Fiesta, fireworks and a reluctant farewell to Santiago…and Spain.

With some time on our hands before leaving Spain, we returned to Santiago in the hope of liking it a little better! We were not disappointed, it was the build-up to the Fiesta of St James and the city was bursting with pilgrims. We spent hours enjoying the buzz of the new arrivals and finished on a high with a magnificant firework display. En-route home we visited the start point of our 2015 GR11 hike at Cape de Higuer and enjoyed an unexpected coincidence.

GR1: Week 10/11: The Primitivo and Pilgrim City

At the beginning of Week 10 we set out from the buzzing city of Oviedo to hike 350km on the Camino Primitivo. The Primitivo is pretty tough, but it was made tougher by the heat and humidity. It took a while to learn to share the trail with others again and also to like the Primitivo as a trail, but it had redeemed itself by the time we arrived in the great pilgrim city of Santiago.