June 17 Day 05 to A Fonsagrada

Woke up to a beautiful clear sky above the clouds after a night of partying with other pilgrims.

Yesterday‘s trek I purposely went an extra 5 km to La Mesa to make today’s track a little bit shorter. Typically pilgrims will go from Berducedo which was 5 km back to a town called Castro for a total of 25 km but the hostel at Castro was closed and there’s only one there so the only other option is to go 16 km which is too short for me, or go another 40 km, which is probably my limit right now. So I chose to go to 40 km and it just happens to be the hottest day of my trek so far at 28°, it’s a good thing I work out in a 32° hot yoga sauna so I was kind of prepared for it 🤷😂

Most start at around 8 AM after a 7:30 breakfast of some sort. After passing everyone within the first 15 minutes, I didn’t run into anyone at all for about four hours. It was a good uninterrupted time to listen to the book Mariam suggest I read. Then I met Rachel who was from Victoria the living in Australia and we had a good chat for about a half an hour.

Other than that, not much else happened today aside from getting to my hostel at 5 PM bit of a long day (9 hrs) but worth it.

Some of you might be curious on how many calories and steps I’m walking a day so here’s a little recap of the first few days:

Day 01: 28.3km, 1400 cal, 34,500 steps

Day 02: 33.0km, 2100 cal, 40,300 steps

Day 03: 26.2km, 1500 cal, 32,100 steps

Day 04: 33.8km, 2500 cal, 43,200 steps

Day 05: 42.1km, 2900 cal, 55,500 steps

Here are some pictures of the types of paths that this portion of the Camino has to offer.

Comments

  1. DeenaJune 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM

    I'm really enjoying the daily updates...such a special journey and I'm so glad you are sharing it with us.

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  2. AnonymousJune 18, 2025 at 7:29 AM

    So glad to hear you’re enjoying the trip. It was great talking to you and we’re both enjoying the daily blog. Stay safe.

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