Journey by Bus
Pilgrim’s Credential
In the bus… nearby Teruel
These were the stages:
- Stage 1: Roncesvalles – Obanos
Distance: 65.70 km
Calories: 3.629
Gained height: 2.260 m
Max. speed: 54.1 km/h
Incidents: None.
Climatology: sunny.
Public hostel in Roncesvalles
Roncesvalles inn, Me with Martin
Me taking water from Auritz – Aurizberri
Raúl taking water or ridding a horse?
Boxes
Biking in Aurizberri
Me in the jungle
Raúl in the jungle
Following the arrow
Going up
Finishing the climb
Nearby Erro
Ditto
Ditto
Another jungle
Come on team! nearby a river
Me and the waterfall
The waterfall
More jungles…
Amazing river
Raúl in Villaba
After 1/3 of Perdon high ground
At the top of “El Perdón”, terrible, really hard…
Going down…
Obanos square
Obanos city wall
Obanos, nice houses
Obanos, two grandfrathers
Obanos, table games at ´el centro´
First stage was tiring, have a good night with red wine.
- Stage 2: Obanos – Navarrete
Distance: 87.72 Km
Calories: 4.005
Gained height: 2.434 m
Max. speed: 36.2 km/h
Incidents: Mechanical problems, towel lost, soap lost.
Climatology: intermittent raining.
Estella?
Narrow way
Nice path
Green area
Pissing in “Los Arcos”
Logroño
Arriving Navarrete
- Stage 3: Navarrete – Villafranca de Montes de Oca
Distance: 73.32 Km
Calorías: 3.289
Gained height: 1.606 m
Max. speed: 34.8 km/h
Incidents: Raincoat lost. Bike accident. (1st) First category pass.
Climatology: strong headwind, strong raining and mud on the wheels.
Nearby Nájera
Ditto
Ditto
Ditto
Distance: 103.51 km
Calories: 3.943
Gained height: 1.617 m
Max. speed: 34.1 km/h
Incidents: None.
Climatology: sunny and cloudy.
Drag queens at San Juán de Ortega
Atapuerca
Flying…
Orbaneja Riopico
Burgos
Nearby Hornillos
Nearby Castrojeriz
Nearby Frómista
2 Km to Frómista
2 Km to Frómista
Frómista
Smells
Frómista
Frómista
- Stage 5: Frómista – Villadangos del Páramo
Distance: 141.22 km
Calories: 3.895
Gained height: 1.710 m
Max. speed: 37.9 km/h
Incidents: Terrorific entry in León, without verge, intense traffic with lots of trucks without any alternative. Discussion with a grandfather who skip the verge.
Climatology: sunny.
León
León
- Stage 6: Villadangos del Páramo – Cacabelos
Distance: 97.18 km
Calories: 3.308
Gained height: 1.525 m
Max. speed: 37.6 km/h
Incidents: Big slopes going down for 22.3 km. Strong slopes till “Cruz de Ferro“.
Climatology: sunny.
Hospital de Órbigo
Hospital de Órbigo
Crossing the railway bridge arriving Astorga
Astorga suburbs
Astorga city hall
Astorga, Gaudí style
Ditto
Angels
Cathedral
Nearby El Ganso
Nearby Foncebadón
Arriving to the beginning of Cruz de Ferro
At the top of Cruz de Ferro, two guys were doing the trip by horse!
But is not the top of the mountain… interminable
And now… 23 km going down really fast
Ponferrada
Cacabelos hostel, amazing
- Stage 7: Cacabelos – Sarria
Distance: 82.79 km
Calories: 3.212
Gained height: 2.203 m
Max. speed: 44.6 km/h
Incidents: Strong slopes going down and very hard pass with huge climbs (Pedrafita Do Cebreiro and El Alto del Pollo).
Climatology: sunny.
Nearby Villafranca del Bierzo
Villafranca del Bierzo
El Castro (last Village before arrive to Galicia)
Arriving to Pedrafita do Cebreiro
Pedrafita do Cebreiro
Ditto, celtic house
Ditto
Drinking Albariño
Leaving Pedrafita
Be careful here, Liñares
Cow
Arriving Alto do Poio
And the winner is…
Sarria hostel, probably the shabbiest hostel in all the route, but it only costs 3 euros
Some amazing street in Sarria
- Stage 8: Sarria – Melide
Distance: 62.98 km
Calories: 2.643
Gained height: 1.911 m
Max. speed: 45.2 km/h
Incidents: Pain in my right knee .
Climatology: Very foggy without visibility ~20 m.
Meixente, passing Sarria
108 Km to Arrive to Santiago
Galician Grain Store, aka Horreo
Ditto
And stills very foggy, nearby Barán
ditto
ditto
Forest
ditto, before arriving Portomarin
ditto
amazing picture, web
Beautiful lights
ditto
nice place
ditto
Be careful here
ditto
and again foggy
ditto
ditto
crash
narrow bridge in Portomarin
Some lost village between Portomarin and Melide
Octopus from Melide!
- Stage 9: Melide – Santiago de Compostela
Distance: 53.07 km
Calories: 2.085
Gained height: 1.710 m
Max. speed: 35.9 km/h
Incidents: None.
Climatology: sunny.
Before arriving Arzúa
Galicia was tiring… aka rompepiernas
Don´t move the earth, it´s enough climbed with Galicia
Somebody with Raúl
Arriving to the Hostel in Santiago
Joining to the hostel
Beds in Santiago de Compostela Hostel
TOTALS
Total distance: 767.49 km.
Total calories: 30.009 calories (teniendo en cuenta que no se llevasen los 9 kg de peso adicional de las alforjas y que el viento fuese neutro, así como la calzada no fuese barro ni piedra, por lo que esta cantidad estimada es muy inferior a la real).
Total gained height: 16.796 m.
Drop: 34.141 m.
Weight: 3 Kg aprox in 9 days.
Stamps of every hostel and some restaurants in our trip (required for the ‘Compostelana’):
And we got the “Compostelana”:
