Day 13 – 19/4/19 Santiago de Completa

Again starting our day at a more leisurely pace than our fellow pilgrims, we left Padrón around 9 and headed north to our final stop, SDC. Our morning comprised of a meandering route through farms and rural houses on the outskirts of Padrón, in cloudy and cool conditions. We kept up good pace, even when …

Day 12 – 18/4/19 – Laundry Thursday

It is always a good start to the pilgrim day when you have left over pizza from the night before for breakfast. We made steady progress in the morning and enjoyed a woodland walk; crossing small streams and stomping over muddy paths.We bumped into our Hungarian chums who were waiting for a bus to Padron. …

Day 11 – 17/4/19 – Caldas de no Reis of Sunshine

Already labelling ourselves as 'The Bad Pilgrims', things were taken to a new level when we rose from our Airbnb at 9.30! There was no way St. Peter would be letting us through those pearly gates. After a sluggish start, we headed to the supermercado where we set out to have a cheap day. This …

Day 10 – 16/4/19 – Boob climbing

We've resigned ourselves to being bad pilgrims now, alright? We wake with good intentions, but it's just a fact now that we have coffee and pastries for breakfast in the local pasteleria,) ¿ok?! After leaving the hostel at 8.25, we headed 2 minutes up the road to la junwuera for breakfast. Here we were greeted …

Day 9 – 15/4/19 – The heavens open

We started the day promptly, knowing that we were crossing the 100km to Santiago mark and also joining the central Camino Portugues - things were about to get busy.We again were sidetracked by coffee con leches and pastries at pana daria pasteleria though, dammit! Naughty pilgrims!Although dry for the early few kilometres, the day would …

Day 8 – 14/4/19 – Respecting the Sabbath

We all know that pilgrims cannot possibly walk on a Sunday, so today we are resting our weary bodies and catching a taxi and bus a few kilometres up the road to Vigo. Vigo is a significant place on the trip as it marks 100km to Santiago, a distance that all pilgrims must travel to …

Day 7 – 13/4/19 – Bom Camino becomes Buen Camino

Best intentions of getting on the trail this morning but the pasteleria again came calling. We were still rolling a little earlier than the last couple of days though... Less bad pilgrims.After a short stroll though the town, a border of the aquatic variety was in the way of us opening the taps - we …

Day 6 – 12/4/19 – Four the love of the Camino

Got going in good time this morning with our fellow pilgrims, then got distracted by a pasteleria (bakery) about 20 yards from the commune. Finally got on the road at 8.40...bad pilgrims!!Stopped at a hardware store on the way on the off chance they might have some new rubber ends for our walking sticks, they …

Day 5 – 11/4/19 – nobody said it was threeasy

Made the most out of our hostel breakfast - cereal, fresh bread, coffee and cake! Also recovered remaining pizza from previous night. Left feeling pretty full! Started walking at 8.40am and were the second last out of the hostel! Bad pilgrims!! After heading out through the outskirts of Esposende, we had a beautiful morning stint …

Day 4 – 10/4/19 – the difficult second pilgrim(age)

Set off at 8am after eating some of yesterday's fruit. Nipped into a bakery for a morning pastryScattering of showers through the morning, clearing up at about 11am for sunshine and a stiffish breeze. The morning was mostly urban and boardwalk underfoot. Highlight through the perspiration was seeing an old lady sheltering under her net …