Northern Way

October 10, 2925 from the itinerary: Hike 21 KM from Gernika to Lezama. The hotel, Casa Rural Miamende is in Larrabetzu and off the route. Your host in Gernika will drive you back to the Camino at the start of the day. The weather again was beautiful and the hike was enjoyable, although still inland. No real photos from today. Our Hotel had no sign and I thought we were in the wrong place, but the owner was quite nice and welcoming. We met Anne and Dave from Chicago who

October 5 and 6, 2025. Walking to Deba and a day off. 13.2 miles, lots of hills and in weather that disintegrated during the day. Staying at a remote guest house called Arriola Txiki. Lots of hills today on the walk and lots of lovely views. Also amazing are huge banana slugs - in the video summary you can see against my boot for scale. There are several options for walking the route today and we chose a slightly shorter on that took us off the coast and along the ridges t

October 3, 2025 - from the itinerary - walk along the coast of Spain from San Sebastian to Zarautz for 2 nights. Cheated a bit by using the elevator to start the big uphill of the day. After 3 days off and using both the inhaler and my nasal decongestant I think I finally broke the code for breathing. I was able to lead the day without poles at 4 mph. I haven't been able to do this for years. It was a lovely day of walking. Even though the walk description said there was

The Camino del Norte is one of the oldest pilgrim routes to Santiago del Compostela. During the Middle Ages the French Way became progressively more dangerous as the Moorish influence increased. The Northern Way offered a safer route through the Christian Kingdoms. King Alfonso assisted with establishing this route and Oviedo became the capital of his kingdom. This Route is also known as the Coastal Route and is a more beautiful and less traveled Camino to Santiago. In 202