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  1. Walton

    Starting in Gibraltar tomorrow

    Would like to follow but unable to find the button on the the of screen. Anyway, enjoy your pilgrimmage!
  2. Walton

    Starting from Lisbon — good or bad idea?

    Can I add another reason to the excellent list of Peregrina2000? By the time you reach Porto, your body will be absolutely Camino fit! Those first few days of walking any Camino are, I find, difficult because it takes the body a few days to adjust. You'll likely get a pain or two here and...
  3. Walton

    Central vs Coastal

    We did the coastal route in 2017 from Porto to Santiago. Having walked from Lisbon to Porto via the central route and seeing as we live a couple of hours drive hours away from the sea, we thought the coastal would be ideal for us from Porto. And it was. The only downside was that quite often...
  4. Walton

    My turn for a LIVE thread - starting from Lisbon

    We will be watching your progress Trecile. You seem to be walking an almost identical Camino that we did in 2017. We had dinner at the Alpriate sports club and that was interesting and enjoyable! Buen Camino Graham
  5. Walton

    Lisbon

    It's a theory of mine Renascer. There are other dear forum members here with vastly more experience than I. Their comments in regards to hiking on cobblestones are be very interesting and worth keeping in mind. Dave Bugg's most excellent posts about shoes (search the forum) are also very...
  6. Walton

    Lisbon

    Absolutely Ranascer I wore Asics gel walking shoes. These shoes have soft soles. I could feel the hardness of the cobblestones through the shoe soles. Now, that wouldn't normally be a problem, except that on a very hot day, the soles, through heat, become much softer and that, along with the...
  7. Walton

    Solo travel - Lisbon to Porto

    While in Lisbon, we left our backpacks in our accomodation and walked from the Se Cathedral to Oriente train and bus terminal. It was a pleasant walk and we enjoyed that part. We returned to Lisbon that afternoon and on the next morning returned to Oriente with backpacks and walked to Alpriate...
  8. Walton

    Solo travel - Lisbon to Porto

    Being big and heavily built henrythedog has visual and strength advantages which would most likely deter anyone who harbours ill intentions except for the brainless, and there are unfortunately, plenty of them. :) One does not have to be big or heavily built though as you would well know...
  9. Walton

    Solo travel - Lisbon to Porto

    I agree - there have been attacks on women walking from Lisbon to Porto and there are two precautions that you can take. The first one is to try to enrol in a women's self defence course near where you live. Don't leave it until the last minute to do this - do your research now maybe by...
  10. Walton

    Camino Portuguese is very nice, but...

    I suspect pilgrims who have tripped and fell on them, are given a wheelbarrow load of cobblestones, a shovel, sand, a rubber hammer and are required by law, to lay a square metre in order to repair the alleged damage caused by the fall. Either that, or they multiply at night while everyone is...
  11. Walton

    Camino Portuguese is very nice, but...

    Ah - Agreed, the first few days out of Lisbon are mostly just as you say - but for us, never having been to Portugal before (or even Europe, except for Paris and the Francis Camino, for that matter) (we live in the antipodes as they say - Australia) we were all eyes agog and enjoying the very...
  12. Walton

    Camino Portuguese is very nice, but...

    And you walked from Porto Alex! ... try walking all the way from Lisbon. :) They have real cobblestones there and by the time one arrives in Porto, cobblestones become, ah, so passe. The Portugeuse love their cobblestones - make no mistake about that! However, your words suggest that the...
  13. Walton

    Wildfire Season?

    The problem is that many countries including Portugal and Spain have invested in growing Eucalyptus trees for timber. Eucalyptus is mostly an Australian native type of tree and if you break a leaf and rub it between the palms of your hand, you will get a highly aromatic eucalyptus smell. In...
  14. Walton

    Lisbon

    The CP is very different to the CF. On the whole we enjoyed it - the people along the way were very welcoming - we had fruit trucks stopping and asking us to help ourselves to whatever fruit they were carrying. In one town, a gentleman stopped his car and gave us a package with a bottle of...
  15. Walton

    Camino Portugues from Lisbon

    We used the Wise Pilgrim guide and app for a lot of our research and planning. Other sources included the Internet, forums and so on. Our Itinerary (Cut and pasted from MS Word) Bear in mind that prices shown are 2017 prices. Quite a few places from Lisbon to Tomar were booked in adavance...
  16. Walton

    Starting from Lisbon — good or bad idea?

    We walked from Lisbon to SdC in 2017. Glad we did. Did Porto to SdC via the coast. Loved the boardwalks and route. Hated walking on the cobblestones but loved the cobblestone look. Each Camino has pro's and cons. By all means. do your research and listen to others but as always, you choose...
  17. Walton

    Big Bad Dog on CP just before Alverca do Ribatejo

    Oh well, that’s the dog fed for at least a week!
  18. Walton

    Big Bad Dog on CP just before Alverca do Ribatejo

    A timely reminder Suzanne. Thanks The dog may have been trying to tell you that you are riding the wrong way :) or maybe it just likes chasing moving things like bikes and cars. Maybe it has learned that if I chase bikes, the rider pedals really fast! There are some very good online links...
  19. Walton

    Forest fires in Portugal

    Agree Lucy. We walked the Portugeuse in 2017 from Lisbon through to SDC. Being Australian, I have to say that I've never seen such magnificent eucalyptus trees. They grow tall and straight and unlike here, there is no damage caused to them by insects or other predators. Eucalyptus trees are...
  20. Walton

    Forest fires in Portugal

    Wow! You have to see Global Forest Watch. That's scary. Can't help wondering how much all these fires are contributing to climate change.

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