Category Archives: Daily trek

Heading back to the Frances. Previously we walked the Frances in four stages with each stage apart from the final section from Sahagún terminating early for a variety of reasons. This time the intention is to leave Oxford on 29th … Continue reading →

We arrived. Waiting for us were Andy and Michelle Leading to the group portrait … taken by a nice young lady who had the misfortune of sitting near us. Michelle’s heel hadn’t improved so they’d spent the last few days … Continue reading →

We’re pleasantly ensconced in Pension Jardin in Padron (yes, of peppers fame). It’s a lovely Pension, neat double room with attached bathroom so no cold walks down dark corridors at night. I’ve just picked up emails and came across this … Continue reading →

Another short day. 22.6km according to my Garmin across a fairly flat, mostly rural landscape. We left this morning at 7:30, our preferred time; morning kilometres really are shorter than those in the afternoon. Pontevedra was pretty quiet as we … Continue reading →

We’re resting in our room after yet another gentle stroll through forests of oak, beech and eucalyptus alongside rivers with hyperactive water boatmen and through small villages with patches of land devoted to the humble vine. and across postcard quality … Continue reading →

We’re in the throes of a political discussion with Andy, a really decent Scottish chap and his gentle wife Michelle who I last mentioned in the blog on the Camino Frances when they headed back along the path in the … Continue reading →

After a relatively short 21.5km, we’ve arrived in Tui the first town in Spain after leaving Portugal. The river Mino separates the two countries with Valenca on the southern bank and Tui on the northern. The two tier bridge has … Continue reading →

We’ve arrived at an absolutely delightful albergue in San Roque – Alberque Constantino which is directly on the Camino route. Dorothy and I have a lovely double bedded room with light flooding in through door and window. We have access … Continue reading →

Whew! Today was long, longer than expected due to a somewhat unexpected deviation from the route indicated on my fully Camino-ed maps.me. Clearly intended to keep us away from trunk roads it took us some 2km away from the official … Continue reading →

It’s 21;42 and I’m feeling tired. We walked a reasonable distance, a little under 29km which although on cobblestones for much of the way didn’t prove to be a problem in the Adidas Supernova trainers. I’m switching daily between the … Continue reading →