … Continue reading →

Yesterday we had considered taking a diversion into Santo Domingo in order to visit an impressive gorge.  But due to the poor weather forecast we didn’t really want to prologue our stage.  So we hatched another plan to visit the … Continue reading →

Quintanarraya to Santo Domingo de Silos, 26 km Not many signs leaving town so I would say it really is essential to have a track downloaded. I use Maps.me to follow a trail and Wikiloc to record.  7 km into … Continue reading →

San Esteban de Gormaz to Quentanarraya We climbed up to the castle wall yesterday afternoon. There are lots of cave houses up there and great views over the town and surrounding countryside.  This morning is foggy and cold – the … Continue reading →

Cifuentes to Mandayona, 27.5 km Can I ask that when you receive a blog update via email you tap the option to ‘Read on blog’ to see the blog as it’s is intended.  (As pointed out to me by Nina … Continue reading →

We leave a bit later than usual at 7:30 but not late enough for any bars or shops to be open though and so we’re walking on empty tanks. After exiting via the staircase alongside the waterfall, we find ourselves … Continue reading →

Salmerón to Trillo, 30 km I’m sorry not to have said this earlier, but thanks so much to all who have made comments. It feels like a reunion with old friends after a while apart. It really means a lot … Continue reading →

Villaconejos de Trabaque to Salmerón, 25 km walked Pepe advised that the route today includes a diversion around a broken bridge over the Rio  Guardiela where the water is too fast flowing to recommend attempting to walk across.  He also … Continue reading →

There are no directions out of the village, but we take what seems like the obvious track. Neither of us have a recollection of the route we took last time that we walked entirely on the road due to the … Continue reading →