Author Archives: Simon Berry

Here’s a list of the things I found most useful on this Camino trip. In no particular order. Jane may add the things she woudn’t have been without later. Bum bag The rucksack comes on and off. This stays on. … Continue reading →

Aggressively officious is how I’d describe the staff at Eurostar Paris. “I am a member of staff. If you don’t let me through you won’t travel,” (in French, using the ‘tu’ form even though she was much younger than us … Continue reading →

Just before sunrise, we took the boardwalk to the station for the 7:05 high speed train to Paris. Paris is 500 miles away and the trip is programmed to take just under 5 hours. We booked this trip more than … Continue reading →

(Donostia to Hendaia) We paid €2.90 each for an international ticket on the Euskotren train from San Sebastián to Hendaye. This must be the cheapest ticket for cross border travel in the world. The journey is about one hour long. … Continue reading →

As you’d expect the cathedral in Burgos is of an incomprehensible scale so coming across this model was handy (sorry about the reflections). We got up early, had a great breakfast in the hotel, and were in the cathedral square … Continue reading →

We didn’t have a lot of time this morning given that we overslept until 10. There’s no sleep like a long sleep in an ancient stone cottage up a mountain where time stands still. Except it didn’t! John kindly took … Continue reading →

Our trip back home started today. We caught an early train out of Santiago this morning and changed at Ourense for a train to Astorga. In Santiago they confiscated my Swiss Army Knife which was a bit unnecessary. I’d done … Continue reading →

Today we played the tourist. This picture shows what we got when we asked for a coffee with milk and a zero beer. The coffee came with a piece of cake and the beer came with a salami sandwich and … Continue reading →

Walked: 25.39km (226.28km) | 5h1m (47h35m) Followed: 0km|48.7km (1h20m) We made it! 25.39km in 5h1m. There was an element of fear and dread in anticipation of this stage yesterday. It was a long stage and the sun looked like it … Continue reading →

Walked: 19.39km (200.89km) | 3h54m (42h34m) Followed: 0km|48.7km (1h20m) Today we hit 200km of walking and it’s taken us about 42.5hours which gives a pace of 4.72km/h, which I think is pretty good for a couple of 69 year olds, … Continue reading →