"I ended my engagement and booked a spontaneous trip to walk a 500 mile pilgrimage"

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A woman ended her nine-month engagement and booked a spontaneous flight to walk a 500-mile pilgrimage in her Crocs - to 'find herself'.   Kayleigh Castle, 36, and her ex got engaged after just five weeks together but she decided to end their relationship on Boxing Day 2024 after realising 'marriage wasn't for her'.  After watching a video on TikTok, she spontaneously booked a plane ticket to Porto, Portugal, to walk the Camino de Santiago - a network of pilgrimage routes leading to a cathedral in Spain.  Kayleigh spent five weeks in Portugal walking through the historic route in her white Crocs before arriving back in the UK on February 13, 2025.

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00:00Oh no. Oh no. I fucked up. I haven't even got on the plane yet and I fucked up.

00:06I've massively overpacked. I've only walked through the airport

00:10and the bag is so heavy and I have two bags and I'm supposed to walk in 220 kilometres.

00:17I don't know what to do.

00:20Look at the size of it. Look at the size of it. How have I managed this? I saw the people doing

00:26it on TikTok and I thought yeah I can do that. I could pack lightly. No I can't.

00:37What do I do? I don't know what to take out. I've already reduced.

00:46I'm gonna have to, I'm gonna have to throw some stuff away.

00:49They're ridiculously heavy. I bet I'm carrying 20 kilograms. I must be. Maybe when I get to

00:53Portugal I can buy a trolley and I can pull my stuff with me or hire a donkey. Seriously what

01:00am I gonna do? Right I've put, I've taken some stuff out. Trainers seem essential but they're

01:04gonna have to go. I'm just gonna do it in my Crocs. Pyjamas gonna have to go. Summer dress

01:10is gonna have to go. All the clothes I have in there right. Clothes need that. Towel need. Socks

01:16and knickers need that. Tampons essential. Compeed essential. Tissues essential. DP. I have a bad back.

01:25These feel essential because what if I have to poo outside? Like I have no idea what I'm getting

01:30myself into. They feel quite heavy. They're gonna have to go. All right. I need my vitamins. I need my

01:36painkillers. I need my salt. Celtic salt. These are gonna have to go and I'll, I'll just buy them when

01:42I get there. I'm sat on the bathroom floor. What am I gonna do? It's too heavy. If I take these trousers off

01:53and put the other trousers on that should be easier. Oh dear.

01:57Right here with today's date and here at the end of your camino to indicate you have finished and completed this.

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