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    Shoe advice

    Good luck with your Merrells. I bought a pair a few years back, when I was still taking hiking shoes along (for town use and as a back-up to my Source walking sandals). But I have never taken them to Spain and am still using them about Hermanus, SA . My preference now is for a pair of Source...
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    Please read very important question

    I walked the Portuguese Camino from Porto in 2013, crossing from Valena in Portugal to Tui in Spain, which is the closest starting point on the 'inland' route as you say. John Brierley's 2016 Guidebook on the Camino Portuguese (ISBN 978-1-84409-681-7) is the first one that I have seen that has...
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    Shoe advice

    I agree that in the warmer months either running shoes or sandals are best. Personally I prefer sandals and have used them (usually with thick hiking socks) for the last 5 years after suffering from bad blisters in my first year of walking, through using a shoe 1/2 size larger than I usually...
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    Shoe advice

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    Please read very important question

    I have walked the Portuguese, twice starting in Porto both times, in 2013 taking the metro to Vila do Conde on the coast before turning inland and proceeding along the central route (through Valenca/Tui) to Santiago, and and last year I took the metro a bit further, to the end of the line at...
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