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Day 32 Padron to Santiago de Compostela!

Posted on June 2, 2012 by greg

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Day 31 Caldas de Reis to Padron

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Judy

18km. Another hot day, probably up to 34C today. Slightly more shade than yesterday, but unfortunately Greg was feeling unwell today … so we can rule out the tapas as he didn’t eat any! I am feeling much better, thankfully. … Continue reading →

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Day 30 Pontevedra to Caldas de Reis

Posted on May 31, 2012 by greg

22km. It was a hot day 32C. Judy woke up feeling unwell, maybe eating too much of some of that dodgy Tapas, however she soldiered on. We loaded up with extra water because it was going to be hot, and … Continue reading →

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Day 28 Porrino to Redondela

Posted on May 29, 2012 by greg

15km We are still working on Poruguese time. We went to bed at 10pm, closed the blinds because it was still sunny outside. We managed to get up in time for the 9am breakfast. We hit the road at 10am, … Continue reading →

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Day 27 Valenca to Porrino

Posted on May 28, 2012 by greg

21km. We slept late, and did not get on the road until 10:00am. Unfortunately that was 11:00am Spanish time, which we would soon be on. We walked around the fortress of Valencia and then crossed the bridge out of Portugal … Continue reading →

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Day 26 Rubiaes to Valenca

Posted on May 27, 2012 by Judy

18km. Our last day in Portugal, and we’re feeling a bit sad that we’ll be leaving tomorrow. We had a ‘simple’ breakfast at O Repouso do Peregrino Pensao with our fellow pilgrims, then packed up and were on the road … Continue reading →

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Day 25 Ponte de Lima to Rubiaes

Posted on May 26, 2012 by greg

16km Not a long day,but it involved climbing a 450 metre high hill. When we woke up it had rained, and was cloudy. The Pensao we stayed at did not provide breakfast, so it was of to the Pastalaria across … Continue reading →

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Day 24 Casa do Rio to Ponte de Lima

Posted on May 25, 2012 by greg

20km. Stage 2 of splitting the Barcelos to Ponte de Lima 33.6km stage into two parts. After a fabulous breakfast (see Judys post here), we left at a late 11am. The morning had started cool and misty, but no rain. … Continue reading →

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Day 23 Barcelos to Casa do Rio

Posted on May 24, 2012 by greg

17kms. After the traumas and exhaustion of 30km yesterday, we had an easy day today. The section from Barcelos to Ponte de Lima is 33.6km, much more than we want to walk in a day. So we split it into … Continue reading →

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Day 22 Vilarinho to Barcelos

Posted on May 24, 2012 by greg

30 km. It was a long day that we could not avoid because we are behind schedule and cannot have too many short days. We were up early at the unprecendented time of 6:30am. The pilgrams in the other room … Continue reading →

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