- Time of past OR future Camino
- Portugués Porto'17,Lisbon'18
Inglés A Coruña y Ferrol '18
Invierno'19
Hello all,
So at the end of my thread about 5 days on the inglés @Rick of Rick and Peg wrote this:
'Until I read the second part of the above I was going to suggest that you do the camino in a new way, alphabetically by start point of each stage'
I took that as a chalange and started planning. The first challenge was figuring out the stages we wanted to do, in order to go in alphabetical order we needed to plan in advance, we also needed to agree on the name of the various places we could start, we quickly ruled in favor of La Coruña instead of A Coruña as neither off us wanted to walk from home yet. We needed a referee and that would be Elle (she didn't know) we used her stages and the names she gave each place on her web site, our two changes were to cut two of the stages in half so that gave us 12 stages. The other addition was to walk with our bichon frise Khione. Vamos!!
Day 1 Betanzos to Presedo 7/20 13km
This probably, now that we have walked them all feels the longest, we tried the 'old' way for the first time and I definitely recommend it. You can read more on my other thread.
Day 2 Ferrol to Neda 7/24 13.5km
It was a nice day, I like the walk out of Ferrol, nice and flat for the most of the time. No changes from the last time.
Day 3 Hospital de Bruma to Poulo 7/25 12km
This is probably the easiest stage in the inglés, only complicated this time by rain, nothing like a wet dog. This was a stage we created since we had already walked from Betanzos when we decided to bring Khione on all our walks. We couldn't walk to A Calle that would have been out of order!!
Day 4 La Coruña to O Burgo 7/29 9.5km
I must admit the lapse in time is due to the fact that neither my son nor I wanted to walk this stage, it is all city walking with plenty of up to walk. I decided to ditch my poles since we would be walking by people the whole time, I now know that poles make a difference for me, I won't leave them behind again. O Burgo was in the midst of their 'fiestas' so we enjoyed some chocolate coated churros on arrival, that helped mitigate all the city walking.
Day 5 Miño to Betanzos 8/11 11km
This is one of our favorite stages, it was nice to walk it without walking first from Pontedeume or continuing past Betanzos. The square was in the midst of market day, I found it later from a friend that Betanzos has market day on the 1st of every month, though I imagine not January 1st.
Day 6 Neda to Pontedeume 8/3 14.5km
We saw a lot of pilgrims today, this stage always surprises me with the hills, I still don't expect them, it was a nice day to walk though, I'm really learning to enjoy the idea of shorter stages.
Day 7 O Burgo to Sergude 8/5 9km
This stage we haven't walked in almost a year and it was a nice walk. No changes that we could tell including the uphill walking.
Day 8 Pontedeume to Miño 8/6 10.5km
This is our favorite stage from Ferrol, yep you have to climb up and out of Pontedeume but don't forget to look back and the view as you are walking it is amazing. The day was even better because we met our first forum members @Becky59 and @Geodoc, even nicer we are all from the west coast so we had plenty to talk about. Like she wrote on her thread we really did start to see an increace in pilgrims, many more than in July.
Day 9 Poulo to Sigueiro 8/7 12.5km
I was pleasantly surprised that my youngest daughter decided to join us today which meant we were 3 with 2 dogs. We knew this would be an 'easy' day as we have walked it many times but we were surprised by plenty of rain we wouldn't have taken Kira had we known the rain would show up two hours earlier than forecasted, the best laid plans......two wet dogs.......
Day 10 Presedo to Hospital de Bruma 8/9 12.5km
Third times a charm, we like this stage, yes it is up up up but still a nice walk. This is the first time I have witnessed a 'bed race', as we were entering Bruma a group of women started running to get to the albergue, I wish they had known we didn't need a bed....
Day 11 Segude to Bar Avelina 8/10 12km
This by far is the hardest stage especially if you start in Coruña, but it is also beautiful. I like to climb and today we had a sunny but pretty cool morning for summertime and the views were so nice, in June we walked this stage with overcast almost foggy skies. We didn't get the view back to Coruña, the corn stalks just planted when we walked in June were over 2 meters high now. If you have time walk this stage, I recommend it highly.
Day 12 Sigueiro to Santiago 8/11 18km
I was so happy that alphabetically walking to Santiago was our last stage. Once again my daughter joined us this time choosing poles over pooch. This is another nice stage just a little slogish walking through the industrial district into Santiago. The biggest surprise was running into @Becky59 sitting in the forrest. We walked together for awhile, it was nice for me to have a nice conversation in English!! I must say getting to the cathedral felt like an accomplishment even though we walked in a different way, and Khione earned her honorary compostela having walked all 12 stages with us.
So that's it...our summer on the camino inglés, how lucky we are to live here. All told we walked 20 stages June - August, 21 if you count the day we walked from Pontedeume to Perbes(Miño) along the coast, it was enough to scratch that itch that the camino gives us, at least for awhile.
Back to work tomorrow, and for those walking the inglés in the next couple weeks, my orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, will be playing the 17th in plaza Maria Pita in coruña, and in the plaza in Betanzos on the 22nd. Maybe I will see you there!!!!
Buen Camino
MaryEllen
So at the end of my thread about 5 days on the inglés @Rick of Rick and Peg wrote this:
'Until I read the second part of the above I was going to suggest that you do the camino in a new way, alphabetically by start point of each stage'
I took that as a chalange and started planning. The first challenge was figuring out the stages we wanted to do, in order to go in alphabetical order we needed to plan in advance, we also needed to agree on the name of the various places we could start, we quickly ruled in favor of La Coruña instead of A Coruña as neither off us wanted to walk from home yet. We needed a referee and that would be Elle (she didn't know) we used her stages and the names she gave each place on her web site, our two changes were to cut two of the stages in half so that gave us 12 stages. The other addition was to walk with our bichon frise Khione. Vamos!!
Day 1 Betanzos to Presedo 7/20 13km
This probably, now that we have walked them all feels the longest, we tried the 'old' way for the first time and I definitely recommend it. You can read more on my other thread.
Day 2 Ferrol to Neda 7/24 13.5km
It was a nice day, I like the walk out of Ferrol, nice and flat for the most of the time. No changes from the last time.
Day 3 Hospital de Bruma to Poulo 7/25 12km
This is probably the easiest stage in the inglés, only complicated this time by rain, nothing like a wet dog. This was a stage we created since we had already walked from Betanzos when we decided to bring Khione on all our walks. We couldn't walk to A Calle that would have been out of order!!
Day 4 La Coruña to O Burgo 7/29 9.5km
I must admit the lapse in time is due to the fact that neither my son nor I wanted to walk this stage, it is all city walking with plenty of up to walk. I decided to ditch my poles since we would be walking by people the whole time, I now know that poles make a difference for me, I won't leave them behind again. O Burgo was in the midst of their 'fiestas' so we enjoyed some chocolate coated churros on arrival, that helped mitigate all the city walking.
Day 5 Miño to Betanzos 8/11 11km
This is one of our favorite stages, it was nice to walk it without walking first from Pontedeume or continuing past Betanzos. The square was in the midst of market day, I found it later from a friend that Betanzos has market day on the 1st of every month, though I imagine not January 1st.
Day 6 Neda to Pontedeume 8/3 14.5km
We saw a lot of pilgrims today, this stage always surprises me with the hills, I still don't expect them, it was a nice day to walk though, I'm really learning to enjoy the idea of shorter stages.
Day 7 O Burgo to Sergude 8/5 9km
This stage we haven't walked in almost a year and it was a nice walk. No changes that we could tell including the uphill walking.
Day 8 Pontedeume to Miño 8/6 10.5km
This is our favorite stage from Ferrol, yep you have to climb up and out of Pontedeume but don't forget to look back and the view as you are walking it is amazing. The day was even better because we met our first forum members @Becky59 and @Geodoc, even nicer we are all from the west coast so we had plenty to talk about. Like she wrote on her thread we really did start to see an increace in pilgrims, many more than in July.
Day 9 Poulo to Sigueiro 8/7 12.5km
I was pleasantly surprised that my youngest daughter decided to join us today which meant we were 3 with 2 dogs. We knew this would be an 'easy' day as we have walked it many times but we were surprised by plenty of rain we wouldn't have taken Kira had we known the rain would show up two hours earlier than forecasted, the best laid plans......two wet dogs.......
Day 10 Presedo to Hospital de Bruma 8/9 12.5km
Third times a charm, we like this stage, yes it is up up up but still a nice walk. This is the first time I have witnessed a 'bed race', as we were entering Bruma a group of women started running to get to the albergue, I wish they had known we didn't need a bed....
Day 11 Segude to Bar Avelina 8/10 12km
This by far is the hardest stage especially if you start in Coruña, but it is also beautiful. I like to climb and today we had a sunny but pretty cool morning for summertime and the views were so nice, in June we walked this stage with overcast almost foggy skies. We didn't get the view back to Coruña, the corn stalks just planted when we walked in June were over 2 meters high now. If you have time walk this stage, I recommend it highly.
Day 12 Sigueiro to Santiago 8/11 18km
I was so happy that alphabetically walking to Santiago was our last stage. Once again my daughter joined us this time choosing poles over pooch. This is another nice stage just a little slogish walking through the industrial district into Santiago. The biggest surprise was running into @Becky59 sitting in the forrest. We walked together for awhile, it was nice for me to have a nice conversation in English!! I must say getting to the cathedral felt like an accomplishment even though we walked in a different way, and Khione earned her honorary compostela having walked all 12 stages with us.
So that's it...our summer on the camino inglés, how lucky we are to live here. All told we walked 20 stages June - August, 21 if you count the day we walked from Pontedeume to Perbes(Miño) along the coast, it was enough to scratch that itch that the camino gives us, at least for awhile.
Back to work tomorrow, and for those walking the inglés in the next couple weeks, my orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia, will be playing the 17th in plaza Maria Pita in coruña, and in the plaza in Betanzos on the 22nd. Maybe I will see you there!!!!
Buen Camino
MaryEllen
!! I didn’t tell him anything, just smiled. I have recognised him from one of the photos you posted. 
