Author Archives: Woodswoman

The month has flown by, and map readers want to know . . . apparently.  My journal trackings for each day also help me tremendously.  I encounter fellow walkers regularly who say, “Now wait, where did we sleep last night?  … Continue reading →

Friday, September 20 – Thursday, September 26, 2013. Friday – September 20.  Well, Senora Meseta is laughing all the way to the dustbowls.  When I leave Hontanas, the chef who made our paella last night fills up my Camelback with … Continue reading →

Testing the behavior of a backdated post. Joannah

Thursday, September 19, 2013   Waking up in Rabe de las Calzadas seems easy.  A small room with four bunk beds does not engender sleeping late, so I decide to suck it up (for the sake of my Meseta travels today) … Continue reading →

Wednesday,September 18, 2013  The walk out of Burgos is nearly as confusing as Brierley makes it out to be.  I stop at my now favorite cafe for my last dose of breakfast eggs on the way out, and ask the waitress.  … Continue reading →

Tuesday, September 17, 2013  Awaking all by myself is such a luxury after over two weeks of hearing the morning machinations of, oh, between six and sixty other trekkers while it’s still dark outside.  I am alone and don’t have … Continue reading →

Sunday, September 15, 2013.  I awaken ready to begin the two-day walk to Burgos, though I know I will get a bus into the big city’s outskirts, having been told that it is a horrendous walk into this lovely city.  … Continue reading →

I am reluctant to go backward, but I also don’t want to miss an accounting of some earlier days, and I’ll try to catch up more quickly in the next few days, so here goes: Tuesday, September 10, 2013  Torres … Continue reading →

Okay, some of you have wanted to follow with maps, so here is my day-by-day travel, with no real details but for the mileage/km. on my pedometer.  But if you are a map-hound, here you go.  And if not, you … Continue reading →

Sunday, September 15, 2013 My lovely little commune albergue was the site of a delicious communal meal for nine of us last night.  Acacio and Orietta were host and chef respectively, and with six peregrinos and one volunteer, we sat … Continue reading →