Flying out of Brisbane on 8 September, I’ll be spending a few days in London catching up on my theatre offerings and getting over any jet lag, before a quick train trip to Paris. Another few days in Paris (can you say Euro Disney) before a train to St Jean Pied de Pont where we start our trek.
We have 42 days from start to finish, with rest days every 5 or so days, 8 days of riding in the middle and once we’ve reached Santiago we will continue onto Fisterre (an additional 3 days of walking that will take us to the literal end of the earth!
Back to Santiago by bus, then off to Madrid and Segovia before flying home.
For those interested - here’s the stops on the Camino:
Day 1 - arrive in St Jean Pied de Pont
Day 2 - explore SJPP
Day 3 - Walk to Roncevalles 25km
Day 4 - Walk to Akeretta 28km
Day 5 - Walk to Pamplona 17km
Day 6 - Explore Pamplona
Day 7 - Walk to Puerte de la Reina 24km
Day 8 - Walk to Estella 22km
Day 9 - Walk to Los Arcos 22km
Day 10 - Walk to Logrono 28km
Day 11 - Explore Logrono
Day 12 - Ride to Domingo de la Calzada 50km
Day 13 - Ride to Villafranca Montes de Oca 35km
Day 14 - Ride to Burgos 38km
Day 15 - Explore Burgos
Day 16 - Ride to Castrojeriz 41km
Day 17 - Ride to Carrion de Los Condes 44km
Day 18 - Ride to Hermanillos de la Calzada
Day 19 - Ride to Leon
Day 20 - Explore Leon
Day 21 - Ride to Astorga 50km
Day 22 - Walk to Rabanel del Camino 21km
Day 23 - Walk to Molinaseca 26km
Day 24 - Walk to Villafranca del Bierzo 31km
Day 25 - Walk to Herrerias 11km
Day 26 - Walk to O Cerebreiro 20km
Day 27 - Walk to Triacastela 21km
Day 28 - Walk to Sarria 19km
Day 29 - Explore Sarria
Day 30 - Walk to Portomarin 22km
Day 31 - Walk to Palas de Rei 25km
Day 32 - Walk to Arzua 29km
Day 33 - Walk to O Pedrouza 19km
Day 34 - Walk to Santiago 20km
Days 35 & 36 - Explore Santiago
Day 37 - Walk to Negreira 22km
Day 38 - Walk to Abeleiroas 25km
Day 39 - Walk to Cee 25km
Day 40 - Walk to Finisterre 17km
Day 41 - Bus to Santiago
Day 42 - Explore Santiago
Phew - I’m tired just thinking about it!
Thursday 27 February 2020
Tuesday 25 February 2020
My Camino Journey - it begins with a random conversation
19 May 2019
How does a random tea room conversation turn into an epic 1000km adventure on the other side of the world?
Well it starts with a question at the sink. A work colleague, Rachel, had recently returned from a trekking holiday in Italy. I had been reading about the European Peace Walk, but had found a lot of negative reviews. Said reviews did however mention an alternative walking option - the Camino. A quick google search revealed that the Camino de Santiago was the pilgrim’s trail followed throughout the Middle Ages and beyond with trails racing across Europe to the Cathedral de Santiago which is said to house the bones of St James, hence the alternate name - St James’ Way.
After asking about her holiday, I asked if she had walked on any of the Camino trails and she had trekked some of the Italian way. I told her I was interested in walking the Camino and here we are 18 months later preparing to walk from St Jean Pied de Pont to Santiago.
Our journey starts in September 2020 and will involve 42 days of walking, cycling and resting as we cross the French Alps and travel across northern Spain on our pilgrim’s journey.
Neither of us is particularly religious, in fact I am very firmly atheist and Rachel is critical of organised religion, so while many describe the pilgrimage as a spiritual journey, ours is really a chance to explore a beautiful part of the world.
I’m also going to use this opportunity to (try to) learn Spanish. So along with doing some reading on our daily destinations to discover the must-sees and dos each day, I have hopes of a second language learning as well.
I’ll post again soon with our itinerary to give you an idea of our daily travels and build on it with new info as I find it and discover more. Until next time, adiós.
How does a random tea room conversation turn into an epic 1000km adventure on the other side of the world?
Well it starts with a question at the sink. A work colleague, Rachel, had recently returned from a trekking holiday in Italy. I had been reading about the European Peace Walk, but had found a lot of negative reviews. Said reviews did however mention an alternative walking option - the Camino. A quick google search revealed that the Camino de Santiago was the pilgrim’s trail followed throughout the Middle Ages and beyond with trails racing across Europe to the Cathedral de Santiago which is said to house the bones of St James, hence the alternate name - St James’ Way.
After asking about her holiday, I asked if she had walked on any of the Camino trails and she had trekked some of the Italian way. I told her I was interested in walking the Camino and here we are 18 months later preparing to walk from St Jean Pied de Pont to Santiago.
Our journey starts in September 2020 and will involve 42 days of walking, cycling and resting as we cross the French Alps and travel across northern Spain on our pilgrim’s journey.
Neither of us is particularly religious, in fact I am very firmly atheist and Rachel is critical of organised religion, so while many describe the pilgrimage as a spiritual journey, ours is really a chance to explore a beautiful part of the world.
I’m also going to use this opportunity to (try to) learn Spanish. So along with doing some reading on our daily destinations to discover the must-sees and dos each day, I have hopes of a second language learning as well.
I’ll post again soon with our itinerary to give you an idea of our daily travels and build on it with new info as I find it and discover more. Until next time, adiós.
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