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unless I decide I fancy the Camino de Santiago.
Just got back from doing the Camino Portugues, from Porto to Santiago. 12 days. Was a privilege to do it in a mild winter, with no competition for beds in the albergues.
Bit nippy some nights though.
Plus, the graffiti told no lies when it read “Galicia is not Spain”.
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Little run down of our Wainwright’s Coast to Coast walk:
St Bees to Ennerdale 15 miles
Ennerdale to Rosthwaite 15 miles
Rosthwaite to Patterdale 19 miles
Patterdale to Shap 17 miles
Shap to Kirkby Stephen 21 miles
Kirkby Stephen to Reeth 24 miles
Reeth to Danby Wiske 27 miles
Danby Wiske to Clay Bank Top 21 miles
Clay Bank Top to Grosmont 25 miles
Grosmont to Robin Hood’s Bay 15 miles
In hindsight, probably a tougher schedule that we needed to do. I think when we planned it, my companions had work commitments which have now vanished.
We set out to do more camping that we ended up doing. After getting drenched in the first four days of the walk, we ditched our tents after three nights of camping and managed to find hostels, B&Bs etc. There’s no way I’d have finished without being able to dry stuff each day. Even after the rain stopped, our boots were getting wet on the moors.
None of us had ever done so many back to back long days like those in the second half and it was a slog at times. We ended up eating a huge amount of pub food and sandwiches which has left me feeling quite disgusting inside. I never want to see a gammon steak or chip again.
Met some great if rather odd characters along the way.
My feet are ruined. I still can’t get normal shoes on. I think for me, it’ll be three/four day trips for now unless I decide I fancy the Camino de Santiago.
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