Frankybaby66
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Last Camino Sep 23 Camino Portuguese (Central)
Just a small piece of information that other walkers on the Central Route might find useful.
Last year, after a long day (by my standards), walking from Rates to Barcelos, I decided to push on to Tamel. This is a pretty steep incline, which was made more obvious by the 25c temperature that day.
On approaching Tamel I was greeted by a sign at a fork in the road which confidently indicated that either way was the correct route to Santiago (think yellow arrows, xkm to Santiago)
I tossed a coin and took the route to the right . . . think I should have held out for best of three . . .
Both routes go right past the albergue at Tamel but the right-hand one goes right around the valley and is a LOT longer than the Left-hand route.
I'm returning to Porto in a few weeks to repeat the Central route ( with the addition of the Variante Espiritual) and hope for better luck when tossing coins . . . .
Bom Caminho/Buen Camino
Last year, after a long day (by my standards), walking from Rates to Barcelos, I decided to push on to Tamel. This is a pretty steep incline, which was made more obvious by the 25c temperature that day.
On approaching Tamel I was greeted by a sign at a fork in the road which confidently indicated that either way was the correct route to Santiago (think yellow arrows, xkm to Santiago)
I tossed a coin and took the route to the right . . . think I should have held out for best of three . . .
Both routes go right past the albergue at Tamel but the right-hand one goes right around the valley and is a LOT longer than the Left-hand route.
I'm returning to Porto in a few weeks to repeat the Central route ( with the addition of the Variante Espiritual) and hope for better luck when tossing coins . . . .
Bom Caminho/Buen Camino