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Day 11 on the Camino Primitivo, Lavacolla to Santiago, 10km
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Day 11 on the Camino Primitivo YouTube Video I started the morning early, with a vending machine café con leche from the albergue kitchen (Camino rule: never pass up an opportunity for coffee first thing in the morning!). I headed out in the dark, ...

Day 10 on the Camino Primitivo, Boente to Lavacolla, 38km
Day 10 on the Camino Primitivo YouTube Video Sometimes birthdays on the road are wonderful and magical, and sometimes they’re a little tough. My day 10 on the Camino Primitivo was an all-around not super great Camino day, and I suppose if it ...

Day 9 on the Camino Primitivo, Ferreira to Boente, 25km
Day 9 on the Camino Primitivo YouTube Video 25km today, and now, of course, my body feels strong and maybe those Camino legs have really kicked in because the kilometers were easy and so of course I felt like I could have walked longer. I did my ...
More Recent Posts
- Day 8 on the Camino Primitivo, Lugo to Ferreira, 26.5km (+3km detour)
- Day 7 on the Camino Primitivo, Vilar de Cas to Lugo, 15km
- Day 6 on the Primitivo, A Fonsagrada to Vilar de Cas, 38km
- Release of ‘A Single Step’ Ebook!
- Day 5 on the Camino Primitivo, La Mesa to A Fonsagrada, 40km
- Day 4 on the Camino Primitivo, Samblismo to La Mesa, 28km
- Day 3 on the Camino Primitivo, La Espina to Samblismo, 29km
- Day 2 on the Camino Primitivo, Cornellana to La Espina, 20km
Trail Guides

Camino Aragonés Guide: Essential Info to help plan your walk
I can't remember when I first heard of the Camino Aragonés, or when it became a walk that I added to my "list", or even when it moved to priority status. I just know that at some point, somewhere, I must have read more about it and thought, "Huh. Sounds like a pretty good Camino." I've ...

Planning a Walk on Hadrian’s Wall Path
One of my intentions with this blog is to begin to provide more useful content for others who are planning their own long-distance walking adventures, and so in this spirit, I'm going to be writing up a few short guides to some of the walks that I've done. And first up: how to plan for a walk on ...

In the Footsteps of Pilgrims; an Overview of the Camino de San Salvador
Quien va a Santiago y no a San Salvador, sirve al criado y deja al Senor. He who goes to Santiago and not to San Salvador, honors the servant and forsakes the Lord. I saw these words painted onto the wall of the albergue in La Robla. It was the end of my first day walking the Camino de San ...
Trail Journals

I’m on my way (I don’t know where I’m going); Day One, St Jean Pied de Port to Roncesvalles

“Like a Rolling Stone”; Day One on the Camino del Norte, Irun to San Sebastián, 27.6 km

A Whole New Camino; Day 20 on the Camino (Day 1 on the Primitivo), Oviedo to San Juan Villapanada

Solitude and Cheap Red Wine; Day One on the Camino de San Salvador (Leon to La Robla; 27 km)

The Next Adventure: 5-days on the West Highland Way

5-days, 84-miles, Millions of Stones: A Walk along Hadrian’s Wall

Is it just me or is this ‘easy’ section actually quite difficult? Day 1 on the Chemin Le Puy, Le Puy en Velay to Combriaux, 25.5km
