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[QUOTE="yorkshirepilgrim, post: 498738, member: 49100"] Hello everyone ,i have been hiding away literally embarrassed at failing this journey,and think its only fair that i let you know what else happened. As per my previous posts i made the decision to call it a day ,which was the right thing for me,my knee was cut and badly bruised even "with" sticks it was too much and after took a few weeks to heal up . For financial reasons i decided to head back to my brothers in Valencia Spain before heading back home to the uk,but things didnt get any better on the trip to his. I got to oporto using the cheap portuguese trains and then my luck went downhill again,first i found a coach station and the only affordable way i could get to valencia was by coach via Madrid so i found the coach station and booked a ticket ,the first available was the next morning,so i went into the city to find the cheapest bed i could but those i could afford were full ,even the bomberos had no room so i had to spend a cold wet night on the streets eventually finding a bus shelter to sit down in and rest,i couldnt sleep to be honest i was too scared . The next morning i got on the coach to madrid which took about 8 or 9 hours ,it was about 8.30pm when i got there at least the coach was warm and comfortable.At madrid coach station i then had to quickly get a coach to Valencia which left about 9 oclock and was due to arrive at 1 am .To avoid my brother having to come out and pick me up at silly oclock in the morning i got him to find me an hostal that was open 24hrs ,which he did and the advertised price was 11 euros which i could just manage,Needlesss to say i slept most of the journey waking about 1 am no sign of valencia it was thick fog and the coach was delayed,finally arriving at about 2.30am i set about trying to find the hostal,now i'm quite familiar with Valencia but only in the daytime and at 2.30am in the dark and fog its a totally different place nothing looked familiar, It took me another hour to find the place .But it didnt end there they wanted 15 euros ,maybe its because im a yorkshire man but i wasnt prepared to pay that just for a few hours sleep, The train to my brothers town started running at 05.50 so once again the streets became my home ,i bumped into an american student on his way home from a night on the town who very kindly took me to a 24 hour bakers/cafe where we spent an hour or so before i finally got the metro to my brothers arriving just as he and the family were waking up. A few cups of coffee later i finally got to lay in a comfey bed not waking until 6pm.. It was an experience/adventure but not one i would like to repeat. Will i consider doing another camino YES But unlike when i did the camino Frances in 2015 when something inside was telling me it was something i had to do the Portuguese way obviously was not meant to be . [/QUOTE]
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