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It's not only the confusion with arrows, crossed out arrows and damaged signage, but when I walked by yesterday some locals were standing on the Camino before the new Orbenlle route turn off through the woods and along the Louro river, insisting that pilgrims follow the Camino on the old route through the industrial estate of Porriño. Clearly they are not happy about losing potential customers at their bar down the road.
The route down the hill and into the forest is much nicer and once you find the river the signage is clear and not tampered with.
A couple of km extra.Any idea how far it would be to wander along to the bar and then backtrack to the river route?
Friendly shake hands with them , say you are not thirsty or hungry and you work on an industrial estate and have seen them all and today fancy a nice walk into the green. They definitively will not offend you .Any idea how far it would be to wander along to the bar and then backtrack to the river route?
It is approximately 500m to the Restaurant Orbanelle and 950m to the Cafe Bar O Novo Cazador just on the outskirts of the Industrial Estate. Between the two there is also an unattended rest area where you can picnic (has a stamp pad and sello attached to a chain).Any idea how far it would be to wander along to the bar and then backtrack to the river route?
... but when I walked by yesterday some locals were standing on the Camino before the new Orbenlle route turn off through the woods and along the Louro river, insisting that pilgrims follow the Camino on the old route through the industrial estate of Porriño. Clearly they are not happy about losing potential customers at their bar down the road.....
Thanks Annie. 7 sleeps for me! A shame, we miss each other again by a few weeksOrbenlle is a great stop for your breakfast/ relaxing break if you start from Tui. It is about 10 km meaning 2 - 3 hour walk. Great place to relax and have a break in the garden chatting with other pilgrimshaving your croissant, tortilla, cafe con leche, aquarius and cold drinks.
Have fun
Buen camino @miguel_gp
I have 13 more sleeps to go.
Friendly shake hands with them , say you are not thirsty or hungry and you work on an industrial estate and have seen them all and today fancy a nice walk into the green. They definitively will not offend you .
When or why was the change made?? Also who made the change?? Maybe the village needs to discuss the matter with those who made the changes and as long as the route to rejoin the Camino is well sign-posted and not significantly "out of the way" or longer then maybe both routes should be indicated. CheersIt's not only the confusion with arrows, crossed out arrows and damaged signage, but when I walked by yesterday some locals were standing on the Camino before the new Orbenlle route turn off through the woods and along the Louro river, insisting that pilgrims follow the Camino on the old route through the industrial estate of Porriño. Clearly they are not happy about losing potential customers at their bar down the road.
The route down the hill and into the forest is much nicer and once you find the river the signage is clear and not tampered with.
It is approximately 500m to the Restaurant Orbanelle and 950m to the Cafe Bar O Novo Cazador just on the outskirts of the Industrial Estate. Between the two there is also an unattended rest area where you can picnic (has a stamp pad and sello attached to a chain).
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Were the locals intimidating in any way or just protesting/directing? I am taking a group of 5 through that area in a week's time and having walked through the industrial estate on four earlier occasions (and made use of some of the hostelries on offer), this year I am going to walk the new route.
Mig
I found this video of the Porrino stage biking through the NEW way. It shows the old and damaged signs. This video helps to see what is there and you understand how confusing it is. Another unrelated thread says he has bad feelings about JB's (and other guides) just for this reason of cutting off commerce. My stage that day only goes from Tui to Mos. Porrino should be about lunch time. Worth the extra distance (and back track) for a good meal and help the local commerce. [On a separate note: my plan for beginning CP from Lisbon April 30 may be in jeopardy due to medical reasons. May need to push back 1-2 weeks. Or not. Undecided at this point.]
Steve, can you point out how to find this on Vimeo.. it's hard to follow the link from this end..many thanks from oz..I found this video of the Porrino stage biking through the NEW way. It shows the old and damaged signs. This video helps to see what is there and you understand how confusing it is. Another unrelated thread says he has bad feelings about JB's (and other guides) just for this reason of cutting off commerce. My stage that day only goes from Tui to Mos. Porrino should be about lunch time. Worth the extra distance (and back track) for a good meal and help the local commerce. [On a separate note: my plan for beginning CP from Lisbon April 30 may be in jeopardy due to medical reasons. May need to push back 1-2 weeks. Or not. Undecided at this point.]
It's not only the confusion with arrows, crossed out arrows and damaged signage, but when I walked by yesterday some locals were standing on the Camino before the new Orbenlle route turn off through the woods and along the Louro river, insisting that pilgrims follow the Camino on the old route through the industrial estate of Porriño. Clearly they are not happy about losing potential customers at their bar down the road.
The route down the hill and into the forest is much nicer and once you find the river the signage is clear and not tampered with.
Who needs the hassle - I shared a taxi with 3 others from Tui to the alberque in Porrino – thus avoiding the ‘industrial ‘ area – the cost of the taxi €5 each
By my calculations the new route is about 450m longer from the diversion point to the Albergue in O Porrino (8.4km as opposed to 7.95km).What is the distance on the two routes?
Which is longer?
I suspect that it is not just the restaurant in Orbanelle and the bar just before the Industrial Area but also the many bars and restaurants along the main road (N550) into Porrino and within the town centre itself. The new route looks to cut along the back of the town to the Albergue so you would essentially miss the town centre. Of course, if staying at the Albergue then there is the possibility to venture out there in the evening but in our case we are walking on to Mos, so will walk straight on out of town.So why can´t the "authorities" see that there is an easy compromise here? If Annie has found a way back to the Camino from Orbanelle, why not just keep the "old Camino" till there and then detour to the river? I´m not saying I agree with the tactics, but I can certainly understand why the owners are so upset at losing the stream of business going by.
I did something similar, but i had understood that it was only 2 km more...Walked from Tui to Porriño on 8th April this year. We saw a lot of signs of the new route, the nature reserve. We didn't know what to do. Stayed on the Camino until the restaurant in Orbenlle. We got lovely Spanish omlettes and the waiter recommended us to go the nature reserve route. He said it was 4 km longer! The route into Porriño seemed to be never ending. Signs through the new route were clear! Enjoyed the new route and places to rest too!
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