Ready for the off?

To Galicia!

The first stops on
the Via Podiensis..

...but yet

...a long way to go!

A very welcome inn

Winter lingers on
the Aubrac plateau.

Estaing, on the GR 65

Unforgettable

For idling...

...for admiring...

for visiting

Definitely on the right path!

Fragrances and...

encounters!

En route...

St Jean Pied de Port !

At last, the Pyrenees..

...then...

Spain!

Continuing...

in congenial company

Along the Via
Francigena, including Puente la Reina and..

its bridge!

If you want to get
to Santiago, don't Overdo the wine!

Just around the corner...

...a troglodyte church.

Burgos and its cathedral, for the contemplative

pilgrim

After Hornillos del Camino the route to Compostela...

plunges into
the vast Meseta.

The Castile canal.

An ancient dovecote

Leon and its works

by Gaudi

A short rest..

..And we are off again

El Paso Honroso

More Gaudi..this time at Astorga

Feeling a little peckish?

Maragate folklore

A short detour via Castrillo de los Polvazares from the Via Francigena

Over 'the Mountains of León'.

Filthy weather at Molinaseca

Ponferrada...

...and its Templar castle.

Follow that arrow!

O Cebreiro, gateway to..

... Galice.

dealing with
the wind

Now is revealed..

..a verdant landscape.

Samos monastery.

Portomarin.

Impossible not
to notice

Greenery!

From horreo..
(Galician granary)

...to horreo...

to the sound of bells

..we reach..

..our objective..

...Santiago de Compostela!

And well-deserved treats!