Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra chorus master and Campbell Town resident June Tyzack heard the choir and was inspired to travel to Spain to complete the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage.

Along with friend Christine Davidson, of Bridport, Mrs Tyzack completed a pilgrimage from the French side of the Pyrenees Mountains to Cape Finisterre, near Santiago in the north- west of Spain - also known as the End of the Earth.

Mrs Tyzack said about 250,000 people were expected to walk the pilgrim route this year because it was considered a holy year.

She said the pilgrimage was based on St James's Day on July 25.

The saint's body is said to have come over on a boat to Cape Finisterre, where the beach is covered in scallop shells - the symbol of the pilgrimage.

"I wanted to hear the music, because so many people have walked it from different places on the globe, they've brought with them their music, culture and language, and it's all been a melting pot in Santiago so the music is very different from anywhere else in the world," Mrs Tyzack said.

The pair walked 900 kilometres to reach their destination, venturing through varied paths and taking unplanned detours (getting lost) along the way.

"Because pilgrims have walked it since the 11th Century, places are all pilgrim-oriented," Mrs Tyzack said.

"Because you're walking, the countryside stayed with you a lot longer. There would be a mountain range covered in snow and you would have it for a week.

"It was beautiful to have the contrast from the mountainous bits to the flat areas, to lots of villages, to no villages."

Walking alongside 15,000 other pilgrims, Mrs Tyzack and Mrs Davidson met people from all over the world.

She said her life was balanced between sleeping, eating and exercise during the walk.

"It makes you realise how complicated you can make your life," she said.

When the women reached Santiago, they received a certificate and attended a church service for pilgrims.

"They read out the number of pilgrims that had walked from whatever country and they said two (had walked) from Tasmania, not just Australia," Mrs Tyzack said.

She said the cathedral service was filled with hundreds of people, both pilgrims and Spaniards.

"The Spaniards were thanking the pilgrims for their sacrifice but it wasn't a sacrifice for us, it was just an absolute joy."