Hendaya - San Sebastian; 24 kilometres It was the 12th of July and we left Zarautz early to catch the train to Hendaya in South West France for our wee walk, 24 kilometres in total to the breath-taking city of San Sebastian, capital of the Basque region of Guipuzkoa. We caught a train at 7:00am and headed across to the French-Basque town of Hendaya following a changeover at San Sebastian. We were the Armstrong/Sanchez/Garayar team of Neil, Eva, Matthew, Alex, ...

Well it was our last day and just enough time to take a final walk around Satiago de Compostela. As I have already said, please go and visit this wonderful city for a long weekend, definitely worthwhile. We went and collected our Certificates where we joined a rapidly growing queue, the majority of pilgrims having just finished the gruelling 800k + walk from St Jean de Pied de Port. Fair play to them all and there was a great atmosphere in the office...so much s...

Deaney did his utmost to waken Bruma the morning of our departure nevermind our fellow Pilgrims! What he needed in those plastic bags escapes me still! We tiptoed outdoors at 7.00am into complete darkness and walked a few hundred yards away to get suited and booted. It was very misty and thankfully I had a torch to hand which would guide our way...and keep lookout for Wolves and Bears!!! We dispatched the Santiago Cake quickly savouring all the flavour of this n...

This was by far our favourite part of the journey. Not only did we meet some Peregrinos en route but the walking, despite being the longest distance, did not seem as difficult. Jean-Pierre, a French Pilgrim we met briefly in Betanzos and would meet at the Albergue later that day, explained that as we put the mileage through our bodies that they adapt accordingly and we begin to feel stronger. Craig and I put it down to the fact that we didn't have a hangover fo...

Now, I know what you're thinking...and we agreed by the end of this tough stage of 20k there was to be little or NO alcohol consumed!!! There is a famous McGuicken saying which goes something like this...'You can never have a hangover the day after a hangover'...well we blew that theory out of the water Deaney!!! The hill up and out of Pontedeume was not funny in the slightest. A few kilometres later we found some great views over the open countryside and even...