Congratulations David! Well done! It has been a pleasure following you from Salamanca. I will put all your postings in a Word document so I easily can read them day by day when I will walk same way in April.
Friday 29 November 2024, Pontevea - Santiago de Compostela.
Today I walked into Santiago de Compostela.
I started the day with a very nice breakfast buffet where I was staying and then headed out into the pre-dawn light. Overnight, the...
Thursday 28 November 2024, Codeseda - Pontevea
Today was a nice, pleasant day. Not especially long. Not especially dramatic. Nice scenery, nice weather, nice pace.
I started a bit later this morning, a bit after 8. First stop was O Panadeiro...
Wednesday 27 November 2024, Beariz - Codeseda
Today was a tougher day than I expected. Not as tough as the day after Castro Laboreiro, but after that, I thought today would be no problem. It was still a challenge. The biggest challenge of this...
Sunday 24 November 2024, Cortegada - Ribadavia
Today was a much shorter and easier day. Yesterday, I walked from about 7 am to about 5 pm (although I changed time zones, so it was really only about 9 hours). Today I walked from just after 8 to...
Friday 22 November 2024, Lobios - Castro Laboreiro
I'm back in Portugal for my last night here. It wasn't an especially long day today, but there was a fair amount of climbing. 838m of vertical ascent, according to my tracking app. And that...
Thursday 21 November, Campo do Gerês to Lobios.
Today wasn't an extra short day, nor an extra long one. At just over 25.5 km, it took just over 7 hours duration (about 6.5 hours walking). Add an extra hour to the finish time because I am back...
Wednesday 20 November 2024, Caldelas - Campo do Gerês.
I got a little bit of a later start than intended today, partly because it just took me longer to get ready and partly because as soon as I was out the door I realized it was lightly...
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