Day 65 - 03/06/07
It rained solidly for the first half of the day which seemed an appropriate way to end the pilgrimage for us - there was also a thick fog which made the hills and light woodlands come alive in my mind, like we were walking through another world entirely.
The feeling of climbing the […]

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Day 64 - 02/07/07
It’s hard to belive that there is only one more day of walking after this - the idea of not having to put on boots and a pack each morning seems like absolute bliss and most of our thoughts are focused on Finisterre - the end of the earth, where the sea […]

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We managed to lose our way leaving Santiago again - the way was marked quite clearly but we took a detour to get some food and managed to just miss the track which added to my feelings of frustration with the town.
The walking was beautiful but we are both really tired and glad to reach […]

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Mixed feelings on entering santiago - we managed to lose the route entering town and it was busy with lots of tourists. We went to the main auberge (400 beds) before the pilgrims mass only to find it was closed indefinitely - no idea why. The pilgrims mass in the cathedral was ok but the […]

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Day 61 - 29/06/07
Quite a big day and I was proper tired at the end of it. Monte del Gozo is the celebrated ‘mountain of joy’ and is the first place where you can see the spires of Santiago. The pope opened a huge pilgrims complex here 10 or so years ago and it has […]

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Day 60 - 28/06/07
Still sick as a dog today so we walked to the next town so we could buy food and stayed in a private auberge that was really nice where I slept for most of the day. I managed to eat something for lunch and dinner so I was feeling much better after […]

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Day 59 - 27/06/07
One of the hardest days of the pilgrimage - the walking was pretty easy but both hids and I are pretty tired and our energy was really low. The auberge was a by a small river and used to be a pilgrim hospital in the middle ages and had been restored to […]

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Day 58 - 26/06/07
We wanted to stay in Palas do Rei which is the next logical stop after Portomarin but it was woefully under equipped for hosting pilgrims - there were two auberge’s with 120 beds between them and they were all gone very quickly. There were tons of hotels cashing in on this and […]

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Day 57 - 25/06/07
We passed through Sarria today which is a very popular starting point and one of the last places you can start from and still be eligible for the compostelle. The number of pilgrims on the road has nearly doubled and a lot of the extras are made up of spanish teenagers. There […]

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Day 56 - 24/06/07
It was a steep descent from O Cebreiro to Triacastela and then we took a detour to stay at the monastery in Samos. The track from Triacastela to Samos was some of the most beautiful walking in spain, passing through lush green valleys along a lightly wooded track with a river on […]

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