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  1. Margaret Spencer

    John Brierley Portugese 2017 Guide book

    You will have no trouble finding your way as it is well marked. You will learn to spot an arrow at 100 paces. They are everywhere, on posts, on stones, on lamp posts. Pay attention particularly in eucalyptus woodlands and relax. You are walking north. In and out of big cities can require care...
  2. Margaret Spencer

    John Brierley Portugese 2017 Guide book

    Straight over.
  3. Margaret Spencer

    In Lisbon very confusing

    Last year when I was in Lisbon there were workmen busy on that side of the cathedral but one helpful worker showed me the arrow and then walked me around to where I could rejoins the route. I got a little lost and headed down to the river and easily found my way to Parque Das Nacoes and on my...
  4. Margaret Spencer

    Advice re the Camino Portuguese

    I used the Brierley guide 2016 and found it more than adequate. It has since been updated and looks great. I followed as many of the mentioned alternative routes as possible and found some gems. I also researched before I left home and added some variations of my own.
  5. Margaret Spencer

    Advice re the Camino Portuguese

    Good choice. I walked this almost exactly a year ago having started in Lisbon. Getting out of Vigo was a bit of a trial but once on my way all went well. The waymarking is really clear so you will easily find your way. F rom Vigo to Redondela is a very pretty walk and also an interesting walk...
  6. Margaret Spencer

    Camino Portugues Road Walking

    There are roads to walk along. Not much in the way of "highway". The roads are generally country roads and almost always there is a little sandy track along side the Tarmac. The scariest bits of road I came across we're coming into Tomar and then again in Spain coming into and out of Vigo. Two...
  7. Margaret Spencer

    Camino Portugues

    As I had previously walked the Hadrian's Wall Path in the UK before embarking on my Camino I stayed a couple of days in Hotel Metropole on Rosalia Square. Very reasonable rates, comfortable if a little tired by maintaining the olde worlde theme but very pleasant. Central and within walking...
  8. Margaret Spencer

    Camino Portugues

    Actually do try to make the detour to Vila Nova de Cerveira. I unfortunately did not have the extra day that I would have required but I have rather regretted not being able to get there. I am not sure why there is so much negative opinion for the Portuguese route. Tarmac and roads? The road...
  9. Margaret Spencer

    Camino Portugues

    My best wishes to you Portuguese route walkers. I did this September last year and it is a wonderful route; it was fantastic. If you have time try to go to Fatima. I didn't as I was slower due to the heat at the time I was walking. I took the coastal route from Porto which is super. I swam in...
  10. Margaret Spencer

    John Brierley Portugese 2017 Guide book

    Mine doesn't but the route is easy to find as you leave Ponteverde. I was tempted to take it but I was running out of time. Member sfpotter too, this route and really, really enjoyed it and I also came across two young women who followed that route unintentionally and managed without any...
  11. Margaret Spencer

    John Brierley Portugese 2017 Guide book

    The book is a guide rather than a detailed trekking map. Read the text with the map. Some of the city maps are perhaps a bit vague but do in practice get you to where you want to go. When I was preparing I would imagine writing instructions for someone not a map reader as I walked along a...
  12. Margaret Spencer

    Secondary roads

    Absolutely must not miss the first walk out of Lisbon. Beautiful and interesting. This worry about busy roads is so over rated. There are roads and tarmac but always there is a little worn path running alongside. On the whole walk from Lisbon to Santiago there were only three short stretches...
  13. Margaret Spencer

    John Brierley Portugese 2017 Guide book

    Get it and read it thoroughly. I used the previous version for my pilgrimage 2016 Portuguese Lisbon to Santiago coastal route. There is/has been a lot of picky criticisms of the Brierley guides but they are great. I had almost memorised it before I started and found it far superior to another...
  14. Margaret Spencer

    Currently on Camino Portuguese share and advice?

    Congratulations! You started 17 June? You made good time! I would enjoy any details, highlights, lowlights, that you may like to share! Any tricky bits enroute? Any parts difficult to follow? Unexpected discoveries and joys? A new thread, a blog. I am now just 4weeks away from my departure...
  15. Margaret Spencer

    Transport along the way if it gets too darn hot!

    I have been preparing for the Portuguese route starting in Lisbon also anticipating high temperatures in August/Septemebr. Fortunately our summer was a record for high temperatures, many days in a row in the high 30's. I acted on all the hot weather advice, plenty of water, lightened my load...
  16. Margaret Spencer

    Currently on Camino Portuguese share and advice?

    Thanks Magwood. I have hung on every word of your blog. I have read it several times, indeed I still read it. It was what reassured me that the Portuguese route was real and not just a mis dreamed idea I have carried in my mind for many years even when nobody here knew what I was on about. I...
  17. Margaret Spencer

    Currently on Camino Portuguese share and advice?

    No, you will be right. You are there; I am sitting in dreary damp Auckland winter dreaming of my Camino! In training I have inadvertently walked a marathon twice by getting carried away with interesting diversions so hopefully I will manage 30+km when needed.
  18. Margaret Spencer

    Currently on Camino Portuguese share and advice?

    Hi Simeon, I will be following replies here with great interest as I am planning to start at then end of August. I have sketched in a plan to walk VillaFranca to Azambuja one day and the next leg being to Santarem. 20 and 25 km approximately respectively. Fatima and rest but then I am looking at...
  19. Margaret Spencer

    Weather in mid to late June from Porto to Santiago

    I agree with beiramat. September 2015 I watched the temperatures for September in preparation for my planned departure September 2016 and the temperatures were well into the high 20's and some days in the 30's even into autumn. Prepare for warm, warm, hot.
  20. Margaret Spencer

    Camino Portuguese starting from Porto

    Hi Not just a Granny from another Granny. I will be taking the coastal route from Porto planning to leave on 16 September. I will have completed the Lisbon to Porto section so I am shouting myself a few nights luxury prior to the last section. What is your timing?

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