The rain had finally abated and the skies were clear for the first time on our walk, however it was 8 Celsius, in other words, cold. We stopped for breakfast at a cafe just up the road from the albergue before we began our fourth day on the Camino. Palas de Rei being a stageContinue reading “Mini Camino Frances Day 4 – Palas de Rei to Melide”
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Mini Camino Frances Day 3 – Ventas de Naron to Palas de Rei
A lot shorter day however there was more rain. It had poured throughout the night but by breakfast there was a temporary reprieve. We decided to eat breakfast at the albergue before beginning the walking. The clouds still loomed overhead as we made our way into Ligonde where we called into a donativo. It isContinue reading “Mini Camino Frances Day 3 – Ventas de Naron to Palas de Rei”
Mini Camino Frances Day 2 – Vilacha to Ventas de Naron
A shorter day was on the cards so we had a lie in, leaving the albergue at 0800h. It had rained heavily with strong gusts of winds throughout the night, luckily it had cleared mostly by dawn. We made our way into Portomarin crossing over the river Mino where the foundations of a Roman bridgeContinue reading “Mini Camino Frances Day 2 – Vilacha to Ventas de Naron”
Mini Camino Frances Day 1 – Sarria to Vilacha
After two days of travelling and relying on public transport, planes and Spanish pizzerias. We arrived in Sarria late afternoon. The only flight from Gatwick landed in Santiago at 2255h. The albergue I booked for that night shuts their doors at 2200h, however the hospitalario said she would leave the key at a pizzeria nextContinue reading “Mini Camino Frances Day 1 – Sarria to Vilacha”
Mini Camino Frances
A year ago today I made my first step on the Camino Portugués, and I am again hearing the call for another pilgrimage. This time, my return visit to the Camino de Santiago is going to be a little different. I’ll be arriving in Sarria for the last 100km of the French Route, however IContinue reading “Mini Camino Frances”
TSW Compilation Video
It’s has been just 18 days since I completed ‘The Way of St. Werburgh’ and after a very busy couple of weeks at work, I have managed to find some time to put together a quick video of the journey. It can be found here: Over this pilgrimage I filmed longer videos and narrated themContinue reading “TSW Compilation Video”
TSW Day 4 – Nantwich to Chester
It was the polar opposite to yesterday. The weather played ball, I even caught the sun! The way markers were 99% of the time on par. There was one marker coming out of Bunbury that was on the wrong direction, however it was a dead give away, as it wasn’t pointing to the big hillContinue reading “TSW Day 4 – Nantwich to Chester”
TSW Day 3 – Trentham to Nantwich
Robert Burns once penned, “The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry” in his poem ‘To a Mouse’. No truer words could describe todays journey. The sun was out although a little on the chilly side, when I rejoined the trail at Trentham. The path follows Longton Brook before cutting through aContinue reading “TSW Day 3 – Trentham to Nantwich”
TSW Day 2 – Stafford to Trentham
Absolute glorious start of the day, not a cloud in sight with the temperature cool enough to make it perfect walking conditions. Picking the trail up from where I left off, at St. Chads, it follows the high street up and around HMP Stafford. I didn’t envy the prison officers who were arriving to startContinue reading “TSW Day 2 – Stafford to Trentham”
TSW Day 1 – Lichfield to Stafford
It was a wet start to the day and to make matters worse, my phone hadn’t charged over night, with only 34% juice left. Figuring it was the cable, I had to wait around for the shops to open to get a new one. Tesco opened at 8am. 30mins later I had a new cable,Continue reading “TSW Day 1 – Lichfield to Stafford”
Stu's Camino 