Jeremy & Joanna Tour Europe!: Not Another Hike!

Well after our big 170km hike through the Scottish Highlands we thought we’d cram one more hike in before we started our trip home. El Camino de Santiago (The Way of St James) is actually a pilgrimage and, according to some article I read in the paper about 4 years ago, one of the top 5 walks in the world! Traditionally the walk begins over on the French/Spanish border and pilgrims walk about 800kms over 30 days to the far west coast of Spain above Portugal. The Pilgrimage has many routes through Spain and Portugal with the most common being the ‘Camino Frances’. But all routes pass through the city of Santiago de Compostela where the remains of the Apostle St James are said to be kept.

So we planned a week trip to Spain to walk the last 100km of the Camino, through the region of Galicia, and thus see some of the greener parts of the walk and also qualify for the ‘Compostela’ (a certificate proving that you have walked at least 100km).

The hike was really great and we made some really good friends on it… we actually met quite a few people who had walked all 800 kilometres of it… We were pretty much in awe! While the walk was in no way as strenuous as the Scotland hike, the sheer dedication to keep walking for over 30 days is truly inspiring!

To be honest though, I’m really getting tired of walking in the rain!