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Post-VdlP and I'm thinking forwards to the next Spanish pilgrimage, your overview could not have appeared at a more appropriate moment.
Many thanks with gratitude!!
And finally I'm in Seville - with a heat-shimmering 40c today. I've now bumped departure out to Tuesday under the guise of seeing more of this beautiful city.... hmmm.... Who am I kidding???
Hi Jon,
It's eleven years since I did the CF and two since the CP on to Finisterre, but my distinct recollection was how joyous it was to be on a 'soft' path which bore a more comfortable resemblance to the CF as opposed to the cobblestones before the Minho.
I really couldn't hazard a...
Hi Jon,
Yes, there are millions of cobblestones and they are unforgiving, but so are many footsteps through an ordinary day at home. They will be balanced with lovely people, gorgeous countryside and a known reprieve on softer dirt from SdC to Finisterre. Live in the moment and enjoy your...
I will be leaving Porto late May and speak no Portuguese or Spanish (except to ask for red wine) - non-verbal communication with universal gesture is my only hope. It got me by on the CF in 2005 so here's hoping again...
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