Wednesday 20th April 2022 15km (505 km) Last night, on the homeward straight Last night I shared a room with a German couple, Lina and Herman. Lina had done a…

Tuesday 19th April 26km (490 km) No longer alone I had a pleasant day, walking along small roads and woodland paths through valleys. There were quite a few hills to…

Monday 18th April 22km (464 km) Passport pictures from the Camino Last night I couldn’t sleep due to concerns about replacing my passport. I have a trip to Lanzarote in…

Sunday 17th April 22km (442 km) The best day Today has been my favourite day on this Camino. If someone wants to do this Camino just do the last 5…

Saturday 16th April 31km (420 km) 1, 2 skip a few 99, 100! I decided last night that I would bypass the first 10km this morning as it seemed to…

Friday 15th April (Good Friday) 20 km (389 km) Shock to the system I was up and out of the hostel, this morning by 6:45 am in an attempt to…

Thursday 14th April 18 km (369 km) Hardest day yet After yesterday’s 35 km hike I was looking forward to a quick wee hop into Rubiães. The guidebook did warn…

Wednesday 13th April 35 km (351 km) Today started off strangely, bidding farewell to Robyn who has decided that her leg is causing her too much pain for her to…

Tuesday 12th April 10 km (316 km) Today was a short hop, mostly through small villages and some forest. Luckily it was a short day as the rain was relentless…

Monday 11th April 20 km (306 km) Morning in the Monastery We had a short day today so had the luxury of a lazy/late start. This meant we had breakfast…

Sunday 10th April 30 km (286 km) Porto We had a lovely two-day rest in Porto taking in some of the sights, going on a boat trip and doing a…

Thursday 8th April 24.5 km (274. km) Bonus kilometers We certainly didn’t do Coimbra justice but that’s the nature of Caminos. We were up and out and walking by 7:30…

Wednesday 6th April 28.5 km + 5km extra 🙁 (250.3 km) Bonus kilometers Today Robyn set off without me, due to my dithering and taking forever to sort myself and…

Tuesday 5th April 31.5 km (221.6 km) Starting the day with no coffee 🙁 The lovely hospitalario told us that one of the cafés opened at 7:30 am and as…

Monday 4th April 32.5 km (189.9 km) Today promised the greatest elevation yet, this pleased one member of our two-man team, not so much the other! We set off expecting…

Saturday 2nd April 31.5km (157.4 km) Today was our third 30+ km day so we set off early with a spring in our step, willing the blisters to keep at…

Friday 1st April 30.5 km Today was a bit of a strange day. We found ourselves trudging through mud for about an hour before I realised we hadn’t seen an…

Thursday 31st March 32.5 km (94.4 km) Packing up in the dark The Albergue last night was remarkably busy given that we hadn’t seen any pilgrims really on the route.…

Wednesday March 30th 19km (61km) Railway stations and roads Today was a very easy day, feet-wise but fairly unimpressive scenery-wise. We followed small busy roads for the first part of…

Tuesday 29th March 19km (42km) Busy roads and a lot of mud After a night of persistent, torrential rain we awoke expecting a soggy start to the day but were…

28th March 2022 23km Arrival We arrived in Lisbon yesterday morning, coincidentally, on the same flight as my neighbours, Bea and Donnie. We did a whistle-stop tour of the city…