Each camino is very different in character. The Camino Ingles is very rural with beautiful countryside. The route took us through a lot of forest and farmland, we saw a lot of corn on the cob, cabbage and potato picking. So no truly nasty smells! It was also very hilly and it was physically demanding. We did go through a couple of seaside towns but these were more Whitstable than Blackpool and as we tended to arrive early or late evening we didn’t have the opportunity to explore.
When you are walking like this, one of the highlights is the cafe! It isn’t JUST for the opportunity to drink an ice cold beer or a caffeine laden coffee it also a sign of life! On this walk there was very little opportunity to sit on a seat, it was the forest floor or sit by the side of the road. A cafe is also a psychological signpost to say “only 20km to go!”. Not forgetting the all-important-loo-stop! We didn’t come across nearly enough of them and when we did we didn’t want to leave! Even the walk into Santiago itself was very pretty with very little motorway walking. The outskirts of the city from the other directions were quite industrialised but this was suburban and pleasant
We were walking for 6 days in all with relatively short days building to 2 longish days then a nice and easy walk into Santiago so that we would be able to spend some time in the city. Or so we thought! For some reason every day took far longer than we expected! So that we only had time to get in, eat and go to bed. Sometimes we didn’t get to eat haha!
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