the way BACK

GunnarW

Active Member

Time of past OR future Camino

2011+ > Spain, Belgium, France

• Oct 12, 2011

• #1

I rented a car in Santiago and doing the way back till Logroño.
What a feeling to see on the Autovia A6 the plates of the places in reverse order.
DO CEBREIRO and 4 minutes later VALCARCE and 4 minutes later VILLAFRANCA DO BIERZO just after the tunnel.
8 minutes driving, 2 days walking. Meanwhile plenty of flashbacks.
CACABELOS > PONFERRADA >...
and then suddenly the flat land, the beginning of the MESETA
Tomorrow the - oh so hated - N120

 

CaminoGen

CF May-June 2011; Oloron to Fisterra Sept-Oct 2013

Time of past OR future Camino

Camino frances-SJPP. Santiago (2011); Oloron to Fisterra (Sept 5-Oct 23 2013)

• Oct 13, 2011

• #2

Wow, that must be weird! I felt a little funny when I took the bus to the airport and saw what I had walked under the rain two days prior.

 

GunnarW

Active Member

Time of past OR future Camino

2011+ > Spain, Belgium, France

• Oct 14, 2011

• #3

I decided to do a deetour to Castrojeriz to visit the castillo. Nice view. It was not so easy to find the access to the castillo. That was around 14:00
Next, I had to idea to eat a self made bocadillo in the lovely oasis of San Bol. I drove carefully over the camino and was surprised how much peregrinos I met. During the 5km camino between Hontanas and San Bol, I counted 33 peregrinos.

 

skilsaw

Veteran Member

• Oct 16, 2011

• #4

Hey Gunnar, I know the feeling.
I took the train from Santiago back to Bayonne. It was like seeing a movie of my pilgrimage!
So many memories.

Had a cheap Ryanair ticket from Bayonne back to Stansted.

Ultreia,
David, Victoria, Canada.

 

Tio Huero

Member

Time of past OR future Camino

SJPDP to Pamplona 2011
Pamplona to Longrono 2012
Sarria to Santiago 2018

• May 26, 2012

• #5

Thanks for another great installment.

 

J

Jeff Stys

Member

Time of past OR future Camino

Frances (03, 04), VdlP (05, 06), Norte (07,08), Primativo (09), Frances (12)

• May 26, 2012

• #6

After blacking out in a very small village on the Via de la Plata, I was taken by ambulance to Zamora. The trip took 45 minutes. It had taken me 7 days to walk it!

Humbling experience on many levels.

By the way, I was fine, got great care and recieved a very reasonable bill two weeks later.