Brierley's Camino Portugues - so confused!

[Salpal]

Hi all,

I'm busy going through John Brierley's guidebook but am just getting more and more confused!
am I being completely blind??? on page 122 - Senda Litoral way - it says "to continue to Esposende/Marinhas on the Caminho da Costa go to p. 198"........
p.198 doesn't continue the route.....what am I missing??

 

[SYates]

Have a look here, the online guide shows the different varieties/variants of the CP: https://www.wisepilgrim.com/camino-portugues-porto-redondela-coastal-route?page=1

Hope that helps, SY

 

[Salpal]

Have a look here, the online guide shows the different varieties/variants of the CP: https://www.wisepilgrim.com/camino-portugues-porto-redondela-coastal-route?page=1

Hope that helps, SY

Thank you SY. Very helpful!

 

[jsalt]

Hi all,

I'm busy going through John Brierley's guidebook but am just getting more and more confused!
am I being completely blind??? on page 122 - Senda Litoral way - it says "to continue to Esposende/Marinhas on the Caminho da Costa go to p. 198"........
p.198 doesn't continue the route.....what am I missing??

Yes, you are quite right! He means page 204!

 

[Salpal]

Yes, you are quite right! He means page 204!

Aaah! Thank you

 

[OnHellas]

Not the best of guides in my experience. All a bit messy and the maps.....

but, better than the guide I’ve (not) written.

 

[Bob from L.A. !]

Oh thank God for this post......I thought I was the only one suffering from blindness.

 

[Deleted member 67185]

Oh thank God for this post......I thought I was the only one suffering from blindness.

Not unless it's contagious. The Portuguese Brierley is a confusing mess to me. Wise Pilgrim is much better for my use.

 

[gloria lowe]

There are other mistakes and they were repeated form the 2017 to the 2020.. But I still like the guide,

 

[Bob from L.A. !]

I have been currently planning a Portuguese trip over the last 2 weeks and find myself using Wise Pilgrim, Brierleys, Gronze and RometoRio. Some aspects of each are great while others not so much.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I used the Brierley guide on the Camino Frances and it was quite straight forward so I purchased his Portuguese guide. It definately took some "getting used to"...discombobulated is a descriptive word that comes to mind.

 

[Richmond Gardner]

I used the Brierley guide on the Camino Frances and it was quite straight forward so I purchased his Portuguese guide. It definately took some "getting used to"...discombobulated is a descriptive word that comes to mind.

Same for me! I suppose it’s the various routes that account for confusion, but the presentation is certainly not helping. Making a note to skip from 122 to 204!

 

[williamlittig]

Learning how to be confused and figure out where you are "In The World". Calibrating your self worth and how you can go forward with this new knowledge is part of what I'm learning while walking.
I got lost (about three hours) and weeks later saw John and now know where I should have turned. I had three hours of alone time and laugh now at the experience.

 

[Saint Mike II]

Hi all,

I'm busy going through John Brierley's guidebook but am just getting more and more confused!
am I being completely blind??? on page 122 - Senda Litoral way - it says "to continue to Esposende/Marinhas on the Caminho da Costa go to p. 198"........
p.198 doesn't continue the route.....what am I missing??

Hola , I have the 2020 edition of the Brierley Portuguese Guide and I think it suffers from being a little rushed in places, there was less attention in the sub-editing between editions (care to comment John???).
Yes you are correct some of the "continues at stage XX on page XXX are not correct". I suggest that you have a careful look at the index of stages (the fold out first page) and then note down the stages/places you are expecting to walk and follow on from there. Buen Camino.

 

[Tony Walsh]

The page number is wrong, go to page 202

 

[Saint Mike II]

I have both Brierley 2018/19 and 2020 and the Wise Pilgrim (fro 2018/19 I think). Anyone know if the Wise Pilgrim 2020 has any significant improvements that necesitate buying it??? Thanks

 

[SYates]

... Anyone know if the Wise Pilgrim 2020 has any significant improvements that necesitate buying it??? Thanks

hi Mike, just go to the wisepilgrim.com website, all guides are online and you can see for yourself if they suit your needs. Just read a few pages of them and you see how much better they are than Brierley's ...
BC SY

 

[Saint Mike II]

Thanks SY - we have the Wise Pilgrim (2018 ed I think as well as the last 2 eds of Brierley). Meeting brother for lunch today to do some stage planning. Oh, BTW, we are now leaving in middle of May, start walking 21 st. So I hopefully will see you in Santiago around 5-7 June. Cheers

 

[SYates]

... Oh, BTW, we are now leaving in middle of May, start walking 21 st. So I hopefully will see you in Santiago around 5-7 June. Cheers

I hope so too!
BC SY

 

[rappahannock_rev]

I had a born again experience when I first saw Brierley's CF maps, and will not betray him now! I've compared the latest Brierley and Wise Pilgrim Camino Portugues guides, and to my tastes it's still Brierley all the way!

2020 plans now include the later CP Central for the first time, and then a re-walk of the Finisterre. Tentatively, I should arrive SdeC from Padron on 24 Sept, and push on to Negreira on 26 Sept.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I had a born again experience when I first saw Brierley's CF maps, and will not betray him now! I've compared the latest Brierley and Wise Pilgrim Camino Portugues guides, and to my tastes it's still Brierley all the way!

2020 plans now include the later CP Central for the first time, and then a re-walk of the Finisterre. Tentatively, I should arrive SdeC from Padron on 24 Sept, and push on to Negreira on 26 Sept.

Brierley's maps are "the best of the best", imo! Easy to understand, and if off a kilometer or two...who cares! Not me!

 

[David Tallan]

I had a born again experience when I first saw Brierley's CF maps, and will not betray him now! I've compared the latest Brierley and Wise Pilgrim Camino Portugues guides, and to my tastes it's still Brierley all the way!

I have 30 coins for you if you switch to Wise Pilgrim.

 

[Noel & Annie J]

I have been currently planning a Portuguese trip over the last 2 weeks and find myself using Wise Pilgrim, Brierleys, Gronze and RometoRio. Some aspects of each are great while others not so much.

Hey Bob, were you able to complete your trip?

 

[Bob from L.A. !]

Due to the covid situation at the time I was not able to do so.

 

[Noel & Annie J]

Due to the covid situation at the time I was not able to do so.

Sorry to hear that. We've had two trips planned in the past but think that one might actually come to fruition next month. Fingers crossed!

 

[Tony Walsh]

I am using the Buen Camino app and the Camino Ninja app. Seem really good for this

 

[kenwilltravel]

I have not had any experience with Brierley, mainly because we wanted to travel light. Didn't want to carry a heavy book with us when using the Wise app worked perfectly fine. To put it another way, I liked using Wise for navigation during the day -- very convenient, just a quick glance down at the phone -- and then pulling out the iPad or phone in the evenings to research places visited. Just a personal preference. Walk light and enjoy the scenery was our motto.

 

[RJ in CA]

I did buy the updated kindle version of Brierley's guide because mine is from 2019 (I originally planned CP in May 2020). Even the updated version is confusing.

I have iFit on my Treadmill and I use Wikiloc for hiking at home. I discovered that there are a lot of people posting their CP hikes on Wikiloc. I was able to successfully find each state of the CP on Wikiloc. So I spent MANY hours creating the same maps on my iFit and I can now walk the CP Stages on my Treadmill! As of Yesterday I have hiked from porto to Vigo on the Treadmill.

The good news is if you have the wikiloc app, you can follow someones path on the CP.

Note: Wikiloc app is free, but I paid for it (10.00 per year) because it works with the apple watch and does not drain my iPhone battery when hiking. In 2019 I hiked CF and used all trails. It killed my phone battery within 3 hours..... I have been using Wikiloc to hike our trails at home and my phone has not died once.