Walks
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Traveling to Ponferrada
A bit of a long and exhausting day starting at 05.50 leaving home and finishing at 23.26 arriving at the Hostal Nirvana in Ponferrada with a side trip to Porto for lunch. According to the Pedometer app I managed 8.5 miles and 28 stairs. It all went very smoothly apart from losing my hat at…
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My Third Camino
Tomorrow I jet off to start my third Camino. This time rather than on my own or with Sally, but with two other guys Colin and another Geoff. Should be interesting as I’ve never met or spoke to either of them before 🙂 plus Colin has done all the organisation! another first for me. This…
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Fishermans Trail – Zambujeira do Mar to Odeceixe on lifeday 25,435
We started the day at 8 am with a 15 minute €20 taxi ride up the coast to Zambujeira do Mar where we had a lovely breakfast at the Por do Sol cafe. Fortunately, the rain stopped just before we departed in the cab 🙂 After breakfast, we started on The Fishermans Trail all be it the…
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A walk in the rain from Aljezur to Odeceixe on lifeday 25,434
By the time we had finished breakfast at 8.45 it was pouring down with rain 🙁 Neither of us had bought our full UK weather kit with us 🙁 so we hung around to see if it would stop. At 10.15 we gave in and left, me with a small brolly Sally with my new…
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Walking from Arrafana to Aljezur via the Rota Vicentina on lifeday 25433
We left the hostel with our fellow walkers and the donkey drivers 🙂 at 9.25 after the poorest breakfast of this holiday so far 🙁 We decided to take the longer route via the cliff tops. An excellent choice with the wildflowers in bloom along a sandy track so making it a very pleasant stroll…
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GR11 Walking Carrapateira to Arrafana on lifeday 25,432
Before I start this post it has to be said I’ve consumed rather a lot of alcohol this evening 🙁 and Sally is currently sleeping it off 🙁 We left the Carrapateiramar Guest House at 8,30 with no breakfast on a lovely still morning the walk started with a climb which is how the day continued,…
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Walking Vila do Bispo to Carrapateira on lifeday 25,431
After an excellent nights sleep and an OK breakfast which we ate al fresco with a German couple who warned as about staying the night in a hotel with a name like the stuff that clogs your arteries we once again set off into the sun & wind! The going was much faster today mainly on…
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Portugal and a return to multi-day hiking on lifeday 25,430
Sally decided that it was time for us to return to multi-day hiking 🙂 and go to somewhere warmer than the UK for her weeks holiday in March. So yesterday we sat on the tarmac at Luton airport for the best part of 3 hours waiting for the Portugese flight controllers call to say we…
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A very enjoyable day around Bentota on LifeDay 25,414
The main reason for staying at the stupidly expensive Bentota Beach Hotel was so I could use their river cruise through the mangrove swamps. I opted for the one hour one as experience tells me I rapidly get bored sitting in a boat 🙂 It was just me and the guide, a young chap who…
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Made it to Nottingham walking from London
Wow, it’s been 140 days since my last update and those shiny new shoes in my last post are now worn out and replaced with the identical model but different colour! The other items have all survived. I did make it to Nottingham on the canals, all on lovely paths apart from the section when…