Well that's it, 570 miles later and here we are at Santiago (in the rain 🙂).If you've managed to stick with the blog so far then thank you for that.A mixture of emotions here but a couple of things I can say for certain are that my feet are very glad it's come to and … Continue reading Day 40 O’Pedrouzo to Santiago de Compostela 14.1ml 1455ft – Total distance 570.3ml Total ascent 65012ft →

Well it may not have rained yesterday but it made up for that today, and some ☔. All my pictures are soggy today but not as soggy as my socks. Walking sandals have been great for 99% of the time but certainly have their downside when walking through running water. Penultimate day today though, as … Continue reading Day 39 Arzua to O’Pedrouzo 14.6ml 1254ft – Total 556.2ml 63557ft →

Well, I suppose it's good to know that the Spanish weather forecasts are as bad as ours back home. After yellow warnings for heavy rain and strong winds, all we had this morning was an occasional light drizzle, (although we did get soaked tonight looking for somewhere to eat 🙂)The forecast was that bad for … Continue reading Day 38 Boimil to Arzua 8.3ml 623ft – Total 541.6ml 62303ft →

The Albergue we stopped in last night, (winner of the Albergue with the comfiest beds award as far as I'm concerned 🙂), was on a farm and a calf had been born there just the night before I learnt through a Spanish girl who was talking to the farmer about the calf that it has … Continue reading Day 37 Roxica to Boimil 16.1ml 1374ft – Total 533.3ml 61680ft →

I took this photo yesterday but then forgot to include it. The all important thing (apart from being a rare photo of Barbara) is the little plaque half way down that states 100.459km (to Santiago) Icy cold start again this morning and the first mile or so felt like we were walking along a motorway … Continue reading Day 36 Baamonde to Roxica 15.6ml 1644ft – Total 517.2ml 60306ft →

It was bitterly cold this morning. The mist was still hanging around from yesterday and the sun didn't manage to get through it until the early afternoon. What a difference from just two weeks ago.A bad start to the day as we had been directed to a cafe for breakfast and much to Barbara's annoyance … Continue reading Day 35 Vilalba to Baamonde 12.7ml 960ft – Total 501.6ml 58662ft →

A good breakfast at 07:30, check the weather outside, heavy mist and dark grey skies. Check the weather forecast "Abadin, present conditions - sunshine'. Check the actual weather again, mmmm, they obviously weren't in the same Abadin I was in this morning 😬. No rain though and the sun did eventually just about break through … Continue reading Day 34 Abadin to Vilalba 14.4ml 1203ft – Total 488.9ml 57702ft →

'Into every Camino a little rain must fall' and today was one of the days it fell. We really can't complain after having almost 5 weeks of excellent weather so far but it wasn't very pleasant walking all the same. Whether everything will dry out for the morning remains to be seen ☔☔. Quite good … Continue reading Day 33 Lourenza to Abadin 17.1mls 3242ft – Total 474.5ml 56499ft →

I had such a good sleep on Saturday that I was almost late down for breakfast and they didn't stop serving until 10:30 😁Ribadeo was an interesting place to stop and there were plenty of things to see, even though it wasn't ideal being a Sunday. Rest and relaxation was the order of the day … Continue reading Day 32 Ribadeo to Lourenza 17.5ml 2785ft – Total 457.4ml 53257ft →

It wasn't a good night in the Albergue last night. The beds weren't comfortable at all and people were sooo noisy. I'm fairly sure I only got about 2 hours sleep ☹️.However, stop the presses, and all that, when we went out yesterday evening to find somewhere to eat we came across an open church … Continue reading Day 31 La Caridad to Ribadeo 15.9ml 1122ft – Total 439.9ml 50472ft →