October 10, 2015 Differences and Similarities Today the walk from San Amaro to Pontecescures was pretty much the same as yesterday. Apart from a few more pilgrims including two couples walking against the flow from Santiago-with dogs! And sheep either…
October 11, 2015 One Long Day instead of Two Shorter Ones We walked from Pontecesures to Santiago, arriving a day earlier than expected. Queuing for our Compostela I write this as we stand in the queue to get our compostelas….
October 11, 2015 I interrupted my tale yesterday when we were finally called to the counter to get our compostelas and the certificates showing that we walked from Lisbon to Santiago. And I can promise we walked every step of…
October 13, 2015 Now that we’ve finished our Camino, I don’t intend to bore you with too many posts, but I’ve decided to continue my blog as a record of our trip. To this end there are a few things…
In 2014, I was lucky enough to have the time and fitness to walk the Camino de Santiago from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago, Spain. What is the Camino de Santiago? The Camino de Santiago, a walk of…
I walked over 800km from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago to Finesterre in April/May 2014. What follows are links to my musings on the Camino. Being new to blogging, it is free form without details of distances and…
25th April 2014 Day 2. The Virgin to Burguete What a Difference a Day Makes The taxi driver taking us back to where we stopped walking yesterday gave us a minute to photograph a spectacular scene. While yesterday was sunny…
Day 3 Burguete to Larrasoana Head Torches Leaving before sunrise meant using our head torches. The pleasant yellow glow of the street lamps contrasted with the icy wind which drove the light rain into our faces. It did warm up…
Day 4 Larrasoana to Cizur Menor Day 5 Cizur Menor to Puente de la Reina 28 April 2014 Prevention is better than Cure Yesterday the sheep’s wool came out. I felt my first hot spot and being the good girl…
Day 6 Puente de la Reina to Estella Day 7 Estella to Los Arcos 1 May 2014 Over a Week of Walking We have now walked for 8 days -an average of 20km each day. We are both good but…