Camino Norte 2024

Day 16: From San Rocque to Barro Date 30 Jul ( Tuesday ) Weather Beautiful weather to be at the beach. Does that tell you everything you need to know? Lol Today's Distance: Total This Camino: 136 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 249 miles Total All Caminos: 2249 miles Lodging: Hotel Kaype Quintamar@ $ 72 Total Lodging: $ 725 Planes: $ 1500 (round trip) Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 2100 / $ 246 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 25 San Rocque to Barro Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 220 Food: $ 25 Total Food: $ 357 On The Road 8:00 a.m. Starting day with a surprise back twinge. 8:30 a.m. Not going anywhere walking today. Out of the question.  9:00 a.m. Deb and Mary have taken off for our next stage. I'm resting at the hostel Europa.  10:00 a.m. I've already talked to a Camino baggage service that I can use for the next couple of days to carry my backpack while I walk with a day pack. 11:15 a.m. 20 minute cab ride to Barro where we are staying tonight....

Day 15: From Los Tánagos to San Rocque Date 29 Jul ( Monday ) Weather Mostly cloudy. High 70s. Humidity close to 90%. Late afternoon thunderstorm. Today's Distance: 15 miles / 24 km Route and Stats Route Video Total This Camino: 136 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 249 miles Total All Caminos: 2249 miles Lodging: Hostel Europa @ $ 43 Total Lodging: $ 653 Planes: $ 1500 (round trip) Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 2100 / $ 246 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $  Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 195 Food: $ 20 Total Food: $ 332 On The Road 7: 45 a.m. Starting. Nice light breakfast at the Cafeteria Royale III ... Cafe, orange juice, tostada.  8:15 a.m. Pesués 9:15 a.m. Unquera. Crossing the  Rio Deva: leaving Cantabria, entering Astorias.  10:00 a.m. Completed the 300-ft, 3/4 Mi climb to Columbres. 10:20 a.m. Quick rest stop in  Columbres for ice cream. 11:35 - 12:10 Coffee break in La Franca and foot care  1:45 p.m. Buelno 2:30 to 2:50 p...

Day 14: From Comillas to Los Tánagos Date 28 Jul ( Sunday ) Weather Temperatures in the high 60s at the start, reaching the high 70s at the end, and once again the absolute high levels of humidity just make hiking tough. There's no way for the body to cool off. Constantly scrambling for shade. Today's Distance: 14 miles / 22 km Route and Stats Route Video Total This Camino: 121 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 234 miles Total All Caminos: 2234 miles Lodging: Hotel Royal III @ $ 54 Total Lodging: $ 610 Planes: $ 1500 (round trip) Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 2100 / $ 246 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $  Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 195 Food: $ 30 Total Food: $ 312 On The Road 7:50 a.m. leave. Temperature at the start of the hike was about 66°, but the humidity was also very high. Shortly after Comillas, ran into a series of hills. Very challenging due to the high humidity. 10:20 - 11:10 a.m. Stopped for coffee and juice and water and toast  1:0...

Day 13: From Viveda to Comillas Date July 27 ( Saturday ) Weather Temperature in the high 70s today with lots of sun. Humidity was less than previous days. Today's Distance: 19 mi / 28 km Route and Stats Total This Camino: 107 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 220 miles Total All Caminos: 2220 miles Lodging: AirBnB @ $ 104 Total Lodging: $ 656 Planes: $ 1500 (round trip) Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 2100 / $ 246 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $  Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 195 Food: $ 20 Total Food: $ 282 On The Road 7:15 a.m. Start 9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.  @ 6.0 mi.  Santanilla medieval town. Walked around admiring the ambience, then took a coffee and orange juice break. 11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.  @ 8.0 mi. Iglesia  de San Pedro rest stop / eat. Chatted with a young man from Finland. Took some rest in the shade. 1:30 - 1:45 p.m. @ 10.5 mi.  Iglesia de San Martin, Cigüeña. It was an unexpected treat because the docent was there....

Day 12: From Santander to Viveda Date July 26 ( Friday ) Weather 75 f / 24 c with 75 % humidity, mostly cloudy Today's Distance: 12 mi / 20 km Route and Stats Route Video Total This Camino: 88 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 191 miles Total All Caminos: 2191 miles Lodging: AirBnB residence @ $ 45 Total Lodging: $ 552 Planes: $ 1500 (round trip) Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 2100 / $ 246 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 15 Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 195 Food: $ 20 Total Food: $ 262 On The Road Last night, while reviewing the plan for today, Deb noticed that the distances were wrong. Turns out that the plan called for a approximate 19 mile day or more.  So we're taking a cab out of Santander to avoid the urban industrial zone and cut today's walk down to a more manageable 12 Mi. Taxi from Santander to Santa Cruz de Bezano. Mostly asphalt again. 1/3 of the time with traffic.  Some hills but not hard to do. Random Thought of the Da...

Day 11: Santander  Date July 25 ( Thursday ) Weather High '70s, high humidity, cloudy skies Today's Distance: Total This Camino: 76 miles. Total 2024 Caminos: 179 miles Total All Caminos: 2179 miles Lodging: Mi Campus Santander@ $ 48 Total Lodging: $ 507 Planes: $ 1500 (round trip) Total Planes / Travel Insurance: $ 2100 / $ 246 Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 10 Santander bus $ 59 Rebadeo to Bilbao Alsa Total Buses / Trains / Taxis: $ 180 Food: $ 20 Total Food: $ 262 Visiting Santander In an unintentional twist of fate, we are in Santander on the feast day of St. James, who is the reason pilgrims walk to Santiago. So this has the potential to be a memorable day what why a festival and party and activities and things to do. 9:00 a.m. Headed out for a coffee. While I'm in the coffee shop, using the Rome2Rio app to figure out directions to some sights to see today like the cathedral of Santander and the public market, which apparently offers all k...