Day 15: Hontanas - Itero de la Vega
August 19, 2016 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 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 hasRead more
Day 16: Itero de la Vega - Villarmentero
August 20, 2016 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 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,Read more
Day 17: Vmntro - Carrión de los Condes
August 21, 2016 in Spain ⋅ 🌙 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
August 22, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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
August 23, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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
August 24, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 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
August 25, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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
August 26, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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 frontRead more
Day 22: Rabanal - Molinaseco
August 26, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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 someRead more
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
August 27, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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
August 28, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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 awayRead more
Day 25: Trabadelo - Fonfría
August 29, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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
August 30, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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 itRead more
Day 27: Sarria - Vilachá
August 31, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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 commasRead more
Galician fry-up
September 1, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 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
September 1, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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 theRead more
Day 29: Palais do Rei - Arzúa
September 2, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
28.8km done today, one of our longest distances. No bother to us!
Day 30: Arzúa - Monte de Gozo
September 3, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 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
September 4, 2016 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 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 hotelRead more
margaret MckeeganGlad all s going well. Send some sunshine over here pleaseeeee. X