26 June 2025. O Pedrouzo to Santiago de Compostela. 19km/12mi. 4.5 hours. I don’t yet have the words to describe today, the final stage of this amazing journey. I wouldn’t take back a single step.
Camino Primitivo Stage 12: Melide to O Pedrouzo
25 June 2025. Melide to O Pedrouzo. 33km/21mi. 9 hours. Thunder! Lightning! Rain! We have been so fortunate with dry weather on the first 11 stages that I didn’t even care about walking in the rain on the second to last day. Plus side of rain in the Camino: The dried eucalyptus leaves on the […]
Camino Primitivo Stage 11: Ferreira to Melide
24 June 2025. Ferreira to Melide. 22km/13.5mi. 6.5 hours. Today was relatively short with some rolling hills through the countryside. Lots of animal sightings today, including the sweetest dog just begging to play fetch Be sure to look up at the church clock tower when you walk into Melide – stork nests are HUGE. Peregrino […]
Camino Primitivo Stage 10: Lugo to Ferreira
23 June 2025. Lugo to Ferreira. 28.5km/17.5mi. 7-ish hours. After a rest day in Lugo (Cathedral! Murals! Beef!) the road out of city center wound through neighborhoods, pastures, eucalyptus groves, and some smaller towns to Ferreira for the evening. It was a cooler, overcast day with long stretches of gentle incline. And cows. Many people […]
Camino Primitivo Stage 9: O Cadavo to Lugo
21 June 2025. O Cadavo to Lugo. 33km/20mi. 9 hours. Today was a relatively flat day heading out of the mountain region, through the countryside and into the city of Lugo. It was a leisurely day with breakfast at a cafe in Castroverde and both of the “complemenatario” route detours. We now have 100km to […]