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Couch to Compostella for CMT

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Couch to Compostella for CMT

Irun to Santiago di Compostella for CMT

20/12/2025

Along my way I heard myths about the "End of the World", where ancient Celts and Romans believed the sun died, souls journeyed on to the next existance, and magic resided,

Fisterra was believed to be the gateway where the living and dead worlds met, and Celtic druids performed rites for souls embarking on their final journey to the afterlife.

Ancient peoples saw Cape Fisterra as the literal western edge of the world where the sun set (died) into the ocean. They built an altar, the Ara Solis, to honor the sun god, performing rituals and making offerings.

The Camino Finisterre beautifully merges older pagan beliefs about the natural world and the afterlife with Christian narratives, making the "end of the world" a powerful, symbolic place for spiritual closure and renewal.

The only camino to start in santiago and ginish at the end of it all. So i will travel towards the altlantic , towards the setting sun. To cleanse the soul and shed the last scales of my old self.

Im not finished in my journey. So i am going to continue walking west.

To the end of the world to watch the sun die and be reborn.

19/12/2025

When you reach Santiago the emotion is core deep. After the rush we sat and watched other pilgrims arrive.
We wandered around and prepare for the pilgrim mass in the catherdeal.
The church is full of weary travellers and is awash with smiles, tears, joy and the clink of shells.
We crowd in and the insesnce burns and we unanimously cry at feelings that compound with the number of people who all share the same aura.
There are 117 nations represented and we all chant the responses in our own tounge. A throng of belief and spirituality of all denominations is a sound that scours the soul. All pilgrims greet and hug each other in joint unity and solidarity when we come to the sharing of palms.
Im not religious, but i felt the energy and presence of something bigger than i can describe.

19/12/2025

I never needed a camino. Never wanted to walk one. And yet suddenly the camino came to me when i didnt even know i needed it.
It started in most perculiar way. And looking back it seems fated.
A return to france because of illness.
The meeting of two german guys.
The telling of a story over a bottle of wine.
And an invitation from strangers.
An unwanted journey that started with a bet.
And suddely i was on my feet, walking across the width of spain towards a destination that over the weeks would alter me in the most unbelievable way.

I had heard stories but never believed the camino could change a person. Its just a walk through spainish paths and trails.
People walk to find answers in life or ponder questions. Or to reconcile turmoil or trauma.
I thought i wanted an advanture. And when the opportunity arose i thought..."why not", not for a second believing i needed a camino, or it would change me.

I was wrong on both points.
I was cleansed in a way that only other pilgrims can understand.

Small things become huge.
Time gets counted in distance and achievements.
Friendships are intence and vivid knowing they are fleeting and rare.
Emotions become enganced and thoughts fever the brain.
Food is a reward and even the sweetness of a simple cheese roll becomes nectar.

The camino came into my life and found me when I was my most broken, physically and mentally, and healed me in ways i never knew.
I thought I was walking for others. But I ended walking only for me.

Stolen words from another pilgrim:
I didnt move along 'the way', the way moved through me"
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And now im here I struggle at the thought of returning to a 'home' i feel dosent fit me any more.
So i will rest and then...

19/12/2025

The last sea shell...

Aside from the yellow arrow the Santiago shell is the most iconic symbol of the camino.
The Camino de Santiago shell is a scallop, often painted with a red cross, that pilgrims wear on their backpacks to symbolize their status as pilgrims and a sign if protection and faith.
The shell’s lines represent the many different Camino routes across Europe, all converging at Santiago de Compostela.
It acts as a metaphor for unity, direction, and shared purpose, though interpretations about its orientation may vary. In Asturias, for example, the longest line on the shell is believed to point towards Santiago. While some follow this idea, most take the shell simply as a symbol of being on the right path and a sign of hope in dark times. It reminds us of our journey.

This symbolism links closely to the Camino’s westward direction, ending at Fisterra — once believed to be the end of the world. There, many pilgrims watch the sun set over the Atlantic, marking a symbolic close to their journey.

My next adventure....

18/12/2025

SANTIAGO!!!!!!

I LOATHE AND LOVE YOU.

I AM HERE!!!

17/12/2025

At 6.30 we woke.
Packed Mica for the final time.
Made my bed.
And hand in hand we walked the final 3km into Santiago.

17/12/2025

10km from Santiago.
A mile stone that like the Santander milestone so many days ago lays heavy around my heart but for polar opposite reasons.
One was a beacon of journey to come. One a weight of journey almost completed.

16/12/2025

My feet were heavy the last day. I was not prepared for the end. Over the last month i have had one goal. Get to Santiago. And all the joy, pain, emotional strength, injury and growth to get here have surprised everyone.

Myself most of all.

The stories along the way are of slowing down and letting go. The repeated phrase of "the camino provides" for your physical and spiritual enrichment. I thought this was hogs wash. At yet, 20km to go...and im dragging me feet, not wanting this experience to end.
So together my mum and i decided that is what we shall do.
Drag it out for one extra day.
There is an Albergue 3km outside Santiago called 'Fin de Camino'.
We will stop there.
And rather than march into the city in the evening. We will have one final pilgrim meal together and walk together in the morning. Spend the day in the city and then say goodbye.
Tears well up as i write.
Even now.

I have been alrered, and need time to decompress.
For someone who did not want to start this journey...

I now can not bear for it to end.

Song
Passenger. old as the sea.

13/12/2025

ARCA.
The last stop.
I cannot express my feelings. The disbelief, completion, journey, experience...
So i will post pretty pictures of the walking section instead while i gather my thoughts.

12/12/2025

You can complete the camino on foot, by bike, or on horseback.
All three modes have different routes. But as we converge on Santiago so do the routes. I met people on horses amongst the walkers.
And I wasnt even surprised to meet some hobbits on the way to "Mordor"! We got a pint each... and talked of Sauron.

11/12/2025

Ever closer.
Azura is a beautifu town but very obvious it caters predominantly to pilgrims. Talking to the locals, they seem to love and hate this association.
The quietness of the camino norte is truely gone and we are a mass of pelegrinos on a conveyor belt towards the city.
It does seem that there are more pilgrims who are only completing the last 100km making it busier.
Also harder to meet up with the tribe I started my journey with 800km ago. But new people are joining and i met the adorable Ursula. An Argentinian who lives in Barcelona. We bonded over washing machines and took her to dinner eith us. Two germans, a scot' and an argentinian...the beginning of a interesting evening...or a bad pun.

10/12/2025

Leaving Sobrado, the next section takes 22km to Arzúa.
Arzúa is the intersection where the camino Frances and Norte converge and become one route for the last 50km, or two days, into Santiago. It becomes cluttered and busy and the quiet of the norte becomes like a highway. It is a shock after weeks in relative solitude. But it prepares you and steadies you for the return to the overcrowded paths and congestion of 100s of people walking into Santiago.
Later we join a Scottish pilgrim called stuart who is a hoot and on crutches but determined to complete the last two days as he started in Irun like me. There are some crazies on this path and i seem to have met to most colourful charecters and cherished them all.

Im beginnjng to become internally somber.
The joyrneys end is looming and it has effected me in ways i cant not express, either verbally or emotionally. I enjoy the last day in relative silence, listening to music. Even my play list seems to know that the mood has changed and provides instrumentals to soothe the soul.

Song: Andrea Vanzo Amèlie

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