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  • All Too Soon, It’s Over – Our Final Day
    With around 26km to Santiago and quite a bit of climbing, we woke at 6:30am for our final day. After the soaking the night before, Padron was wet but thankfully…More
  • Padron’s Pouring Piquant Peppers for Pilgrims
    Despite the weather warnings, it wasn’t raining when we left Caldas de Reis this morning. It was dark and wet, but not raining. For that, we were thankful and also…More
  • Ponchos from Pontevedra
    I woke at around 6:00 and it wasn’t raining. After drifting off til just before 7:00, I woke and it was raining. Stiff upper lip, no complaining amongst our crew…More
  • Off Piste or 16’s Not 16!
    It was 11 degrees in Redondela this morning and still dark when the alarm went off at 7:00am. A quick pack and we were off to the local cafe for…More
  • Less than 100km to Go!
    Vigo was shrouded in fog again as we rose to start the day. It was a flat 5km walk into the old town and Vigo was slow in getting moving…More
  • Pilgrims, You’re in Danger!
    Danger from what? Rogue waves out of the Atlantic? Robbers and Highwayman emerging from the fog? Not a great way to kick off day 7 on the Camino Portuguese as…More
  • The Rain in Spain
    After a less than ideal night in the Hotel Celta in A Guarda – one pillow between 2, threadbare sheets that both Maureen & Steve and Claire & I ended…More
  • Well Drunken, Eats Octopus
    After a reviving sleep at Casa D’ Joao, we rose for breakfast. The American ladies we’d met the evening before were also there. We chatted all things USA politics. After…More
  • The Hazy Day
    We woke early at Casa da Reina to be told by our wonderful host that she would be making us breakfast which included eggs and bacon with bread fresh from…More
  • The Smoky Day
    All night we could smell smoke as it wafted into our rooms in Aguçadoura. In the morning we searched news sites to find that bushfires were wreaking havoc south of…More

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