Camino de Santiago

The big day had finally arrived. Day thirteen on the Camino Portugués between Padrón and Santiago de Compostela could only mean one thing – that another Camino was over. Christine had been ill when we’d started our journey from Porto, we’d been stung by hornets, battered by Storm Kirk, and had made good use of […]

Day twelve on the Camino Portugués between Caldas de Reis and Padrón can only mean one thing – my Camino is almost over. It’s been a very different experience to my first one – more rain and a lot more pilgrims on the way but a nice change to walk with a friend rather than

Day eleven on the Camino Portugués already and if you’re here to find out what it’s like to walk from Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis and what you can expect in terms of terrain, scenery, and places to stop and have a rest then you’re out of luck. If, however, you want to know what

Day ten on the Camino Portugués between Redondela and Pontevedra is one that I walked on my first Camino back in 2022 when I took the Central route from Porto, so I was interested to see if there had been (m)any changes. It had been one of my favourite stages – would that be the

Day nine on the Camino Portugués between Vigo and Redondela was much shorter than the previous stage which we were grateful for as the rain that had started as we arrived in Vigo had got significantly worse! Day Nine: Vigo to RedondelaDate: Monday 7 October 2024Start Point: B&B Hotel, VigoEnd Point: El Piso de la

Day eight on the Camino Portugués between Baiona and Vigo was going to be our longest walk of the whole Camino. Would we manage the entire stage without needing to pull on our wet weather gear? Read on to find out!! As with the stage between Esposende and Viana do Castelo the Senda Litoral and

Day seven on the Camino Portugués between Oia and Baiona was a short, fairly easy walk but it was a very very wet one! You’d think we’d be getting used to all the rain by now. At the end of this stage it also meant that we’d now officially passed the halfway point of our

Day six on the Camino Portugués between Caminha and Oia and it was time to leave Portugal behind and cross to Spain for the remainder of the Camino. It seemed that we’d barely spent any time in Portugal and we were already almost at the halfway point of our journey. Day Six: Caminha to OiaDate:

Day five on the Camino Portugués between Viana do Castelo to Caminha was an improvement on day four’s wet and wild weather although you wouldn’t really have guessed that when we first set off. We’d decided again to take the Senda Litoral and stay as close to the coast as possible rather than take the

Day four on the Camino Portugués between Esposende and Viana do Castelo was a long one and, unfortunately, it was one of those days where we needed our wet weather gear for most of the day! This is the stage where the Coastal route is significantly different from the Senda Litoral and as I’d previously