Julie Richards-Stanley
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- Want to walk 2wks in May 2016
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I'm starting from Porto on 29th April and beginning to get a bit nervous.My rucksack is packed - exactly 6kg so spot on! Hopefully all my planning and preparation has been good enough. I managed to blag a scallop shell in Tesco from their fish display. Nerves and excitement keep swapping over. Hope I meet some fellow pilgrims.
Buen Camino fellow travellers
Buen Camino! I am starting on 27th April - Our paths may cross xI'm starting from Porto on 29th April and beginning to get a bit nervous.My rucksack is packed - exactly 6kg so spot on! Hopefully all my planning and preparation has been good enough. I managed to blag a scallop shell in Tesco from their fish display. Nerves and excitement keep swapping over. Hope I meet some fellow pilgrims.
Buen Camino fellow travellers
This forum has been so helpful. Thankyou everyone for your tips and advice.
Julie
Hello Julie - Will arrive in Porto on April 28th and walking on the 29th. Walking with a Brit I met on the Camino Francis last year. Hope we cross paths along the way. Buen Camino!I'm starting from Porto on 29th April and beginning to get a bit nervous.My rucksack is packed - exactly 6kg so spot on! Hopefully all my planning and preparation has been good enough. I managed to blag a scallop shell in Tesco from their fish display. Nerves and excitement keep swapping over. Hope I meet some fellow pilgrims.
Buen Camino fellow travellers
Julie i am walking from casa fernanda on the 4th and there is a fair chance you will be about this is 14k from ponte de lima buen caminoHi Julie
6Kg !! Excellent weight. I walked from Porto last year and the reports of the Portuguese being friendly and helpful
were spot on. We had a great time.
There are drinking fountains everywhere so no need to carry great quantities of water. The food was excellent and
well priced. The accommodation was good. The route marking was actually better than the Frances route.
If you didn't feel slightly nervous it wouldn't be worth doing. In the words of an Irish Jesuit "Pay attention, Be astonished.
Tell about it"
Bom Caminho
Buen Camino! I am starting on 27th April - Our paths may cross x
Hello Julie - Will arrive in Porto on April 28th and walking on the 29th. Walking with a Brit I met on the Camino Francis last year. Hope we cross paths along the way. Buen Camino!
Which camino are you doing ? Yesterday I saw over 50 pilgrims between Mougas and Baiona on the Coastal Route. This camino is going to get really popular...
Julie i am walking from casa fernanda on the 4th and there is a fair chance you will be about this is 14k from ponte de lima buen camino
I'm doing the Portuguese Coastal Route and taking in the Variant Espiritual hugging the coastline as much as possible.
I arrived in Vila de Conde this afternoon and many places already booked. Don't think I can keep walking on all the uneven cobblestones! Brierley's "secondary roads" seem to translate as cobblestones! Will be disappointed if I have to change to central routeWhich camino are you doing ? Yesterday I saw over 50 pilgrims between Mougas and Baiona on the Coastal Route. This camino is going to get really popular...
HI Julie, I empathize with you! I was absolutely in a panic as the date for my Camino from Porto last September. I was afraid of not meeting pilgrims, afraid of long walks on my own. I don't know why I was so nervous as this was my 4th Camino.I'm starting from Porto on 29th April and beginning to get a bit nervous.My rucksack is packed - exactly 6kg so spot on! Hopefully all my planning and preparation has been good enough. I managed to blag a scallop shell in Tesco from their fish display. Nerves and excitement keep swapping over. Hope I meet some fellow pilgrims.
Buen Camino fellow travellers
It sounds like your walking the official coastal route. It's not all cobblestones the camino goes through forest paths as well as quiet, country lanes, tarmac,beaches etc. If you consult Luis's maps quoted in thread above you can see there is another camino which sticks closer to coast with few cobblestones. Both routes should be relatively quiet until Redondela. Bon CaminhoI arrived in Vila de Conde this afternoon and many places already booked. Don't think I can keep walking on all the uneven cobblestones! Brierley's "secondary roads" seem to translate as cobblestones! Will be disappointed if I have to change to central route
Hi Julie. I'm planning on walking the route in September. I'd love to hear more about your experiences once you completed the walk. Hope you've had/are having a great time. CindyI'm starting from Porto on 29th April and beginning to get a bit nervous.My rucksack is packed - exactly 6kg so spot on! Hopefully all my planning and preparation has been good enough. I managed to blag a scallop shell in Tesco from their fish display. Nerves and excitement keep swapping over. Hope I meet some fellow pilgrims.
Buen Camino fellow travellers
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