The last day of the walk was a short one. And a damp one although not as bad as Thursday. This section took us through some beautiful countryside: Oak woods, eucalyptus forests and fields before entering the outskirts of Santiago. We stopped for refreshments (and a stamp in our Credencial del Peregrino) at another roadside […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I’m struggling to remember what we did today as it is so coloured by the fact that it rained ALL DAY LONG …. After an uneventful night in the Albergue de Bruma we had breakfast there with the rest of the pilgrims. We then set off in […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...I can’t hope to be as poetic as Laurie Lee but today did start as a beautiful sunny day (although I soon realised that I should have saved ‘Uphill all the way’ as a title for today … ). As we climbed up out of Betanzos, the scent of honeysuckle, the heather, broom, bracken and […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...Today’s hike was quite different. Much hillier, wilder and less stressful. Admittedly, we are also walking less far – from Pontedeume to Betanzos is a mere 20km – but it has been a beautiful ramble. I’m writing this first half of my blog sitting at the Albergue de Mino, the halfway point, where we have […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...What an extraordinary day! We spent last night at a wonderful old hotel in Ferrol (Hotel Suizo). After checking out (and getting an all important stamp in our ‘Pilgrim Passports’), we set off for the port in the dark …. We were met at Kilometer Zero of the Camino by Isabella, who gave us a […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...We were fortunate to be able to spend Day 0-1 (Yesterday) in the town of Coruna where we found the portion of the Camino that begins there. Day one actually began on Day 0, Sunday September 14th when we all began to arrive in Ferrol. Gerie and I arrived by train […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: 10 September 2014 INTO EXPERTS WALK ‘THE ENGLISH WAY’ TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA Leading representatives of the International National Trusts Organisation (INTO) are going on a pilgrimage from Ferrol, on the North Coast of Spain, to Santiago de Compostela, next week along a route promoted by INTO members, Tesouros de […]
No Comments. Continue Reading...The INTO Team begins the walk on Monday September 15th. Watch here for photos and posts.
No Comments. Continue Reading...I wish I could say that my training was tapering and that I was readier than I’ll ever be ….. But I did my back in moving furniture around for our Pop-up Restaurant fundraising ‘do’ last weekend so have not covered the miles I had hoped for in the final week. So, feeling a little […]
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