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My Camino 2021

August 2021
  • William Struth
A 11-day adventure by William Read more
  • William Struth

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  • William StruthTravelerMy Camino 2021

    Pre trip Dinner

    August 15, 2021 in the United States ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C

    We're celebrating Nicole's Birthday today! Our Pastor gave me a wonderful blessing today. I was so worked this morning that I got up at 4 and ended up walking 5 miles before church.

    I'm still going back and forth with packing. I need to reduce stuff! Tomorrow morning is crunch time for the over packing. I get picked up at 12:30.Read more

  • William StruthTravelerMy Camino 2021
    My plane!
    In MadridFrom my hotel room.Bought my hiking poles!A bag piper greets the peregrinos on their way to the cathedral.The CathedralThe view from the Parador Hotel terrace in SdC..Peregrinos lined up in the evening to get their certificate.A peregrino wedding. Everyone with backpack just walked into SdC today. PS that's rice in the air.

    Arrival in Santiago de Campostella, SdC

    August 17, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

    Plains, trains and automobiles today. Travelling and finally arriving in Santiago de Campostella. I managed to get some pulpo for dinner today. I don't know why I'm so excited to eat it but I am. And I even got to see a wedding celebrated by walkers aka perigrinos.Read more

  • William StruthTravelerMy Camino 2021
    The starting point for the English Way aka Camino Ingles.
    1Some street artLove this MuralMore street art.First Stamp112.5 k to go.It's easy: you just follow the signs.Stamp # 2 from the Cathedral in Ferrol.Dinner! And these were the smaller portions.

    Ferrol

    August 18, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    As I was writing this I finally was able to order dinner. This restaurant, Casa Maruxa, is on the way. It's 8:55 and I'm the first one having dinner. But by the time I left it was pretty busy inside. I have to remember too that it's only Wednesday, but there is a nice amount of street life here for a small city.

    Today's travels were a walk around Santiago this morning and a bus ride to Ferrol. I started my Camino at the way maker for the starting point in Ferrol and made my way to here (the restaurant). Then I'll go back to the hotel tonight to get ready for the walk tomorrow. My hotel is about mile from the starting point so my official start day gets to be today even though it's only a mile in day one.

    I also saw a street graffiti art show in one of the neighborhoods in Ferrol. It was celebrating the work of a street artist named Eduardo Hermida.

    Ps: dinner was great, cod Galician style, and a salad, capped off with an espresso.

    Pps: check out the photo of the way marker in Ferrol.    Read more

  • William StruthTravelerMy Camino 2021
    Sunglass problems
    Low tideA church along the wayWatet water everywhere and lots of drops to drink10k down and 107k to go.Camino AngelBreakfast!

    Breafast on the way

    August 19, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C

    I've walked just over 10k so I stopped for some breakfast.

    I had a rough start this morning. After I left my hotel I was adjusting my great and dropped my sun glasses. They looked OK but that must have loosened a lens because I hung them from my neck and when I stopped for coffee I found a lens missing, so I had to back track back almost all the way to the hotel to find the lens.

    I found a part of a hiking stick on the way so I picked it up and and I'm hoping to find the owner at my next stop.

    The old man with the sheep in the photo below stopped me and told me I was going the wrong way!    Read more

  • William StruthTravelerMy Camino 2021
    The monastery of San Martino
    PilgrimsSome localsWhich way? Sometimes you do get options. I went right and found the old mill.The molino (mill) .The view from my hotel this evening

    Into Neda

    August 19, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    I made my way to Neda Spain in the afternoon and met a few perigrinos along the way and at the albergue in Neda. I'm not staying at the albergue, but stopped by to find the owner of a hiking stick someone dropped. No luck there though.

    I saw a couple of beautiful old tidal mills too. Both were pretty run down and it looks like they have not been used in years.    Read more

  • William StruthTravelerMy Camino 2021
    My hotel in Neda
    The albergue in Neda this is a municipal hostel. Because of covid they are operating at 50% capacityThe walk along the estuary. This was an optional route, and I was the only one on this path.A scenic overlook. That town in the distance, Ferrol, is what I started walking.The packSelfie time!A public fountain/ laundry before everyone had indoor plumbing.Some burdens laid to rest. This Camino does not have something like the Cruz de Ferro.For SharonWaiting to get their stamps

    Rest Stop

    August 20, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    I left Neda after a hearty breakfast at my hotel. I walked along the coast of the estuary and when I got to Fena, the pack caught up to me. Its really about 5 or 6 groups and I'm the only non Spanish person. This spot, where i am having breakfast is the last place to get a coffee or rest before I get to Pontedeume.Read more

  • William StruthTravelerMy Camino 2021
    Bigger than my big hand
    A horse for SharonThe Camino provides1Horreo. The big flat stones on top of the columns were originally placed there to keep out the ratsMeMe with the PonteOne of the city gatesThe Cheap Hotel.

    Pontedeume

    August 20, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C

    It's a beautiful medieval town on the mouth of the river Eume. Its named for the old bridge there that's supposed to be the longest arched bridge in Spain. It's also a resort town, even though the beaches are on the other side of the bridge.

    After my rest stop and coffee the Camino split, giving two options to walk. I took the road to the right because I knew Sharon wanted me to take a picture of a the horse just down the road from the split. Most of today's walk has been in the country side. What a blessing from the industrial areas. I was able to focus on what I am here for.

    A bit further down was a table with coolers of drinks, sandwiches, sweets and fruit. And all this after I was just thanking God for this trip. I've read about Camino Angels setting these food stands up for a donation as you pass by. With Covid and all I was wondering if I would see some. Anyway I was hungry for lunch and stopped and had a beer, a sandwich and a banana. It was all down hill from there to Pontedeume. It's a short Camino but you still get hills to go up and over.

    I arrived at my hotel/bar. Reception is in the bar. The owner told me I had to leave my bag, for luggage transfer, at a local café in the morning. So I said ok and went up to my room to shower and relax and found I didn't have the wifi code. When I went down the bar it was closed. So now I'm getting nervous. I ended up calling the transfer service and the found someone who could speak English and worked out the new pick up with them and then went to the café and confirmed with them too. Now I have to work on getting wifi...... got it!

    I forgot to mention, they have the biggest hydrangeas I've ever seen, the flowers dwarf what we have here.

    Ps the hotel's name translates to Cheap Hotel Norte. Don't believe me? See the notice from my room below. Actually the owner is very nice and they get some fairly decent reviews.

    Pps. In Galicia they have the coolest mini barns to store gains. The style of building dates back over a thousand years. They are called horreos and are set on rock pillars with a big overhanging stone cap. the stone cap keeps the rats out of the grain.    Read more

  • William StruthTravelerMy Camino 2021
    Morning fuel up
    My little pack this morning. Romi is in front and the guys are following.MeAnother steep uphillMore big hydrangeaLaying down my burdens.Breakfast stopBreakfast

    Burdens

    August 21, 2021 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C

    At the 77k marker I laid my burdens down. I started off early in Pontedeume with coffee and churros. Then a steep up hill with Jose-Carlos and Romi. It was 165 meters up, just over 540 feet, to get out of town. We walked with a group of 4 guys who have been passing me by since the bus ride from Santiago. Romi and guys are from Madrid. We had some nice chats while walking, untill I came to the 2nd up hill. They're all half my age or less and walk way too fast for me, so I had to stop and rest and let them go on. Romi and Jose Carlos saw a wild boar in the woods before we split.

    You get a view of Betanzos, the end of this stage from a hilltop after we split up, but Betanzos is still a long way off. Over 10 k away.

    Shortly after that I stopped for breakfast. Well time to get back on the way...    Read more

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