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El Camino del Norte is the pilgrim's route along the northern coast of Spain to reach Santiago de Compostela whose cathedral was built on the site where St James' body was buried after he was martyred in Jerusalem in 44 AD. His remains lay unmarked and unknown for eight centuries until a miraculous light led a shepherd to discover them. The cathedral was built over the spot where the bones were found, and it became the destination to reach for pilgrims in the medieval era. But the way to Santiago de Compostela was fraught with danger for those pilgrims with the notoriously bad weather in the Pyrénées, warring kingdoms in the north, civil war and the ever-present danger of invasion from the Muslim Moors who controlled the southern half of the Iberian Peninsula, hence the route along the coast to be furthest away from the danger from the Moors. This is a long distance walk through the countryside, culture and history of the area from San Sebastian in the Basque country in the Pyrénées to Santiago de Compostela and for good measure also exploring El Camino Ingles from Ferrol, a total journey of over 920 kilometres. That was the plan but could I complete it?

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