• Jim McCartney
  • Jim McCartney

Camino 22

A 24-day adventure by Jim Read more
  • Good Morning

    September 9, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Up and out early

  • 11 Minutes Away

    September 9, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C

    Check in not to 3pm.but will try.

    I love a dockside bar.....life in the raw though rather be here 1 in afternoon that 1am tonight 😛

  • Coffee Time

    September 10, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Walking with Canadian Ginger who had just told me she has her phone set to remind her to stop to drink and it alway provides somewhere nice it just rang and low and behold a vending machine with good coffeeRead more

  • Another Day another Bed

    September 10, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Great morning . Funny way things happen I wasn't concentrating and went the wrong way realised was heading back and met Ginger from Canada and we walked the entire way together chatting and miles just sent by. I'm at my Albergue now Ginger has 10k more to do .Read more

  • Super Saturday

    September 10, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

    Today was a walk of two halves. The first part was bounding the pavements of an awakening city followed by a horrendous series of very challenging climbs but then the rest of the morning was spent wandering along forest paths gently going toward Redondela. This was greatly enhanced by my lovely walking partner today Ginger from Canada . Thanks Ginger for the company , the encouragement during the steepest of the climbs, oh yes and pointing me in the correct direction when I got lost at the start of our dayRead more

  • Cheers

    September 10, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Been dreaming about this moment for a week.

  • Lunch before we go our seperate ways

    September 11, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C

    Today was a different begining on my own on the way to meet Ginger, met Audrey after 4k and met up with Ginger in another 5k. Had breakfast walked another 3 hours to Pontevedra where we met up with Brian from Vigo and his walking partner today Kim from S Korea
    Nice lunch though the heaviest I've had in the middle of the day so back to the Albergue shower and an afternoon nap
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  • Sunday Walk

    September 11, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    This app.is going mad it hasn't let me download any videos that comes anywhere near to 120sec now it's showing a video then going into reverse

  • Not a bed but a room for the night !

    September 12, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 21 °C

    Folks wasn't able to post on this site didnt get all my gadgets charged last night. So mostly used FB videos. Anyway nice walk today 25k few challenging hills but nothing like over the weekend . Getting near SdC meeting lots of pilgrims from across the trip been cool just wish I was better remembering names😛 !!!It rained off and on but yet again has been better than was forecast. I'm sitting in the bar across the road from my room for the night as I mentioned I've a single room to myself tonight and I am so looking it. Drinking lovely Americano which came with boiling water to tap up first for me in Spain or Portugal and really good idea . I wasnt able to use little routep plotter app as my phone died a short time in todays . So I've posted some photosRead more

  • Lunch for One

    September 12, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C

    I have avoided eating the set menus during the day but give it a go today but this may well be an early night 😏

  • The rain in Spain ....

    September 13, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    It's been a nice enough walk today the rain being intermittent but it has come on very heavy atm. So taking shelter with my mate the Spanish pilgrim we have met countless times and share quite a few Albergues sleeping beside each other at least 3 times. We had a sort of conversation he's a nice guy Paolo l. A lot of today's walk so far has been in the shadow of the motorway with noise so I played my music for the first time while walking this trip and it has been very nice. I reckon I'm about 5 miles from Pedron but think a few hills aheadRead more

  • A Little Bit of Heaven

    September 13, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 21 °C

    This place is amazing they have thought of just about everything that a Pilgrim could need. Everything that other have including WiFi, free Tea Coffee,Hot Showers and comfy beds with curtains, power points and fresh linen and towel add on to that lockers which are big enough for your backpack with a power socket to charge things , They give you a tub to put your dirty laundry including what you were wearing and got soaked through today and they wash , dry and fold and leave on your bunk. And a new one they have a boot drying machine on the go mine are next ! Guys they charge 19€ a night !!!!! Oh and my two fellow Lady Pilgrims from Vegas in the next bunk. I have happy memories of this town and albergue and after a challenging day I'm feeling good ,!!!!Read more

  • Afternoon Fun

    September 13, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 19 °C

    Went out for a walk and came across Don Pepe's bar. I remember reading about him. Pepe is an icon on the Camino a big character . Had a laughter filled couple hours with drinks and the worst empanada I have ever tasted.Read more

  • That Fig ures

    September 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 17 °C

    Came across a bunch of Italians picking and eating figs off the tree at side of the path . Didn't risk it well you know what they say about figs

  • Glad to be here

    September 14, 2022 in Spain ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Really glad to get that particular path done. Three years ago I remember well trying to negotiate those old stones in pouring rain and feared I was in for a repeat performance . 👍👍👍