patriciaapp
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- May 2015
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Hi Albertinho,It is a steep climb on an off road trail over de Labruja mountain from Ponte de Lima to Rubiaēs.
There are only alternatives going by taxi or bus.
An idea is to follow the coast from Porto all away to Caminha and from there to Valença do Minho or Tui. Here is the reconnection to the central Portuguese route to O Porriño.
Or take the ferry in Caminha to A Guarda and walk on to Vigo where is the reconnection to the central Portuguese route to Recondela and on to Santiago.
Doing this you avoid the Labruja mountain.
Depending on the weather it is doable . We climbed the Labruja mountain with nice dry weather.
And we did worser climbs on the ruta Variante Espiritual
By the way I think you mix up some names of places.
You walk from Porto to São Pedro de Rates And from Ponte de Lima to Rubiaēs
Bom caminho
in May 2014 it has been rainy for many days, and my 'teutonic turbo team'Hi,
My husband and I are planning our second camino for next year. We plan on walking from Porto to Santiago. We would like to do the first day or so costal and then join the internal route. We are really unsure as to whether we could do the section Ponte de Lima to San Pedro de Rubiaes as it seems a very steep climb. Do you have any suggestions for an alternative route please.
thank you
"Happy "memories !I walked the CP in July and was suffering bad tendonitis from pushing it too much my first few days. I took a taxi from P. deLima to Rubiaes to avoid the climb. A couple I had met told me I made the right choice and they sent me a photo. The terrain would have ended my Camino. I made up the km in detours along the way.
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Personally I would rather walk fewer miles on such an interesting looking mountain trail than many more miles along roads and streets. But that is just me.I walked the CP in July and was suffering bad tendonitis from pushing it too much my first few days. I took a taxi from P. deLima to Rubiaes to avoid the climb. A couple I had met told me I made the right choice and they sent me a photo. The terrain would have ended my Camino. I made up the km in detours along the way.
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First of all, it wasn't too long. It was a very interesting, lovely walk....but difficult, especially for me, due to my "situation" - not to mention agePersonally I would rather walk fewer miles on such an interesting looking mountain trail than many more miles along roads and streets. But that is just me.
I'll be 70 in December?First of all, it wasn't too long. It was a very interesting, lovely walk....but difficult, especially for me, due to my "situation" - not to mention age. I think that you are probably a lot younger than me! However, I did it!
Younger than me!I'll be 70 in December?
Quite the opposite. There are signs which keep indicating it is not far away. But the 70+ year old we were walking with eventually stopped and told us to go and find it because he didn't know how much further he could manage! But you are right, that it just suddenly appears. Look for a building that's orange at the front and stone at the back. There was no-one lounging outside when we arrived - and the driving rain meant we didn't either!The Quinta da estrada romana is right on the camino, but I don't think there is much warning, nonetheless it is easy to spot with the pilgrims lounging outside.
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