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The albergue de perigrino bodenaya we stayed in last night was extra special and can see why the guides say it is highly recommended. The owners were so welcoming and made it feel like home, they washed our clothes for us and made us a lovely 3 course dinner. The Camino family vibe soon gotContinue reading “Day 3 Bodenaya to Campellio 28.4km”

The albergue last night was very basic, met some lovely people from all around the world (Australia,Ukraine,Portugal,Barcelona, Argentia and Lithuania). A very relaxed atmosphere until ‘the sergeant major’ turned up and told everyone off for their wet clothing around the place. Reminded me of my mother and objects being out of order. Started out atContinue reading “Day 2 San juan de villapanada to Bodenaya 27.7kn”

So we arrived at the hotel at 11pm, so we couldn’t get the cathedral stamp to say that we started in oviedo and had to do with a hotel stamp. We also couldn’t get a shell for my bag. For those who have not done the camino, the shell shows others that you are aContinue reading “Day 1 Oviedo to San Juan de Villapanada, 30.6km”

Arrived in Macclesfield at 23:20 on thursday evening. It wasn’t a good idea to have my nails done at 18:00 as the m6 was a nightmare, but a girl has to have some luxury on the camino. Easyjet flight to Bilbao was a little delayed but a smooth flight indeed and even got in 10Continue reading “Travel update and first day before camino starts.”

Roughly the plan is to follow the route from followingthearrows.com which means we should complete the camino primitivo in 12 days and also have rest days before flying home. Rest days of course depend on injury but hopefully we will say to plan. Day 1, Oviedo to San Juan de Villapanada, 30.6km Day 2, San Juan de VillapanadaContinue reading “The Plan”

Walking poles – carbon lite sports diret Bag – Deuter 30L Boots – scarpa 2 trousers – craghooper kiwi pros2 t shirts – normal sport t shirtsBase layer – normal sport brandCoat – bergerguhas 3 socks – bridgedales ultra lite crew3 bras – sports Mark’s and SpencerTowel – micro fiberBelt – amozon3 knickers – Mark’sContinue reading “Packing Lisit”