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I haven’t been able to get out for a walk every day, but still I have slowly been walking the 280 km pilgrimage – albeit in England, not Spain. The other day I reached Caldas de Reis, or at least I did virtually. Yesterday I walked along the beautiful peaceful Cauldon Canal for 8 km.Continue reading “Yesterday’s walk. Less than 30 km to Santiago”

140 kms walked – 80 in Portugal, 60 here in the UK. Just 140 kms to go. So that’s the halfway point reached (as far as our original plan of 280 kms). It’s slow going, only being able to walk for about an hour from my front door (because of the ‘stay at home’ restrictions),Continue reading “Halfway to Santiago (virtually)”

This is a completely different post to what I usually write here. It’s inspired by reflections while I was walking the Camino in Portugal. Walking is such a wonderfully creative activity. The mind clears more while walking than at any other time. At least that’s how it seems to me. As I walked I wasContinue reading “The Camino, the Way”

And that means 185 km to go!

I am very fortunate to live across the road from a large country park. The entrance is only about 50 metres from my front door. So feeling better (I had been poorly with a cough), I am now able to continue the Camino. Obviously this is presently limited to one hour a day because ofContinue reading “Camino continued… From home”

This is a Google map I had printed before we left on our trip. It was the plan of the route as far as Vigo, at which time John was meant to fly home, and Margaret and I would have continued walking. The highlit places along the route are where we had accommodation. Each dayContinue reading “Camino ‘magic’?”

All things being well, today is the day we were scheduled to walk into Santiago – a relatively short walk after a night spent in Milladoiro. But it was not to be. Life is full of surprises, some good and some less welcome. The coronavirus pandemic definitely falls into the category of unwelcome! But toContinue reading “Today we would have arrived”

Our accomodation is some 30 kilometres up the road from where we finished our walk yesterday. That was Moldes, a nondescript village that is on the route of the detour we had to take because of the missing bridge. It is a rather unglamorous ending but ending it is. This morning we changed our flights.Continue reading “Moldes – the end of this Camino”

18 km with ponchos flapping. John drove us to where we stopped yesterday and we started walking, progressing rapidly through the outskirts of Esposende. Then, for the first time, it rained. Lightly at first but then a heavy downpour. Margaret’s rain poncho was great, mine was not, though I also had a jacket on. WeContinue reading “Day 5. Rain finally”

Another 15 km today, so that brings us to 63 km in 4 days. Not bad going. We didn’t start walking until 1 pm. I couldn’t sleep the night before…and spent a lot of time reading about the impact of coronavirus restrictions. By the time the day began for the three of us, we discussedContinue reading “Day 4. Esposende and changing plans”