Category Archives: El Camino

The Quest Was On

So you walk to the end of the earth, you ponder on life, it’s meaning and purpose. You wander tracks and lanes with your life on you back. You arrive back in Santiago for your final night before saying “adios … Continue reading

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Finisterre

It does appear that a blog has gone amiss, so just so that it’s not lost forever, we moved on from Santiago to Finnistere, the end end of the Camino. Lots of pilgrims walk to Finisterre, and not making excuses, … Continue reading

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Travel Tips for the Camino

The most important tip I can offer is pack light, seriously we live with so much stuff and we don’t need it and once you begin to walk with a pack on your back you will know it’s there and … Continue reading

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Lavacolla to Santiago de Compestela

Well the morning was an exciting one because I knew that by lunchtime we would be in Santiago and there would be no more mornings of donning the old pack on back. We set off, it was all up hill … Continue reading

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Salceda to Lavacolla

Well not such a big day today only 17.5kms, which leaves us a steady 10.4kms tomorrow to get us to the Cathedral at Santiago. It’s been a great day, our friend Sarah joined us and walked the last 14kms of … Continue reading

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Preparing for the next leg

So I am sat here at 6:44am the sun isn’t quite out of bed yet but the roosters are. At this stage I am the only pilgrim up and around at the Albergue Turistico Salceda, it’s very fresh and haven’t … Continue reading

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