Padron to Santiago (15.46 miles/24.85 km) Today was the last day of my trek, when I reached Santiago, Spain, and completed the Camino Portugues. I started from Lisbon, Portugal, 26 days ago, and after trekking 23 day and 403.57 miles (649.85 km), I made it to the Santiago Cathedral in Spain. Today was a short …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 26, Thursday, September 19, 2019
Pontevedra to Padron (26.37 miles/42.46 km) Today was a marathon day, but this time I had hoped to make it all the way to Padron knowing how far it was. Santiago was less than forty miles away and I want to go as far as possible today, so I could make my last day on …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 25, Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Porriño to Pontevedra (25.17 miles/40.53 km) Here I go again, a long distance trekking day, and as I always find myself saying, I didn’t intended on going this far. Almost a marathon day again! I started out this morning at 7:30 with Paul, my German friend. He had trekked to Redondela yesterday and then took …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 24, Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Tui to Porriño (11.5 miles/18.52 km) Almost at the end of my Camino and it has come down to a slow going mode. I figured it would only take me three to four days to reach Santiago, so close, but things happen on the Camino and you have to expect them. Taking a zero day …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 23, Monday, September 16, 2019
Tui (Zero Day) Today was my Zero Day and I slept until 8:00, and then just laid in bed until afternoon. It felt good, but strange because my senses kept telling to get up and start trekking. It has been a little over fifteen days since I last had a zero day. I might not …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 22, Sunday, September 15, 2019
A Guarda to Tui (21.72 miles/35.00 km) Last night I decided that instead of continuing north along the coast I would go inland on the alternate Camino. along the Rio Minho, to the main inland Camino in Tui. My shin split had been troubling me and was swollen and painful, and the steeper downhill on …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 21, Saturday, September 14, 2019
Carreco to A Guarda (16.10 miles/26.00 k Today was a short day in both time and distance. Some of that was because we crossed into Spain which is in a different time zone, one hour ahead. So when we got to A Guarda about 3:00, it became 4:00, close to my usual intended stopping time. …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 20, Friday, September 13, 2019
Cepaes to Carreco (20.83 miles/33.54 km) Today was a real mix of a day, which started well, then was a bit of a challenge, and then ended wonderfully. Paul and I started out together today, but only trekked together for part of the morning. Yesterday we actually never trekked together because we missed each other …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 19, Thursday, September 12, 2019
Vila do Conde to Cepaes (18.46 miles/29.72 km) I got a very slow start this morning and not leave until after 9:00 because I had some issues with my cell phone locking me out, and when I got it fixed, I caught up on my blog. The weather in the morning was nice and cool …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 18, Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Porto to Vila do Conde (21.17 miles/34.09 km) Another long day on the Camino, although very nice it was completely different in many ways. Being some distance from the start of the coastal route, we walked to the metro station and then took a subway back to the Porto Cathedral where we had taken the …
Continue reading Camino Portuguese, Day 17, Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Ted Trekking 