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Day 6: Before Oia to Baiona
Mostly loved the walk from before Oia to Baiona: apart from a few stretches along the highway and the last relatively uninspiring bit through the residential outskirts of Baiona the views were beautiful, taking us from our gorgeous hideaway of the night before along...
Day 5: Caminha to Oia (almost)
¡Viva Espana! First day in Spain, first day without getting rained on. Coincidence? Probably. But nevertheless after a damp few days in Portugal I was grateful today to give my trusty poncho a break and embrace the Spanish sunshine! We stayed last night in Caminha...
Day 4: Viana do Castelo to Caminha
Lots of pilgrims visible at the train station this morning, including a couple we spoke to who were giving up on the remainder of their planned pilgrimage and concocting a new itinerary with the hope of warmer weather.
After another cold and showery start...
Day 3: Esposende to Viana do Castelo
Brighter weather and with it a much brighter mood for me 🙌
We left Esposende around 9am, a later start than previous days but strategically timed to avoid the morning showers. We had a bit of drizzle while plodding out of town and the ponchos remained to...
Day 2: Vila do Conde to Esposende
Weird one today! Set off early with the hope of avoiding the rain forecast for later in the day, heading out of Vila do Conde with more lovely beaches to our left and making it to Aguçadoura not long after 10am. No toilets or water fountains that we saw...
Thanks everyone for all your kindness and good wishes on the intro thread I posted a couple of days back! As promised, here's a report from our journey so far...
Day 1: Matosinhos - Vila do Conde
We're here! After landing in Porto from Manchester last night, we hurtled through misty rain...
Thank you everyone for all the kind words and encouragement! We're looking forward to getting on our way.
More soon hopefully, and thanks again in the meantime. ❤️
Bag is packed, weather forecast looks like rain, but we've got our waterproofs at the ready!
My partner and I fly into Porto tomorrow evening, then we'll spend the night in Matosinhos and start from there on Wednesday.
Due to time restrictions we won't be going all the way to Santiago - we've...
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