roving_rufus
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances (2013-2015) Portugues (2017-2019) Via Francigena (2018-??) Camino from Ireland (2020-??)
So having finished my camino from home over the last 4 years, this morning I set out from Santiago to head to Rome, a project that will probably take another few years!
Day 1 Santiago de Compostela to Goimil 31km
I headed out in silence from the city. Until I got to Vilamaior I met a handful of pilgrims, then it became a steady stream and by San Paio it was like walking into a wall of pilgrims. I stopped at San Paio for a coffee and missed most of the rain. But knowing if I continued on the Camino Frances I would be walking into a dense wall of pilgrims until Sarria, I decided on an alternative route. So I veered off onto the Camino Norte alternative route. Suddenly, the vast numbers of pilgrims switched to a tiny trickle. But much of the day is walking on tracks beside a main road, then walking on tar roads through the country. So I am in Twin Pines B&b which does a pilgrim deal.
Day 1 Santiago de Compostela to Goimil 31km
I headed out in silence from the city. Until I got to Vilamaior I met a handful of pilgrims, then it became a steady stream and by San Paio it was like walking into a wall of pilgrims. I stopped at San Paio for a coffee and missed most of the rain. But knowing if I continued on the Camino Frances I would be walking into a dense wall of pilgrims until Sarria, I decided on an alternative route. So I veered off onto the Camino Norte alternative route. Suddenly, the vast numbers of pilgrims switched to a tiny trickle. But much of the day is walking on tracks beside a main road, then walking on tar roads through the country. So I am in Twin Pines B&b which does a pilgrim deal.