Category Archives: Daily trek

What a beautiful day, sunshine from the moment we started until and beyond our arrival in Casa da Laura (Laura’s home), a small albergue in Vilarinho, recommended by pretty much every post we’ve seen on the forum. It is indeed … Continue reading →

We’ve arrived. We’re nicely ensconced in a very pleasant hotel (Hotel Moov) in the centre of Porto. We’ve wandered around the centre and along the river stopping for a glass of wine, some olives and bread. Porto is a interesting, … Continue reading →

Pretty much all packed now. It’s been a difficult decision whether to take the two Uniqlo fleeces or the two Paramo. The Paramo are much more expensive, are slightly heavier, thinner and probably colder but that’ll be mitigated to some … Continue reading →

Flights are booked, making progress on identifying albergues and hostels/hotels en route. Tom and Juanita are having their bags carried so we’ll need to know where we’re planning on staying before 7 o’clock the previous day. This shouldn’t prove to … Continue reading →

Five weeks to go, starting to think of clothing and kit, sleeping bag or simple silk liner, Gore-Tex trail shoes or trainers, vests or shirts and so on. We’ve pretty much decided to head up the central route. It’s 30km … Continue reading →

We made it. We’d left ourselves a little over 28 km to do today so to make sure that we got here without resorting to taxis, buses or mule carts, we got up early, amazingly before any other peregrinos, had … Continue reading →

We’ve arrived in Salceda, only 28 km or so from Santiago so it looks like we’re going to get to the cathedral by mid afternoon, in time to pick up our Compostela. We’re not sure whether to go for cultural … Continue reading →

It’s only 16:43 but we’ve reached out destination for the day and we’ve stopped in a very pleasant traditional hostel/hotel. It’s a little more expensive than usual (€50 rather than the expected €35-40) but it provides a peregrino menu and … Continue reading →

It’s been a long, hard day, possibly too hard. We left Sarria a little late. We’d been awake during the middle of the night wondering whether mum’s knee problems meant that we should look for alternatives to walking to Santiago. … Continue reading →

It’s been a much better day. Feet that were in agony last night responded well to ten hours sleep and only complained towards the end of today’s walk. Last night’s albergue was perfect. Our room was delightful, whilst dinner was … Continue reading →