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"I would walk 500 Miles"
My gut feel was always the Frances so maybe another time for the Portugues. It's not so much hating hiking and more hating going up steep inclines. If I can manage to do 25-30km a day I'll do the whole route. It just sounds a big ask to do that every day but I suppose your weight should go down...- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
Thanks.- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
Thanks. My naive desire for Portugues was not based on distance, it was based on seeing Lisbon for the first time as I'd only been to Algarve and secondly drinking real port on location in Porto ;) All that may be another trip at another time.- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
Thank you. Sage advice. I've pretty much binned the idea of Lisbon to Porto (based on a combination of advice here and gut feel) and am re-hooked on to Camino Frances. My previous experience on Everest Base Camp trek showed me that I'm capable of walking 10 hr days (in 2017 anyway) which tbh I...- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
Exactly. That's why I've always played golf and got my hiking done ;) Every round is unique, and so is being on a mission with every day rewards and experiences which is my motivation for this adventure.- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
Sorry, maybe I didn't communicate that the "cheating" I meant was starting closer to Santiago (eg Burgos) and that was in jest, not as literal as you have "clearly" taken it ;) As for hating hiking, my experiences on EBC & Kili were 85% hard work uphill torture and 15% enjoyable. So to expand...- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
Thx. I can maybe exit through Lisbon as there's bound to be a train or plane from Santiago. Your experience is what my gut feel is, a long walk talking to yourself ;) I'll re-look at the Frances.- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
Hi Anamiri. I've never been to Lisbon before so that's the attraction on starting there, otherwise I'd immediately go for the traditional Frances route. Starting further up the Frances is an option but feels like cheating. As for EBC it was only 11 days albeit mostly an uphill battle and I...- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
It feels like cheating or queue skipping to advance the start on the Frances ;) So you did Lisbon-Porto last year? Assuming I can do the 30km + stages, what are the problems if the traffic is lighter up to Porto? Is there a severe lack of accommodation? Is it super expensive? I've never been to...- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
Thanks. I can see that from the quality of information generally available but I was hoping that it would be easier to get accommodation than the busy Frances route? There are also some chunky 30km + days in the Lisbon-Porto route so if there's no options to have an impromptu short day, then...- Cooper1991
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"I would walk 500 Miles"
Hello, My name is George and I'm delighted to know that there's tons of friendly people happy to share information and there's a family atmosphere as we have something in common. I'd love to start on the Frances but 40 days or more is slightly too much time, so I'm thinking about the Portugues...- Cooper1991
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