Greetings from Porto! It is absolutely gorgeous here today and I am sorely tempted to linger a few days to enjoy it all … but the Way awaits and I plan to start walking from Matosinhos on Sunday.
I’d very much like to buy and use a single wooden walking stick for my walk, just as I did for the CF two years ago. I know the Decathlon here is a source for walking poles, but does anyone know where I can get the same kind of wooden sticks that are sold in the shop across from the pilgrim office in SJPP, which is where I bought mine? (Since I couldn’t take it on the plane with me I ended up buying a hack saw in a China shop in Santiago and cut off the top to take home in the same tube that held my Compostela - after that certificate and my credential, it’s my most cherished Camino memento.)
I seem to remember someone asking about this here before, but I was unable to find any information via a forum search, and Google Maps only seems to turn up general camping shops (and, of course, Decathlon.) Any advice is appreciated!
I’d very much like to buy and use a single wooden walking stick for my walk, just as I did for the CF two years ago. I know the Decathlon here is a source for walking poles, but does anyone know where I can get the same kind of wooden sticks that are sold in the shop across from the pilgrim office in SJPP, which is where I bought mine? (Since I couldn’t take it on the plane with me I ended up buying a hack saw in a China shop in Santiago and cut off the top to take home in the same tube that held my Compostela - after that certificate and my credential, it’s my most cherished Camino memento.)
I seem to remember someone asking about this here before, but I was unable to find any information via a forum search, and Google Maps only seems to turn up general camping shops (and, of course, Decathlon.) Any advice is appreciated!
