Getting Nervous

[Julie Richards-Stanley]

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 Richards-Stanley]

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

This forum has been so helpful. Thankyou everyone for your tips and advice.

Julie

 

[Glenngaunt]

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 x

 

[Bradypus]

I really enjoyed walking from Porto to Santiago earlier this year. I hope you find the same. It was my first visit to Portugal - a country I would love to see more of. All the best!

 

[Phillip]

This forum has been so helpful. Thankyou everyone for your tips and advice.

Julie

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

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!

 

[Mark Francis Auchincloss]

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...

 

[Introibo]

Hi 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

 

[martyndeh]

Hi 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

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

 

[fourroads]

Hi Julie,
I walked the Frances a few years ago and I remember those nerves. Apparently they don't go away - am doing the Portugues in July - same butterflies!
Buen Camino!

 

[Julie Richards-Stanley]

Buen Camino! I am starting on 27th April - Our paths may cross x

I hope to bump into you but you'll be 2 days ahead of me

Buen Camino

 

[Julie Richards-Stanley]

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 think it's very likely our paths will cross. Looking forward to meeting you.

Buen Camino

 

[Julie Richards-Stanley]

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...

I'm doing the Portuguese Coastal Route and taking in the Variant Espiritual hugging the coastline as much as possible.

 

[Julie Richards-Stanley]

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

Looks like there are a few people walking the coastal route the same time as I am. I was worried it was going to be too quiet! Hope to see you.

 

[Mark Francis Auchincloss]

I'm doing the Portuguese Coastal Route and taking in the Variant Espiritual hugging the coastline as much as possible.

Yes I've done this route including Espiritual with my mate Luis Freixo & his wife Christine it's a really beautiful camino...You should use the maps from Luis Freixo's Blog see http://www.caminador.es/?page_id=117

 

[sgbmom]

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...

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 route

 

[ainenistionhain]

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

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 took a day to explore Porto before walking - that is the benefit of going solo - you can do your own thing. That relaxed me and I took the metro out of Porto next morning to avoid walking through suburbs. I met three people on my first afternoon and they were part of my journey. It was the happiest camino I've made. I met lovely people in great places. Like you I posted to the forum and got a great deal of encouragement. Bom Caminho. Anne

 

[SaraB]

I walked from Porto to Santiago less than a month ago. You'll love it! Buen camino!

 

[Mark Francis Auchincloss]

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 route

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 Caminho

 

[tominrm]

I arrived in Porto yesterday - walked from Lisbon. Going to take a day off to see the city. I still am not decided which route to take - costal or interior. But the post here makes me nervous a litter because "many places already booked" in Vila do Conde. I did not expect that because so few pilgrims I have met so far from Lisbon.
I am staying in downtown area and see the arrow, but if I follow that , will it split into coastal and interior routes?
Also, there are several rainy days in forecast, and I wonder if interior route would be better in rain.

 

[Not Just a Granny]

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

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. Cindy