by Rob | May 7, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
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 because I was staying in a small apartment...
by Rob | May 8, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
Twenty-two kilometres and a very big climb. I started out of Soldon before dawn. And I took the lower road route into Quiroga. As I was having some problems with my shoes and I wanted to test them on an even surface to begin with. I also wanted to catch breakfast in...
by Rob | May 9, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
So today was 20 kilometres bit of a mix of forest track walking and a little bit of road. The frist 7 1/2 kilometres was out of A Labrada to A Pobra. It started out with a hill of about 200 metres ascent in the rain and the mist, which was really quite nice. I started...
by Rob | May 10, 2023 | Camino Invierno to Santiago, Journey, Videos
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 wanted to break it up and this was the logical way to do it. There wasn’t...
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...
by Rob | May 18, 2023 | Camino to Fisterra & Muxia, Journey, Videos
Today was the first day we walk to Fisterra. It was a really nice walk. Within about 15 minutes I was out of the city of Santiago walking on nice country roads. A fair proportion of the walk today was actually on tracks through forests. Generally, it was a fairly easy...
by Rob | May 19, 2023 | Camino to Fisterra & Muxia, Journey, Videos
Today was almost 21 kilometres from Negreira to Santa Mariña. I left fairly early out of Negreira as I didn’t want to arrive too late at my accommodation, which was Casa Pepa in Santa Mariña. They had asked me to arrive by 1:00 o’clock. I think they are...
by Rob | May 20, 2023 | Camino to Fisterra & Muxia, Journey, Videos
A relatively short day today – 16 1/2 kilometres. The reason I did that was that it was either that or probably a very long stage of more than 30. And as I’m kind of winding down on my Camino, I thought I’d break the next days into two shorter ones....
by Rob | May 21, 2023 | Camino to Fisterra & Muxia, Journey, Videos
Another short day – 15.7 kilometres. In fact, it turned out to be eighteen. My biggest concern today was keeping my knees in one piece to make sure that not only could I get to Fisterra, but also then a fairly long day to finish in Muxia the following day. So,...
by Rob | May 22, 2023 | Camino to Fisterra & Muxia, Journey, Videos
Today was Corcubion to Fisterra. Not a huge day. Another short day of only about 11 kilometres into Fisterra and then it was a 6 kilometre round trip up to the lighthouse. I have to say the walk to Fisterra was really good. I was a little bit concerned about the...
by Rob | May 23, 2023 | Camino to Fisterra & Muxia, Journey, Videos
My final day on Camino at the end of this journey of almost two months. Today was a long day. I’m not quite sure why I planned it this way, but it’s quite a long day. It’s 28 kilometres from Fisterra to Muxia. Twenty-eight kilometres for me is really...
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