We coordinated our time to welcome Marie & Margaret into Santiago – we thought they might arrive very close to one another and might not know each other – it turns out they had both bought an early morning coffee… Read More »Santiago de Compostela – 15 Oct 2022
We walked the final 13.4km without stopping and then it was done – just like that – in a flash of an eye. Our day started with a great breakfast at Hotel Rural Casa de Casal And then the beautiful… Read More »Lestedo to Santiago de Compostela (SDC) 14 October 2022
Todays planned 17km eventually became a 21 km and instead of the municipal Alberque in Outeira we are in a much more comfortable hotel – Hotel Casa de Casal in Lestedo. A big plus is we are now only 13… Read More »Bandeira to Lestedo – 13 Oct 2022
Today will be remembered as the day of the pizza. We officially walked 23 km only 34 to go till Santiago – total garmin km measured to date is 1052km (23.9km per day) – the total official camino distance will… Read More »Lalin to Bandeira- 12 Oct 2022
Officially today was 21.6km , in reality the garmin clocked us in at 23.4km this could be due to our overnight accommodation being in the far, exit side of Lalin. We now have 57.3km till Santiago. Up to Lalin we… Read More »Rodeiro to Lalin – 11 Oct 2022
We officially walked 26.6 km today ( 28km on Garmin) and now have 78.9km to go and then we would have walked officially 827km. Today we passed the 100km to go mark Today we walked in rain and mist –… Read More »Chantada to Rodeiro – 10 Oct 2022
Many songs float in and out of my head much of the time – this has always happened. On the Camino they are worth contemplation. The first I shared some time back was “The Road not taken “ . The… Read More »Songs & insights – 9 Oct 2022
After yesterdays mammoth day and the reduced distance for today we decided to have an easy start – we woke at 8am and had breakfast at 9 – we were on the road at 9.35. The distance to go is… Read More »A Barxa to Chantada – 9 Oct 2022
The longest day yet it was planned as 26 km but then we had assumed that our off camino hotel would arrange a lift which didn’t materialize. So we ended up walking an extra 7 km. Plus our hostal is… Read More »Salceda to A Barxa – 8 Oct 2022
What a wonderful day It was long with many climbs and possibly the most beautiful day yet. This pic below shows the view of what we covered Catch up stories need to include the road less travelled to Salceda, the… Read More »Quiroga to Salceda – 7 Oct 2022
