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 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 […]
Camino Primitivo Stage 7: Grandas de Salime to
19 June 2025. Grandas de Salime to Fonsegrada. 27km/16mi. 8 hours. I walked solo for the first half of the day, passing through the countryside before a long, gradual gain of about 1800ft in elevation. Then met up with Erika and Marilena just in time to avoid a thunderstorm! Thunder and lightning will definitely put […]