Well, there’s been a lot of thinking about this and how best to approach it. The bottom line is, there’s a lot of walking to do! There’s two of us. How can we maximize our goal of helping the children of Nepal not only to rebuild what they had in terms of schooling but to provide a better standard of education?
One of the great ideas we came up with was to share this challenge to anyone and everyone. We know that not everyone is able to simply take two months out of their lives to come and walk the Camino with us but what we hope is that with enough invitations, friends, family and complete strangers will look at our itinerary and pick one part of it to join us in raising money to ease the plight of these children.
How’s this going to work? We don’t exactly know at the moment but if you’re interested, contact us and we’ll work it out.
Our first major step is a rough itinerary to set a framework on which will hang the details of the journey. The aim will be to arrive in Santiago de Compostela in time for the festival on 25th July 2016. This will be an incredible international affair and a fitting end to our challenge. With this in mind we’ve worked backwards to a starting date of 6th June 2016.
The hope is that this will give us some flexibility to shorten or lengthen to overall walk without missing the finish event.
Below are the details so far. They are not final and will probably be changed slightly as our next phase of planning begins. This will entail fine tuning each day’s walking to ensure all the appropriate towns are reached and there is ample wine and accommodation available at the end of the day.
| Date | Day | Distance in Km | Distance in Miles | Total Km | Total Miles | Locations |
| 06/06/2016 | 1 | 24 | 14.9 | 24.0 | 14.9 | St Jean to Roncesvalles |
| 07/06/2016 | 2 | 14.9 | 9.2 | 38.9 | 24.1 | Roncesvalles to Lintzoain |
| 08/06/2016 | 3 | 17.6 | 10.9 | 56.5 | 35.0 | Lintzoain to Larrasoana |
| 09/06/2016 | 4 | 16.5 | 10.2 | 73.0 | 45.3 | Larrasoana to Pamplona |
| 10/06/2016 | 5 | 18 | 11.2 | 91.0 | 56.4 | Pamplona to Legarda |
| 11/06/2016 | 6 | 5.7 | 3.5 | 96.7 | 60.0 | Legarda to Puente la Reina |
| 12/06/2016 | 7 | 21.7 | 13.5 | 118.4 | 73.4 | Puente la Reina to Estella |
| 13/06/2016 | 8 | 19.4 | 12.0 | 137.8 | 85.4 | Estella to Los Arcos |
| 14/06/2016 | 9 | 18.1 | 11.2 | 155.9 | 96.7 | Los Arcos to Viana |
| 15/06/2016 | 10 | 12 | 7.4 | 167.9 | 104.1 | Viana to Logrono |
| 16/06/2016 | 11 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 179.0 | 111.0 | Logrono to Navarrete |
| 17/06/2016 | 12 | 15.7 | 9.7 | 194.7 | 120.7 | Navarrete to Najera |
| 18/06/2016 | 13 | 20.1 | 12.5 | 214.8 | 133.2 | Najera to Santo Domingo de la Calzada |
| 19/06/2016 | 14 | 10.7 | 6.6 | 225.5 | 139.8 | Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Redecilla del Camino |
| 20/06/2016 | 15 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 236.6 | 146.7 | Redecilla del Camino to Belorado |
| 21/06/2016 | 16 | 11.1 | 6.9 | 247.7 | 153.6 | Belorado to Villafranca de Montes de Oca |
| 22/06/2016 | 17 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 260.2 | 161.3 | Villafranca de Montes de Oca to San Juan de Ortega |
| 23/06/2016 | 18 | 23.1 | 14.3 | 283.3 | 175.6 | San Juan de Ortega to Burgos |
| 24/06/2016 | 19 | 20.8 | 12.9 | 304.1 | 188.5 | Burgos to Hornillos |
| 25/06/2016 | 20 | 11.8 | 7.3 | 315.9 | 195.9 | Hornillos to Hontanas |
| 26/06/2016 | 21 | 9.2 | 5.7 | 325.1 | 201.6 | Hontanas to Castrogeriz |
| 27/06/2016 | 22 | 23.9 | 14.8 | 349.0 | 216.4 | Castrogeriz to Fromista |
| 28/06/2016 | 23 | 18.9 | 11.7 | 367.9 | 228.1 | Fromista to Carrion de los Condes |
| 29/06/2016 | 24 | 17.1 | 10.6 | 385.0 | 238.7 | Carrion de los Condes to Calzadilla de la Cueza |
| 30/06/2016 | 25 | 20.7 | 12.8 | 405.7 | 251.5 | Calzadilla de la Cueza to Sahagun |
| 01/07/2016 | 26 | 18 | 11.2 | 423.7 | 262.7 | Sahagun to El Burgos Raneros |
| 02/07/2016 | 27 | 18.7 | 11.6 | 442.4 | 274.3 | El Burgo Ranero to Mansilla de las Mulas |
| 03/07/2016 | 28 | 18 | 11.2 | 460.4 | 285.4 | Mansilla de las Mulas to Leon |
| 04/07/2016 | 29 | 21.8 | 13.5 | 482.2 | 299.0 | Leon to Villar de Mazarife |
| 05/07/2016 | 30 | 14.1 | 8.7 | 496.3 | 307.7 | Villar de Mazarife to Hospital de Orbigo |
| 06/07/2016 | 31 | 15.3 | 9.5 | 511.6 | 317.2 | Hospital de Orbigo to Astorga |
| 07/07/2016 | 32 | 20.2 | 12.5 | 531.8 | 329.7 | Astorga to Rabanal del Camino |
| 08/07/2016 | 33 | 17.1 | 10.6 | 548.9 | 340.3 | Rabanal del Camino to El Acebo |
| 09/07/2016 | 34 | 15.6 | 9.7 | 564.5 | 350.0 | El Acebo to Ponferrada |
| 10/07/2016 | 35 | 23.3 | 14.4 | 587.8 | 364.4 | Ponferrada to Villafranca del Bierzo |
| 11/07/2016 | 36 | 16.1 | 10.0 | 603.9 | 374.4 | Villafranca del Bierzo to Vega de Valcarce |
| 12/07/2016 | 37 | 12.4 | 7.7 | 616.3 | 382.1 | Vega de Valcarce to O Cebreiro |
| 13/07/2016 | 38 | 20.3 | 12.6 | 636.6 | 394.7 | Cebreiro to Triacastela |
| 14/07/2016 | 39 | 21.8 | 13.5 | 658.4 | 408.2 | Triacastela to Sarria (Route 2) |
| 15/07/2016 | 40 | 23.7 | 14.7 | 682.1 | 422.9 | Sarria to Portomarin |
| 16/07/2016 | 41 | 24.7 | 15.3 | 706.8 | 438.2 | Portomarin to Palas de Rei |
| 17/07/2016 | 42 | 15.5 | 9.6 | 722.3 | 447.8 | Palas de Rei to Melide |
| 18/07/2016 | 43 | 13.9 | 8.6 | 736.2 | 456.4 | Melide to Arzua |
| 19/07/2016 | 44 | 20.2 | 12.5 | 756.4 | 469.0 | Arzua to Arca |
| 20/07/2016 | 45 | 17.9 | 11.1 | 774.3 | 480.1 | Arca to Santiago de Compostela |