Today’s adventure was another Camino, or a big little one, El Caminito del Rey! A rather famous walk thru a very narrow canyon along suspended walkways. I met Janice & Terry from Edmonton while waiting in line at the pick up point and we three spent the day together. It turns out they spent January … Continue reading Day 16: Málaga

Malaga is an easy 2h45m bus ride from Seville. By 11a I was checking into my hotel. I have 2 days here until my next big adventure. First up was taking care of a little shopping. There’s a big mall nearby and I got seduced by all the clean, shiny, bright stores. I wandered and … Continue reading Day 15: Malaga

I ended up on the 8am train to Seville, a journey of 20 minutes that would have taken me literally all day to walk. And as it rained on & off all day I’m sure glad I wasn’t walking! A restorative coffee in a peaceful park after the scrum of the commuter train at rush … Continue reading Day 14: Seville

Left 7:40a and was immediately into fields. The sun made a brief appearance over the horizon then just as quickly hid behind a layer of clouds filling the sky. Rain is predicted for later on…. Several large groups of Sunday cyclists had me stepping off into the fields to let them pass. All gracious with … Continue reading Day 13: Utrera

Today was a unique day as it was almost completely on a Via Verde, a trail converted from an old railway into a pedestrian & bicycle path running from Olvera to Puerto Serrano. The whole length is 36k with 30 tunnels; I’ll stay on for 22k as far as Coripe. I left just before 8am … Continue reading Day 11: Coripe

Seeing Setenil de las Bodegas yesterday was a must for me so I broke the 32k stage into two days. 20k yesterday, a short 15k today (plus to&fro kms). Besides, like my legs, the days here are short and neither are long enough to spend so many hours on the road! Instead of walking the … Continue reading Day 10: Olvera

A later start today as my Ronda hotel included breakfast which I wasn’t going to miss my coffee and it was just 30° outside! I was in no hurry to start walking…. Camino heads into the distance directly across The Camino headed out of Ronda, curving around the big circular escarpment that made the city … Continue reading Day 9: Setenil De Las Bodegas

It was a chilly 38°F when this intrepid adventuress stepped out to explore Ronda. As luck would have it today is a fiesta so absolutely everything is shut which made for very quiet streets - just the odd tourist like me. I wandered down to the Puente Nuevo, “new” being built in 1793 after the … Continue reading Day 8: Ronda

Leaving Jimera A very good day of walking today. Started with several miles of rolling trail, once again running above both the river and railway. It was chilly in the long shade created by the steep gorge, probably low 40’s with a brisk wind. I encountered several couples hiking today, I realized that even though … Continue reading Day 7: Ronda