I set out nervously at 6:30 from my cave in the suburbs of Guadix, following the arrows through the city […]
Day 7 (4/Oct/2017): R&R in Guadix
Did some shopping, laundry, and took things easy. Visited Guadix’s cave church and the cathedral. Do you remember your first […]
Day 6 (3/Oct/2017): Alquife to Guadix (24km)
Tonight I’m staying in a deluxe cave in Guadix – with my ankle compressed, raised, and iced. Tomorrow I will […]
Day 5 (2/Oct/2017): Hueneja to Alquife (18km)
It turns out that Alquife is a hardscrabble iron mining village with a closed-down mine, big piles of excavated debris, […]
Day 4 (1/Oct/2017): Abla to Hueneja (19km)
A much more comfortable walk today. 19km from Abla to Hueneja. I threw some unnecessary items out of my rucksack […]
Day 3 (30/Sep/2017): Alboloduy to Abla (30km)
Today was my first 30km day. From Alboloduy to Abla. I’m shattered and enjoying a beer before going to the […]
Day 2 (29/Sep/2017): Rioja to Alboloduy (24km)
(21/Aug/2018) I woke to my alarm before dawn at the Rioja albergue. Being the only guest, I was able to […]
Day 1 (28/Sep/2017): Almeria to Rioja (15km)
(17/Aug/2018) Almost a year has passed since I set off on the Camino Mozarabe from Almeria to Santiago, and then to […]

Camino Days 1-2: Banal thoughts. Following the arrows.
(28-29/Sep/2017). Walking the Camino is not an exercise in map reading and orientation. The whole point is that the way […]

Day 0: Exploring Almeria
(27/Sep/2017) EasyJet 8163 landed 20 minutes early, so Mr. Middle-Seat barged past me and whacked my head as he jerked […]