Camino Primitivo: Day Three

07 October 2025 Denise Ketcham 1 Comment

Day 3, the day your body says ‘Hey!’

Leaving Salas and headed straight into a steep climb. The orange and yellow skeleton on the hillside is a pretty cool highway bridge.

Day 3 is always one of the worst Camino days, when your body questions what was wrong with having a vacation at the beach. We had a hard time getting going. Tristan’s entire body was sore and we made very slow progress until about 1:30 when we were forced to start booking it.

Cool light effects on some ferns inside the ruins of a stone building in the early morning.

High pasture land after we finished the climb.

Santiago 250km but coffee, food and beds 500m. Unfortunately, not our destination for the day.

We did finally arrive at our destination of Tineo. This had looked like a easy day but really kicked our butts, so Tristan will be shipping his backpack for a day or two to give his sore shoulder a rest.

We met a very nice German woman when we stopped for a beer. She is walking the high pass of Los Hospitales on Wednesday using the same route and accommodations as us. She assures us it’s not that hard! I hope she is right.

1 COMMENT

Tracy Chugani | 7th Oct 25

Aww! You guys got this. Go Tristan! Hang in there Denise!
Wish we were there.

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