Monthly Archives: March 2024

We’ve arrived in Albergue Constantina – where we stayed in 2019. Then we shared a bathroom with Tom, today, luckily we have a room with a private bathroom and a small balcony. I emphasise luckily because we had booked to … Continue reading →

Hmmm. It’s been a long hot 33.2km and the soft tissue on the soles of my feet have clearly remembered the damage I did to them in April 2018 and are scared witless that I’m about to repeat the offence. … Continue reading →

Hmmm. It’s been a long hot 33.2km and the soft tissue on the soles of my feet have clearly remembered the damage I did to them in April 2018 and are scared witless that I’m about to repeat the offence. … Continue reading →

We’re in ‘In Barcelos’ (hostel) in Barcelos (town). We stayed here in 2019 with Tom and Juanita. It was and is relatively inexpensive and very nice, well worth a second visit. We’ve showered and trying to decide whether it’s worth … Continue reading →

It’s been roughly 29km from our starting point in Matosinhos to our arrival at B&B here in Vila do Conde. We left a little after 7 o’clock to find the street a hive of activity with people in brightly coloured … Continue reading →

We’ve landed on our feet in a lovely small hotel in Matosinhos, only 10km or so from the cathedral in Porto where we picked up our pre-stamped credentials this morning. Breakfast at the Park hotel was surprisingly grim but typical … Continue reading →

We’re early. We left Oxford on schedule at 11 o’clock courtesy of Menna and Andy. It’s always tough saying goodbye to the dogs. Pero in particular looked particularly woebegone. Taliesin was his usual noble self with barely a cursory glance … Continue reading →

It’s Saturday 16th March and Dorothy and I are heading off tomorrow to walk the coastal route of the Portuguese Camino from Porto to Santiago. In 2019 at pretty much this exact time of the year we walked the central … Continue reading →