Just chiming in to say the flowers on the Fisherman's Trail really blew me away. The pink sea thrift, ice plants, poppies, and the scent of gum rockrose (source of labdanum use in perfumery) for nearly the entire trail. We went in May, 2022...
Once we started walking it, as we got out of the Vigo town limits, it was very well marked.
But the bike portion we mostly used the route we mapped on Strava, and only intermittently were on the main Camino path marked by yellow arrows...
Sure thing! My raincoat is the old REI Stormbolt GTX coat that is no longer made, but they have similar ones for sale still. It's a few years old and has been my companion on all my backpacking trips and never failed me. My rain pants are the...
Useful: a town outfit separate from hiking biking outfit, and separate from sleeping clothes
Useless: laundry detergent. The laundromats we used all included detergent already.
Surprised that I used: headlamp. Got stuck biking in the dark one...
Hi all! First time, just wanted to post about my recent Camino experience doing a hybrid trip with biking AND walking. Essentially had a limited amount of time off from work, and wanted to do the entire Camino Portuguese from Porto to Santiago...
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