Author: Linda

• Portuguese Camino: Day 26 / Mougas to Ramallosa Nigran Distance: 10.8 miles /
• Total 361.3 miles
• Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
• Ascent: 1,033’ Decent: 1,039’ Weather: 62-65 degrees, overcast

Crossing over.

• Portuguese Camino: Day 26 / Mougas to Ramallosa Nigran
• Distance: 10.8 miles / Total 361.3 miles
• Time: 5 hours 30 minutes
• Ascent: 1,033’ Decent: 1,039’
• Weather: 62-65 degrees, overcast

Pewter sky. Pewter ocean.

• Portuguese Camino: Day 25 / A Guarda to Mougas
• Distance: 12.9 miles / Total 350.5 miles
• Time: 6 hours
• Ascent: 737’ Decent: 772’
• Weather: 62-72 degrees, clear & sunny

Not wanting to end the day with exhaustion and sore feet, I used a baggage service. It was easy enough to purchasing a $4 zipper cloth bag for the nonessential. I’ve risen to a new standard. Happy feet!

• Distance: 13.2 miles / Total 337.6 miles
• Portuguese Camino: Day 24 / Vila Nova de to A Guarda, SPAIN
• Time: 7 hours
• Ascent: 604’ Decent: 610’
• Weather: 62-77 degrees, clear & sunny

Few pilgrims use the variant I chose. Hence, it doesn’t warrant GPS tracking. How is it that the simplest of written directions can be so baffling? When all else fails, Google map to the rescue.

• Portuguese Camino: Day 23 / Vila Praia de Ancora to Vila Nova de Cerveira
• Distance: 14.7 miles / Total 324.4 miles
• Time: 7 hours 30 minutes
• Ascent: 681’ Decent: 644’
• Weather: 62-73 degrees, clear & sunny

Strategic planning lets me double-up. After today’s 14 mile walk, I grab a train followed by a taxi to Tui, Spain. It’s a crown jewel on the Portugués Camino Central Route. The second time I walked past the convent, the door was open. Inside I was greeted by a visitor. She explained the five resident cloistered nuns made and sold the most delicious cookies. Who could resist? To prevent interaction with the secular world, a revolving pass-through door was used. This enabled the nun (50-years in residence) to sell me cookies without setting eyes on me.

• Strategy – Oct. 6, 2022
• Portuguese Camino: Day 23 / Vila Praia de Ancora to Vila Nova de Cerveira
• Distance: 14.7 miles / Total 324.4 miles
• Time: 7 hours 30 minutes
• Ascent: 681’ Decent: 644’
• Weather: 62-73 degrees, clear & sunny

Today’s picks…

• Portuguese Camino: Day 23 / Vila Praia de Ancora to Vila Nova de Cerveira
• Distance: 14.7 miles / Total 324.4 miles
• Time: 7 hours 30 minutes
• Ascent: 681’ Decent: 644’
• Weather: 62-73 degrees, clear & sunny

It’s got to be good if the locals are waiting for the café to open. These were regulars. Coffee and Port came without ordering. John Travolta’s Staying Alive played on the flat screen TV. For me, a jam and butter roll with a double expression are perfect.

• Portuguese Camino: Day 23 / Vila Praia de Ancora to Vila Nova de Cerveira
• Distance: 14.7 miles / Total 324.4 miles
• Time: 7 hours 30 minutes
• Ascent: 681’ Decent: 644’
• Weather: 62-73 degrees, clear & sunny

Baby on board. Stackable…backpack, baby seat. When mother and baby took the bed beside me, I admit I was less than hospitable. Think about it from the mother’s perspective as she could never set the baby down. No showers or trips to the toilet without infant. Feeding is simple…breast feed. But what about the diapers? I can’t imagine a box of pampers in her backpack. I hadn’t the constitution to ask.

• Portuguese Camino: Day 22 / Chafé to Vila Praia de Ancora
• Distance: 16.7 miles / Total 309.7 miles
• Time: 7 hours 45 minutes
• Ascent: 588’ Decent: 689’
• Weather: 58-71 degrees, clear & sunny

You’ve got mail. All houses have a mail box yet I have not seen a post person delivering mail any time or any place. No Amazon packages on doorstep.