Camino de Santiago Virtual Challenge April 2024

And I'm off!  Again!  Virtually!  Twenty-eight plus hours by air virtually got me from eastern Australia to France to start my next conqueror challenge.  The Camino de Santiago is one of the original challenges and has seen close to 85,000 conquerors from all over the world take on this trek virtually.  No doubt many have completed the Camino in reality.  The route is 774 kms in distance.  I was not wanting to do another longer challenge but this one feels like a good fit right now.  This route is long enough so the plan is to virtually still be covering Camino distance while I am actually hiking in Austria in June. 

This is the route the challenge takes.  It starts in France and crosses over into Spain.  The closest I have been to Saint Jean Pied de Port in France is when I was in Figueres Spain back in 2022 which is a five hour and forty minute drive away. 

This is a close up of the route showing my marker at 16.8 kms along the way.  I received my race bid and my number is 84941, this is a popular challenge.

This is the photo I am using for my marker.  

It is from one of the walks I did along the Mediterranean while in Spain. 

at the start of the Camino de Santiago

first postcard that popped into my mailbox and I am sending off to you

A mere 16.8 kms into the challenge and this is the virtual view!  Oh WOW!