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 I'm using my blog to recount my five week hike through Spain, experiencing five different Camino routes.  Earlier caminos are found later in this blog, and later experiences will come online after I write them up. I started on the mountainous Camino del Salvador after I had hiked the Camino Lebaniego and most of the Camino Vadiensese.

After riding a narrow gauge railw...

My original plan was to hike to the next municipal albergue, in a small town named Buiza that did not have any stores or restaurants.  But I felt physically strong this day and passed that albergue after only about three-and-a-half hours, so I combined the next two days' walks and hiked to the mountain town of Poladura de la Tercia. Although combining these days later created...

 Leaving Poladura de la Tercia, it was cold!  I took a screenshot of the weather reading when I left, and it said that it was about 43 degrees. It amazed me that I could hike in August and experience such cool temperatures! It also said that there was a better than even chance of rain that day. Ugh.

 After spending the night in the municipal albergue in Pajares, I bid farewell to Martin, who I never saw again.  My albergue for the night of my 4th day on the Camino del Salvador was not a long walk, so everyone else would continue past where I was headed.

Irish John continued to be in bad shape and expressed an interest in staying another night to recover. After t...

 Although I didn't rush out this morning, I was on my way before the other pilgrim, Lies, left the albergue.  Heading north on the small road out of Chanos, I split off onto a trail less than a half mile after starting. My research had indicated that this was a prettier and more adventurous route, though some folks continue down the road to the same destination. Parts of th...