Firstly, I’ve done a little video of my recent one day walk with the British Pilgrimage Trust. Not quite on the scale of my Norte one, but it will kill 6 mins of your time. It can be found here:
With completing my video and doing a fair bit of walking in the current spring sunshine we’re experiencing in the UK, I’m starting to miss the Spanish Sun, long days on The Way, a cold glass of ‘Kas Limón’, Tortilla y Potata and the snore filled ambiance of the Albergues – well maybe not the last one! But I can hear the Camino calling me and I feel my restlessness urging me back on Pilgrimage.
This has been compounded by having major FOMO (Fear of Missing Out), hearing that one of my fellow peregrinas from the Francés, has just finished the Portugués, resulting in our Camino Whatsapp group buzzing with chatter and pictures of her journey.
There is only one way to abate this feeling, and that is to plan my next one, or at the very least book some leave. Which is what I’ve done – two weeks in September secured. Now it’s a question of which one do I pick. I’ve a had a few comments from my blogs and YouTube video, to try the ‘San Salvador’; which is from Leon to Oviedo. I’ve been told it is a beautiful one to walk and only 5 days.
But that feels a little too short, it would be good to tack that onto the ‘Primitivo’ though. The Inglés is another on the list, but again it’s only a 5 day-er. To solve this quandary, I stood in front my Camino wall map in my lounge, to find some contenders. After narrowly missing varicose veins standing too long, I found one. Roughly two weeks and it even finishes at Santiago!
Camino Sanabrés
Granja de Moreruela to Santiago de Compostela. This route spurs off the Via de la Plata, providing an alternative path to the Galician Capital, avoiding the busier Francés; which the Plata joins at Astorga. It’s less travelled than the popular ones, and favoured by those walking the Plata wishing to stay clear of the crowds.
The stages aren’t too long with 4 over 30km with the longest at 36km – a walk in the park for a Norte veteran! Like the Norte I’m going into this one blind, without doing any research to enjoy the wonder as the route unfolds.
Now I have something on the horizon, the sound of the soft rhythmic crunch of footsteps urging me towards the Camino has been quietened – for now.
Stu's Camino 