Medieval pilgrims believed, as the name suggests in Latin, that Finisterre (or Fisterra) was literally “the end of the world”. So, we...

We got up in the dark on Friday morning, as per our usual schedule, got ready and left the albergue we'd stayed in overnight and headed...

Via Portomarin, Palas de Rei, Arzua and A Rua 115 km BAM! At Sarria suddenly everything changed. On arriving for a rest day here I felt...

Via Villar De Mazarife, Astorga, Rabanal Del Camino, Ponferrada, Villafranca Del Bierzo, O Cebreiro and Triacastela 190 km Apart from the...

Via Hornillos Del Camino, Castrojeriz, Fromista, Carrion De Los Condes, Calzadilla De La Cueza, Sahagún, El Burgo Ranero and Mansilla De...

One recurring question I did have before embarking on the Camino was "how well signposted is the walk and how likely are we to get lost?"...

Via Najera, Santo Domingo De La Calzada, Belorado and San Juan De Ortega 120 km On reaching Logroño it was time for a much-needed rest...

Via Puente La Reina, Estella and Los Arcos 97.6 km I was convinced that it was going to be impossible to beat, or even match, the...

Via Roncesvalles and Zubiri 72 km This was a stage characterised by a dramatic change in landscape over just a few days. From St Jean...

Today was the day we officially became pilgrims, or 'peregrinos' in Spanish. We were up early, got ourselves organised and tried not to...

From the train station we headed straight to our accommodation for Sunday night, dumped our baggage and made our way to St Jean Pied de...

Leaving the station ticket machine with a plethora of train tickets stuffed into our hands we headed for a nearby café for a calming cup...

Our departure date from home to St Jean Pied de Port (start of the Camino) arrived; the last Friday in April. We had contemplated leaving...

The end of 2022 and the start of 2023 saw colder, darker, shorter, snowier days which coincided with a heavy work schedule and busy...

Before completing my last day at work last week, I was asked to explain more fully why I want to embark on the Camino walk. In addition...

For the past 16 years I have been fortunate enough to be able to walk out of my front door straight into some of the most stunning alpine...

I've come to the conclusion over the years that I'm inherently lazy. Although I have always fully understood that exercise and physical...

From what I understand I'm not the only one to have first heard about the Camino by watching the 2010 film "The Way" starring Martin...