Author Archives: BobJones

You can walk on the Camino talking to others.  You can walk while hearing lectures or having books read to you.  You can walk while listening to music.  Or you can just walk by yourself daydreaming.  Today was a day … Continue reading →

Boredom creeps into the Camino.  It can’t seem to be avoided.  The towns and villages, and churches, begin to blur in memory and become indistinguishable.  Each new place is experienced as a déjà vu. 

I left our Burgos hotel at 6:00 a.m., leaving Lee to sleep.  Pilgrims were already gathering outside of a café across from an albergue, just 100 meters up the street.  I got some coffee and yogurt.  Then seeing two young … Continue reading →

Burgos is only 50 km from Belorado. About 30 miles.  I certainly could have walked it in two days.  However, the best itinerary for lodging would have had me walk 18 miles that first day.  That seemed too much given … Continue reading →

It has been 10 months since I left the Camino to return home to Washington, DC, to be with my wife. Lee, who was to have cardiac bypass surgery.  That surgery was successful, and she has completely recovered.  So, I … Continue reading →

It was cold when we started out the next morning.  After I devoured a carb-loaded breakfast, the hotel van took me and a Spanish family to a place where we picked up the Camino going out of town.  I had … Continue reading →

I had read that the best way to prepare for the rigors of walking the Camino is to walk the first week of the Camino.  I am beginning to feel the effects of that preparation.  The way to Estella promised … Continue reading →

Getting out of Pamplona early Sunday morning, I took a cue from one of the many Camino blogs I had read in preparation for this trip.  I ordered a taxi for a 10-minute ride to get me past the hard-paved … Continue reading →

My fourth day of walking would take me into Pamplona and I was looking forward to it.  I was more confident after the previous day and was starting to develop a rhythm.  The trick is to start walking early to … Continue reading →

The walk to Zubiri would be my first at a more typical daily distance, about 22 km.  Up until this point, I had not walked more than 12 km, so I was a little apprehensive.  Yet, my Brierley, which by … Continue reading →