Julian and Beryl’s Camino

Beryl is pointing to the start of French way from Paris to Santiago de Compostela. We saw this poster in Donaueschingen in the Black Forest in Germany. It was heartening to see how pilgrims would make their way to Santiago from all over Europe. Although on that trip we followed the Donau or Danube east,… Read more

We have finished our Camino Francés. It has been an extended journey over three years. There is a definite sense of achievement. In each year we’ve walked 300 km / 200 miles. The landscape of northern Spain is embedded in our memories. Our feet are weary but in reasonable condition given the distances involved. It… Read more

I was keen to walk the final leg from Cee to Cape Finisterre. Beryl’s feet have had just about enough of walking so we decided to split the route with Julian walking by himself for the walk to Fisterra and then Beryl joining in for the walk along the cape. The first section was rather… Read more

We had purposed to take the bus for the next stage from Negreira as it was uninspiring to walk a long distance mainly on roads. The bus was very convenient but we almost missed the only bus of the day with a mix up of the bus numbers. Fortunately we asked the bus driver in… Read more

We very much enjoyed our rest day in Santiago. It was a pleasure to take the day slowly. We visited the Pilgrims Museum which had interesting displays on the Camino to Santiago de Compostela and the motivations of pilgrims across many faith groups and destinations. The legend of St James arriving in north west Spain… Read more