Day 15: Hontanas - Itero de la Vega
19. august 2016, Spania ⋅ 🌙 11 °C
Woken at 4:30 this morning by a couple of Italians who wanted to beat the mid day sun... We passed them about 10km down the road as they were having a nap! Some lovely skies today, the weather hasLes mer
Day 16: Itero de la Vega - Villarmentero
20. august 2016, Spania ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Came across a little hippie hostel, complete with teepee, geese and hammocks. Decided to stay the night. Might just retire here and not bother coming back. Mum even got her sing song with a guitar,Les mer
Day 17: Vmntro - Carrión de los Condes
21. august 2016, Spania ⋅ 🌙 17 °C
Caught yet another local festival. The Spanish do love a party! Music in the streets, and a cheeky wee decanted bottle of wine to join the festivities
Day 18: Carrión de los Condes - León
22. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Made good progress today! Reached León but we're not impressed: the first time we're given tapas and it's ugly big prawns!! Other than that, lovely city
Day 19: León - San Martín
23. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Feel like we're on the home stretch, less than 300km to Santiago! And we finally found a hostel with a pool
Day 20: San Martín - Astorga
24. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Lovely view from the hostel, not bad for 5€. A steep hill into the town finished us off today. Definitely going to need a siesta
Day 21: Astorga - Rabanal del Camino
25. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Despite thunder and lightening last night, we had a lovely walk today through some hills to get to this pretty little hostel. The owner asked if we were sisters, mum is chuffed!
Cruz de Ferro
26. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Reached the iron cross to place our stones. Its a tradition for pilgrims to carry a stone from their country to leave by the cross and say a prayer. Jordan picked 2 for mum and 1 for me from the frontLes mer
Day 22: Rabanal - Molinaseco
26. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Now we feel like real pilgrims! Set off this morning in the middle of a thunderstorm, but still managed to look great in our ponchos. Placed our stones and walked through the mountains to get someLes mer
Great to see you still have style! Looks great are you going to do it next year. Gary's having a drink for you. Keep ing you are nearly there is it an easy run in. My mum sends her love and is impressed that you didn't stop at the beach on the first day.
Day 23: Molinaseca - Cacabelos
27. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C
Passed through the city of Ponferrada today to reach Cacabelos. Got a private room for the first time, still only 5€, not bad!
Day 24: Cacabelos - Trabadelo
28. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Mum wasn't feeling well today so a slow plod brought us to Trabadelo. These little towns are all starting to look very similar... Forest fires breaking out in the hills, hopefully they'll be far awayLes mer
Day 25: Trabadelo - Fonfría
29. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Ma's on better form today! Made it alllll the way to the top to O Ocebreiro, and then some. 10 hours walking today, heading back down the mountain tomorrow.
Day 26: Fonfría - Siarra
30. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
When your map tells you it's only 500m to your hostel but it's actually 2.5km, it's always going to feel like a long day. Sunstroke set in for me last night so today was a struggle, but made itLes mer
margaret MckeeganLooking very trim Susan. Hope you're feeling better tonight Louise. Xx
Day 27: Sarria - Vilachá
31. august 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Although all of the maps, signposts, apps, and online info seem to disagree with one another, we're pretty sure there's less than 100km to santiago (Relieved when I remembered the Spanish use commasLes mer
Galician fry-up
1. september 2016, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Getting this close to the end we're starting to crave some home comforts. Not quite an Ulster fry but close enough!
Day 28: Vilachá - Palais do Rei
1. september 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Arriving into Palais do Rei we bumped into 2 people that we hadn't seen since the first day. Had a great dinner with them and another French guy. We cooked our own steak on a hot plate, definitely theLes mer
Day 29: Palais do Rei - Arzúa
2. september 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
28.8km done today, one of our longest distances. No bother to us!
Day 30: Arzúa - Monte de Gozo
3. september 2016, Spania ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We accidentally walked 35km today. Planned on stopping at 20 but the feet kept going. Hard to believe that tomorrow we only have a short walk to reach Santiago. The bubbly beckons!
Day 31: WE DID IT
4. september 2016, Spania ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
780km later, and we've finally made it to Santiago de Compostela. We got our pilgrims certificate and saw the 'botafumeiro' (incense burner) swing in the cathedral. Now relaxing in our fancy hotelLes mer
margaret MckeeganGlad all s going well. Send some sunshine over here pleaseeeee. X