In 2016 I walked with Jane and a group of close friends from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela on the Camino Francés.
In May 2022 I set out to walk a further section of the Camino Francés on my own, from Burgos to León, but continued on to my 2016 starting point in Sarria!
In April to June 2023 Jane and I are walked a portion of Le Chemin de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle, starting in Arzacq-Arraziguet in France and walked 140km on the Via Podiensis to St Jean Pied de Port, then onwards on the Camino Francés to Burgos in Spain.
So that saw me complete the whole Camino Francés – 810km!!
Now in 2024 el Camino draws Jane and I back as well as Haz, who is wondering why we keep banging on about the Camino!! You can follow our journey on this Blog, by adding your email address below. I’ll be practising my Spanish along the way.
Hola, me llamo Graham, soy australiano en vivo en una casa en Manly, en Sidney. Sidney es la capital de Nueva Gales del Sur. Sidney es muy moderna y dinámica.
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Saturday 13th April 2024 – O Faramello to Catedral Santiago de Compostela 16.1km (296.8km in total, av 19.8km/day)
Read more: Saturday 13th April 2024 – O Faramello to Catedral Santiago de Compostela 16.1km (296.8km in total, av 19.8km/day)Excitement was in the air as we all set out together for our earliest start at 7.25, at 15 deg, heading off in the low light to our final destination! Click on image to enlarge to full size. More countryside along the road and through forest lanes, past way-marking crosses. First café of the day…
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Friday 12th April 2024 – O Padrón to O Faramello 12.7km
Read more: Friday 12th April 2024 – O Padrón to O Faramello 12.7kmToday was designed as a shorter stage as to get to Santiago de Compostela in one day would require 27km!! So we split the distance in two. Got away ahead of J and H at 9am … Click on image to enlarge to full size and the townscape moved from semi-industrial back to old town…
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Thursday 11th April 2024 – Tívo to O Padrón 22.8km
Read more: Thursday 11th April 2024 – Tívo to O Padrón 22.8km“The illusion of speed is the belief that it saves time. But haste and speed accelerate time, which passes more quickly … Days of slow walking make you live longer because you have allowed every hour, every minute, every second to breathe”.Frederic Gros on “Slowness” from his book, “A Philosophy of Walking”. A warmer morning…