by Rob | May 2, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
I certainly felt the ascent and descent over the Cruz de Ferro in my legs yesterday and actually started to feel the early stages of shin splints coming into Ponferrada. Yikes! So, I was extremely glad to have a rest day. I had to try and resist the temptation to walk...
by Rob | May 3, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Day 1 of the Camino Invierno (Day 40 overall) At last I’m on the Camino Invierno! I have to say after walking only for an hour or so, I think I’m actually going to really love it. Whilst it has been fantastic walking the Via de La Plata and the last three...
by Rob | May 4, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Day 2 of the Camino Invierno (Day 41 Overall) So today was a short day of about 11 1/2 kilometres, which was just as well, because I was rather late leaving the albergue. This was the albergue I had all to myself in Villavieja. So I got up and had a leisurely time...
by Rob | May 5, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Day 3 of the Camino Invierno (Day 42 Overall) Today was about 20 kilometres from Las Medulas to Sobradelo. It was probably one of the best days so far in terms of views and also walking surface. The first part was all downhill, losing all the height that I had gained...
by Rob | May 6, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Camino Invierno Day 4 (Day 43 Overall) So today was an interesting day. I set off early from my hostel in Sobradelo. And I’ve set off before dawn, which entailed a little bit of road walking, mainly road walking as far as O Barco. But I used my headlamp and...
by Rob | May 7, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Camino Invierno Day 5 (Day 44 Overall) This was 20 kilometres from A Rua to Soldon. Some nice hills along the way just to get the blood pumping, mainly following the river Sil; so, some wonderful views. And this evening was a day where I had to carry my own food...
by Rob | May 8, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Camino Invierno Day 6 (Day 45 Overall) – Soldon to A Labrada Twenty-two kilometres and a very big climb. I started out of Soldon before dawn. And I took the lower road route into Quiroga. I was having some problems with my shoes and I wanted to test them on an...
by Rob | May 9, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Camino Invierno Day 7 (Day 46 Overall) – A Labrada to Montforte de Lemos So today was 20 kilometres with a bit of a mix of forest track walking and a little bit of road. The first 7 1/2 kilometres was out of A Labrada to A Pobra. It started out with a hill of...
by Rob | May 10, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Camino Invierno Day 8 (Day 47 Overall) – Montforte de Lemos to Vilarino Today was a relatively short day, just 18 kilometres from Monforte de Lemos to Vilariño. The reason for that is that it’s quite a long stage with some fairly large ups and downs. I...
by Rob | May 11, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Today, I thought it was going to be about 24 kilometres. It actually turned out to be 28. I made the very simple mistake of thinking that I had booked a hotel in Penasillas wherein in fact I had booked one 2 kilometres short of that village. So, arriving in the...
by Rob | May 12, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
This was about 21 kilometres. I was starting just east of Penasillas after my little detour the day before and departed from the Hotel Vilaseco at about 8:30. Breakfast was at 8:00, so I thought I should probably get that before I go. It was a very pleasant walk for...
by Rob | May 13, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
This was about 22 kilometres from Rodeiro into Lalin. No big hills to climb it was fairly undulating today. A few sort of 50 metre climbs here and there, some back roads, a lot of road walking and for some reason I just really lacked energy today. So, it took me a lot...
by Rob | May 14, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
A very pleasant walk of 21 kilometres from Lalin to Bandeira. Today was interesting because the two caminos merge, that is the Camino Invierno, that I’ve been walking on, and the Camino Sanabres. On the Camino Sanabres you get a lot of people who have been...
by Rob | May 15, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Today was a 20 kilometre walk from Bandeira to just past Outeiro to a small place called Lestedo. I booked into a casa rural. It was a very good day, which was nice because it was my birthday today. And it started off well by a strange coincidence, I delayed my...
by Rob | May 16, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
It’s the final day of the Camino coming into Santiago, just 14 kilometres today from Lestado into Santiago de Compostela. I wanted to get there nice and early because I had some people that I was meeting once I reach Santiago. And the lady in the hotel where I...
by Rob | May 17, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
It’s a day 54 and this is very much a rest day, and I don’t know why it is, but every time I come into Santiago my legs decide that that’s it, they had enough, and suddenly I’m developing shin splints. But we have another six days walking to...
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