LIVE from the Camino Sarria to Santiago, August 2024

[Denise63]

I started today from Sarria. I am telling you…it was much harder than I thought. (61yr young) Made it to Ferreiros. Stopping for the night…my app said we walked 9.93 miles and I feel every one of them. It wasn’t busy at all!!! Met a nice lady from Poland/Germany, a young man from Monterey, CA/USA and two young gals from England. Other than that pretty much on our own the whole way. Not hot and not busy. Started at 8 ended about 2:30…at home I average a 18min mile…..NOT here, lol. Buen Camino

 

[Kirkie]

I started today from Sarria. I am telling you…it was much harder than I thought. (61yr young) Made it to Ferreiros. Stopping for the night…my app said we walked 9.93 miles and I feel every one of them. It wasn’t busy at all!!! Met a nice lady from Poland/Germany, a young man from Monterey, CA/USA and two young gals from England. Other than that pretty much on our own the whole way. Not hot and not busy. Started at 8 ended about 2:30…at home I average a 18min mile…..NOT here, lol. Buen Camino

Well done Denise. You can look forward to brand new legs in the morning! And then more.. buen camino...

 

[mspath]

Denise63,

Glad to learn that you are now on your way!

Years ago when I walked I loved the Xunta albergue in Ferreiros amidst tbe beautiful landscape.

You might enjoy stopping tomorrow for breakfast nearby down the hill next to the local church at the very good and very friendly restaurant/bar Meson O Mirallos. They usually open early for pilgrims.

Looking forward to reading more camino posts as you move along.

Carpe diem and Buen Camino!

 

[CWBuff]

Change your app to km - you'll get a 'larger' number and will feel a greater sense of accomplishment
So on your 1st day you walked roughly 16km which is not bad at all!!!! and you did it in 6 hours. Dont know if that included breaks but again - you left at decent time (a tad late for me but thats ME) and got in shortly after Albergue opened with plenty of time to cleanup and relax
No reason to chase your timings at home - if anything just enjoy the walk and take time to appreciate the beauty that surrounds you

Buen Camino

 

[trecile]

Change your app to km - you'll get a 'larger' number and will feel a greater sense of accomplishment

I agree. Plus, most of the other pilgrims that you meet will be talking in kilometers, not miles.

 

[J Willhaus]

Yes, we have stopped at Ferrieros the last couple of times. Tomorrow the walk to Portomarin is pretty quick. The following day we walked to Santa Cruz and took the side path to see the Iron Age hill fort at Castromayor. It is mostly uphill that day so its nice to break the walk into 2 days. Take your time if you can there's a beautiful national treasure church (Vilar de Donas) to see with a short side trip or a taxi and also Castillo de Pembre by taxi at either Palas de Rei or from Melide. If you have time do both. You don't have to cramm everything in 5 days. If you have time, you'll enjoy the culture and history, too.

 

[1BreathAtATime]

I started today from Sarria. I am telling you…it was much harder than I thought. (61yr young) Made it to Ferreiros. Stopping for the night…my app said we walked 9.93 miles and I feel every one of them. It wasn’t busy at all!!! Met a nice lady from Poland/Germany, a young man from Monterey, CA/USA and two young gals from England. Other than that pretty much on our own the whole way. Not hot and not busy. Started at 8 ended about 2:30…at home I average a 18min mile…..NOT here, lol. Buen Camino

Not crowded. Not too hot!!! What grateful news

 

[akane81]

Congrats! I did it in June, started at 8.30am and ended at Portomarin at almost 7pm. It almost killed me, I wasnt enjoying my first day on the CF and regrettably I had only 5 days to walk and everything was booked. Glad that you did the right thing by cutting the stages shorter, I agree that it wasnt easy and it wasnt crowded (esp after 2pm as everyone had reached their lodging).

I'm going back to the CF in December and going to cover 100km (stages before Sarria) in 8 days instead of 5 days, hopefully I'll enjoy it more. Buen Camino!

 

[CWBuff]

@akane81 - Hmmmm 22km on your 1st day...Yeah maybe a bit much but then it does not compare with SJPDP to Roncesvalles (not to take away from your deed just that Sarria to Portomarin there is no climb).
12 hours is a lot of time obviously you were moving slow and perhaps also took couple of long breaks?
But you know what? You DID IT!!!! and it didn't kill you and you're coming back

 

[tomjane40]

I started today from Sarria. I am telling you…it was much harder than I thought. (61yr young) Made it to Ferreiros. Stopping for the night…my app said we walked 9.93 miles and I feel every one of them. It wasn’t busy at all!!! Met a nice lady from Poland/Germany, a young man from Monterey, CA/USA and two young gals from England. Other than that pretty much on our own the whole way. Not hot and not busy. Started at 8 ended about 2:30…at home I average a 18min mile…..NOT here, lol. Buen Camino

As you are walking - check out The Last 12 K Guest house in San Paio. Amazing place to stay. The hostess, Helena is so kind and accommodating. The restaurants in town close at 3pm, but she lets you choose items from the menu and she has them ready and waiting for you at dinner time. So glad we stayed there.

 

[akane81]

@akane81 - Hmmmm 22km on your 1st day...Yeah maybe a bit much but then it does not compare with SJPDP to Roncesvalles (not to take away from your deed just that Sarria to Portomarin there is no climb).
12 hours is a lot of time obviously you were moving slow and perhaps also took couple of long breaks?
But you know what? You DID IT!!!! and it didn't kill you and you're coming back

Yeah I'm definitely not fast or I should say I'm way slower than average. I'm not going to do SJPDP to Roncesvalles in one day if I'm ever starting from there, I've figured out I'll enjoy the camino much more at my own pace.

 

[CWBuff]

Well... I didn't do it in one day either so....
Once more you did very well on your first day.
Hopefully by now you got a bit of your own stride (whatever it is - like I said you are not in any race with anyone, yourself included) and enjoying the walk

Good luck and Buen Camino

 

[drummy]

Not crowded. Not too hot!!! What grateful news

How warm would you say it would have been, i'm thinking of doing it 20th August but really unsure about heat and my hayfever

 

[Caminante01]

I started today from Sarria. I am telling you…it was much harder than I thought. (61yr young) Made it to Ferreiros. Stopping for the night…my app said we walked 9.93 miles and I feel every one of them. It wasn’t busy at all!!! Met a nice lady from Poland/Germany, a young man from Monterey, CA/USA and two young gals from England. Other than that pretty much on our own the whole way. Not hot and not busy. Started at 8 ended about 2:30…at home I average a 18min mile…..NOT here, lol. Buen Camino

Hey Denise!
I just finished my 1st camino! What an incredible experience..

Pls find my full post on the Forum about French Way abd lets chat!

Buen Camino