DISCLAIMER: … Better late than never I would say…. One year after the hike itself, I am wrapping up a few things (few surprises on the way…) and while doing that I noticed that I haven’t shared my planner. That is the focus of this post. The planner I have used is based on Microsoft Excel, with a bunch of…
Category: Journals
#1MillionStepsHike Camiño de Santiago – 14 – Instagram journal days 22,23 and return home
Day 22 (2021-Nov-10) – Pontevedra ->> Padron [46 Km, 62 542 steps] #1milhaodepassos #onemillionstepshike Day 22 Pontevedra -》Padron. The queen stage combines 2 original steps: the first one up to Caldas del Rey and the second from there to Padron. I want to push as much as I can and after 3 weeks of this, I feel quite confident…
#1MillionStepsHike Camiño de Santiago – 13 – Instagram journal days 19,20,21
Day 19 (2021-Nov-07) – La Guarda ->> Baiona [36 Km, 47 772 steps] #1milhaodepassos #onemillionstepshike day 19 – A Guarda -》Baiona. The day started with some excitement. This was my first day outside of my home country, and through locations, I barely knew, which brought some inevitable sense of novelty. By 8:30 AM and breakfast already absorbed, I hit the…
#1MillionStepsHike Camiño de Santiago – 12 – Instagram journal days 16,17,18
Day 16 (2021-Nov-04) – Labrujes ->> Apúlia [34 Km, 45 617 steps] #1milhaodepassos #onemillionstepshike day 16 – Labruge -》Apúlia. The day started at 7AM with a nice breakfast in a coffee shop close to the guest house where I crashed last night. It was freezing and soon I understood the advantage of a warm drink to get the day…
#1MillionStepsHike Camiño de Santiago – 11 – Instagram journal days 13,14,15
Day 13 (2021-Nov-01) – Águeda ->> Oliveira de Azemeis [33 Km, 42 228 steps] #1milhaodepassos #onemillionstepshike day 14 – Águeda -》Oliveira de Azemeis. The day started cool and damp, with fog banks popping up here and there during the whole morning. The first hours of the day provided me close encounters with the extinct FAMEL factory, several palatial houses…
#1MillionStepsHike Camiño de Santiago – 9 – Instagram journal days 7,8,9
Day 7 (2021-Oct-26) – Golegã ->> Tomar [41 Km, 50 698 steps] #1milhaodepassos #onemillionstepshike day 7, with the 278.000 steps and 190 km barriers crossed. The day started unusually early, sponsored by a hostel room mate, who made any diesel generator sound as a whisper. He snored like a locomotive. The upside (yes I’m all for getting positive outcomes…
#1MillionStepsHike Camiño de Santiago – 8 – Instagram journal days 4,5,6
Day 4 (2021-Oct-23) – Alverca ->> Azambuja [36 Km, 47 817 steps] #1milhaodepassos #onemillionstepshike day 4: done. From #alverca to #azambuja, it was a long and exhausting day, as expected. Some discrepancies between the physical and the GPS paths, resulted in an extra 6 km than expected. The path has been mostly empty, which for me is an up…
#1MillionStepsHike Camiño de Santiago – 7 – Instagram journal days 1,2,3
It is now a long time since I came back from the biggest hike I’ve ever done and the update is long due. Ins these new series of posts, I’m sharing the Instagram posts I have done every day during the hike to keep family and friends updated on the evolution of the epic adventure. #1milhaodepassos #onemillionstepshike Before I start…
#1MillionStepsHike Camiño de Santiago – 6 – What’s next
Welcome to the sixth post on the series! On the previous post, I have covered lessons learned (and keep an eye on that one as I’ll add them all afterwards). On this post, I will go over the plans for the future. During the hike itself, I seriously doubt I will have the energy and the time to post the…
#1MillionStepsHike Camiño de Santiago – 5 – Lessons learned (so far)
Welcome to the fifth post on the series! On the previous post, I have covered what I expect to be my daily hiking day. On this post, I will go over the lessons learned so far, and I expect this to be the most updated post of the series, so stay tuned. Lessons Learned (so far) Whenever we dive into…