Notes from the Way
Honest answers to the questions pilgrims actually ask. Everything here is based on our own facts and experience - eight caminos, about 1,877 km of trail, and most of it learned the slow way. Updated weekly.
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Can I Do a Partial Camino?
Planning · 6 min readRead Post →You do not have to walk all 780 km. How to choose your start and finish, whether a section still earns the Compostela, and why some of our own eight caminos were sections - the others were whole routes, Porto to Santiago among them, where a Canadian met two German brothers in a bar.
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How Many Kilometres a Day?
Distance · 6 min readRead Post →Across 76 walking days our days ran from 9 to 39 km and averaged about 23. How to find the daily distance that fits you - and why the towns, not your pride, usually decide it.
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Albergues vs Private Rooms?
Staying · 7 min readRead Post →Before there were Camino Brothers, a father walked the Frances with his 2 girls, two ways at once - spring 2019, the girls in albergues, their dad in private rooms, same town every night. What each side got, what it cost, and why neither would change it.
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How to Choose Your Route
Routes · 7 min readRead Post →Frances, Portugues or Norte? We have walked the Portugues twice, the Frances in pieces across three trips, and the Norte for two honest days. The questions that actually settle the choice.