My Camino Adventure – From the start

On 22nd April 2016 I am finally going to head off to walk the Camino Trail which is a 753km walk from the south of France at a little place called Saint-Jean Pied-de-Port (just a little to the east of Biarritz), which literally translated means “Saint John at the foot of the mountain pass” and ends at the Cathedral at Santiago de Compostela. I have been told that its well worth adding another 4 days and walking another 100km right to the coast at Fisterra.

20 days to go until the Camino Adventure starts and the equipment gathering is going well, I want to do another proper post about this later, but as its exactly 20 days today (and I have changed the start date from the 22nd to the 25th) I wanted to do a really quick post to celebrate that date, I will probably do a full kit list video (like this one from Alison Stauver) before I go and another when I get back. Thanks should also go to Lindsay Cowie (from Vancouver) for her excellent YouTube videos about the walk.

Below is a photo of some of the stuff I have put together so far and a little bit about some of them:

Day 0 – packing before the departure, top tip, DO NOT do your first pack on the day before you leave, ideally do it at least 7 days before you go!!

Day 1 – always expect the unexpected, life can throw you some real curve balls sometimes, we nearly missed our flight, nearly missed our connecting bus in France, DID miss our connecting train… did we get to our destination?

Day 2 – Saint Jean to Roncesvalles

Day 3 – Roncesvalles to Zubiri

Day 4 – Zubiri to Pamplona

Day 5 – Pamplona to Puente La Reina

Day 6 – Puente La Reina to Villatuerta

Day 7 – Villatuerta to Los Arcos