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May 152 min read
Day 40: Amenal to Santiago de Compostela
Final update: 16 km. Hilly but easy walking. You will all be impressed to know that I left early like the cool kids. I couldn’t sleep, so...
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May 143 min read
Day 39: Arzúa to Amenal
23 km. Gentle hills and easy walking. The first hour or so was cloudy and cool - perfect walking weather. Then a half hour of light rain...
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May 132 min read
Day 38: Sobrado dos Monxes to Arzúa
23 km. Partly cloudy and cooler with a nice breeze most of the day, then sunny and warm the last two hours. The total ascents were not...
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May 122 min read
Day 37: Santa Leocadia to Sobrado dos Monxes
33 km. Sunny and warm with a cool breeze. The heat was not as brutal as yesterday. I hit the high point (elevation) of the Camino today,...
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May 112 min read
Day 36: Vilalba to Santa Leocadia
30 km. I am within 100 km of Santiago! A bit less than 90 km to go. 450m of ascents but relatively gentle hills. It should have been easy...
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May 102 min read
Day 35: Abadín to Vilalba
21 km. Sunny and warm. Gentle hills, only 300m of ascents. Mainly walked on country roads and paths through farmlands. Although the...
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May 93 min read
Day 34: Lourenzá to Abadín
22 km. Sunny and getting warmer. 950m of ascents and only 510m of descents. As we turn inland toward Santiago, the elevation of the route...
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May 82 min read
Day 33: Figueras to Lourenzá
32 km. Crossed the bridge into Galicia (Ribadeo) first thing in the morning. Then lots and lots of hills and climbing. 870 m of ascents...
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May 72 min read
Day 32: Navia to Figueras
33 km. Sunny in the morning, clouds rolled in midday, sunny again in the afternoon. No rain and cool throughout. Dry all day - thank you,...
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May 63 min read
Day 31: Luarca to Navia
21 km. Fairly easy walking. A bit more climbing than yesterday, but not too bad and my legs felt much stronger. (I think yesterday I was...
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May 52 min read
Day 30: Cadavedo to Luarca
19 km. Relatively easy day today. Gentle hills, waking both on and off roads. The only challenge was the gusty wind that I was walking...
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May 44 min read
Day 29: Muros de Nalón to Cadavedo
39 km. That’s right. My watch actually says 41, but I think it exaggerates. Today was a very long day. It rained most of the day, gloomy...
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May 33 min read
Day 28: Avilés to Muros de Nalón
24 km. Lots of climbing today. Only about 650m total, but instead of one or two big ascents, there were many smaller hills, each with...
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May 24 min read
Day 27: Gijón to Avilés
26 km. One 200m climb about 10 km in, otherwise just hilly, fairly easy walking. I set out this morning not expecting much from the day....
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May 13 min read
Day 26: Villaviciosa to Gijón
31 km. Partly cloudy and beautiful in the morning, then steady rain for the rest of the walk. The climbing was reminiscent of the first...
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Apr 303 min read
Day 25: Pernús to Villaviciosa
13 km. A bit hilly as we move into mountains again, but overall a pretty cruisy day. No rain today, partly cloudy and cool. This is a...
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Apr 292 min read
Day 24: Ribadesella to Pernús
27 km. Sunny and chilly (4C when I set out) in the morning, then cloudy and cool. Lovely day. It started to rain at one point, but I made...
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Apr 283 min read
Day 23: Hontoría to Ribadesella
17 km. Another light walking day, mainly because I am looking ahead at potential stops, and this gets me back to an easier progression of...
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Apr 273 min read
Day 22: Llanes to Hontoría
16 km. Chilly with light to moderate rain most of the day. Gentle hills only, alternating between coastal and inland walks. Had a slow...
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Apr 263 min read
Day 21: La Franca to Llanes
23 km. Cool and light rain for much of the day. Hilly, some minor scrambles on the coastal path, otherwise fairly easy day today. We were...
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