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Don't be too hard on yourself! Have you already booked accomodation? If not, there are enough options to do shorter stages from Porto. You could book the first few nights closer together and then just walk what you can each day and see how it pans out. If you're prepared to be flexible, there...
Forgive me for saying so, and perhaps it's not relevant to the discussion, but that particular place is a hipster, craft beer pub for tourists, with prices to match.. not really typical of spanish bar culture and not a place where you'd expect to find many locals drinking. Just saying..
I've...
Aha, a little research and head scratching, and now I see that it's the Kittiwake and was indeed one of those moored for many years in Dunlaoghaire harbour. 'Coninbeg' written on the side of one of those lightships refered to the Coningbeg rock, off the Wexford coast where there was no permanent...
Beautiful old vessel.. it looks like the 'Albatross', a lightship that was moored together with the 'Coningbeg' two miles away in Dun Laoghaire harbour, throughout my childhood. I would listen to the foghorns at night lying in bed, echoing across the bay..
Nice childhood memories, safely tucked...
What better way to honour Saint Patrick than to climb The Reek. Yesterday morning the tools were dumped out of the van and replaced with sleeping bags, tent, stove, pots, pans and food and drink provisions for a couple of days. We set off down the west, my son and I, where we spent the night on...
Yes absolutely, the hospi's morning routine can wait while you relax in bed. How selfish of them to expect you to get up just so they can clean the place up after you.
And that too.. of course you should be allowed to blast the countryside with the music of your choice, it's YOUR camino after...
Many of the those who leave such scathing reviews, seem to do so consistently, whether it be albergues or hotels, restaurants or bars. It really says more about them than the establishment they're criticising. A common trait amongst the entitled ones who feel the world, or in this case the...
That's the experience for most, thankfully. While many of us lament the handwritten process, less time spent concentrating on writing etc, means less stress and allows more time for a relaxed interaction. A little less frustration and drama is no bad thing!
I don't think that's the case at...
It was too nice a day to work, so I took off with a friend across the Dublin Mountains to Enniskerry, we covered about 23km. I've trodden the same path so many times, it's almost routine, but my friend who's new to it, was enthralled and has now decided she wants to get a tent and come back and...
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