Cheating just after our anniversary!
Ssshhhhh.. Don’t tell.. Camino route signs.. Astorga Palace and CathedralAstorga Palace chapelAstorga main squareAstorga Roman mosaic Always a Camino sign to follow Leon roman walls Tortilla freebie… Amazing stained glass of Leon Cathedral 27 years of wedded bliss and the day after we’re cheating! So what is cheating? Some pilgrim walkers (though that may be a typo) think that having your backpack sherpa’d is cheating, some think cycling is, others that e-bikes are, or staying in anything other than a monastery is not in the right spirit and I’m sure most...
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Coffee stop on the uphill route.. Monastery at Samos Very appropriate…! Spectacular views Nearly there…. We made it! Siesta time in Pontaferra Pontaferra Castle We set off from Sarria in good spirits and on a decent gradient. We climbed and as we slowly gained height began to notice the steady stream of cyclists hurtlying down the mountain passing us on bikes with no luggage….Uh oh. Sherpas here are extremely popular for walkers – and why not – lots of people walk with just a small back pack rather than Sir Edmund Hillary rucksack. We were aware of...
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Arrival at the end of the Pilgrims route in Santiago de Compostela Pilgrims window in Cathedral Santiago City view Amazingly found a bar with Jonnys favourite tipple to celebrate our arrival Next stop Lugo… and as usual every time we stop someone comes over for a chat… No wonder our progress is so slow! Amazing Lugo Roman walls Lugo Lunch time Tapas Our route to Sarria was lined with hundreds of Stork nests And views of our mountains ahead… The first thing you notice about Santiago de Compostella is the number of people with rucksacks, the next thing you notice is the...
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Leaving Porto Lots of these along the coast Mixed use walking/cycling path for lots of the route … And too many places to just sit and enjoy it Lovely towns for evening stops.. The path runs close to the sea most of the way And that’s farewell to Portugal as we’re nipped across to Spain… The hills begin… Some pretty seaside villages Hard going on the wet, sodden paths in the Spanish hills. Leaving Porto, our first 1km of cycling was virtually all down hill and a very steep hill at that, both brakes on full, until we joined the steady trail of Pilgrims en route...
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Porto has always been a city Linda has wanted to visit so we planned 4 nights there to have a good wander around. And wander we did, to the tune of 32km. We were a tad pooped before we started to cycle, especially as it’s all up and down here, which is never a good plan! But it is a fabulous city, with old trams, a cable car, a funicular railway and of course the Port Cellars….I wonder why Linda wanted to come here…! Anyway, we had a fab tour and of course tasting in the Taylor’s cellars and did the excellent self guided tour with Linda almost drooling as we walked...
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