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Camino ’24: Day 17
Today we decided to take a full day of rest and try to go to the beach. It rained. I finally swallowed my pride and bought a knee pad, since I could feel the pain rising as soon as I did some movement that was different from just walking, especially when descending steps or going…
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Camino ’24: Day 16
What are our knees good for, anyways? I’m sure we can all spare one, since we have two of them. Today was a proving day for our capability to walk a full stage, and a difficult one at that. The verdict was clear: not ready yet. My pain from yesterday is still there. We had…
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Camino ’24: Day 15
It looks like we can’t make all of our 4 knees work at the same time, for some reason. Today it was me who got the short end of the stick. After lunch, what started out as a normal feeling of soreness or strain blossomed into a painful series of jolts every time I tried…
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Camino ’24: Day 14
Industrialization is the reason why the average man in Europe lives more comfortably than kings and emperors did 300 years ago. It was, however, also the reason why today’s walk had some truly awful moments. The route between Gijón and Avilés started with a steel factory and ended with another steel factory. They are huge…
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Camino ’24: Day 13
Today we took a day off. Apparently even God had some rest after 6 days. We had it after 12. Yesterday it was impossible to find a place to stay for the night in almost any town from Ribadesella to Gijón. The reason is simple: today Ribadesella hosted the 86th descent of the river Sella,…