. Camino Cycle 2006 . Cockle shell

The Route

The route covers approximately 500 miles (800 kilometres) from St John Pied De Port in France to Santiago De Compostella, in Northwest Spain. The map shows each overnight stop with details and links in the table below.

The details of each day's journey are set out beloow.

Prologue

Day Date Start Finish

Estimated Distance km

(miles)

Actual Distance

km (miles)

Day 1 Wed 20 September 2006 St John Pied de Port Pamplona 65 (41) 82 (51)
Day 2 Thur 21 September 2006 Pamplona Logrono 100 (65) 92 (61)
Day 3 Fri 22 September 2006 Logrono Burgos 95 (59) 130 (81)
Day 4 Sat 23 September 2006 Burgos Carrion De Les Condos 83 (52) 96 (60)
Day 5 Sun 24 September 2006 Carrion De Les Condos Leon 95 (59) 102 (63)
Rest Mon 25 September 2006    
Day 6 Tue 26 September 2006 Leon Ponferrada 105 (66) 103 (64)
Day 7 Wed 27 September 2006 Ponferradaa Sarria 80 (50) 108 (67.3)
Day 8 Thur 28 September 2006 Sarria Santiago De Compostella 127 (79) 118 (73.7)

Santiago Day

The Actual diary of the journey is available with pictures, in the diary section or by clicking the day page link above.

 

Camino Curio

The Credencial

The "credencial" is the official passport for pilgrims who are officially completing the pilgrimage. They are obtained from the office of the Society of St James in St John Pied de Port. Most churches and many other locations along the route have official stamps and the pilgrims collect the stamps twice a day as proof the they have completd the route.

The absolute minimum requirement is to have done all of the last segment of about 100 miles. The completed pasport is used to obtain a pilgrim's certificate in Santiago.