Chapter 11 Hola Peregrinos, It is 3pm on Thursday 2 April: my late sister Anna’s birthday. Anna died in 2017. Today she would have been 65. We all miss her! I’m sat on a big green ferry having made it to the peninsula crossing from Troia to Setubal, 1 day’s walk from Lisbon Cathedral whereContinue reading ““Under the Boardwalk” 🎵 – The Drifters”
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“Take a Walk on the Wild Side” 🎵 Lou Reed
Chapter 10 We are only 2 walks away from Lisbon, the capital city of Portugal. Flip me! That milestone has crept up on us quickly. Blink …….. and you miss it. Today our target destination is Carvalhal, a small village/town, 2/3rds of the way from Sines to the town of Setúbal, an estuarine town justContinue reading ““Take a Walk on the Wild Side” 🎵 Lou Reed”
“In the summertime when the weather is hot” 🎵 Mungo Jerry or “Shake it Out” 🎵 Florence + the Machine🎵
Chapter 9 Today we walked 20.5 miles / 34 km in 25 + degrees. A big, big shift completed in around 8 hours of walking. In a moment of self deference to Camino Steve, I granted him a musical choice. That might be his one and only chance! In the heavily Scouse accented words ofContinue reading ““In the summertime when the weather is hot” 🎵 Mungo Jerry or “Shake it Out” 🎵 Florence + the Machine🎵”
“Castles Made of Sand”🎵 Jimi Hendrix
Chapter 8 Hola Amigos, I hope you had a brilliant weekend? Easter is just around the corner. I hope it provides you and your family with some truly memorable experiences. For Camino Steve and I, it will be business as usual this Easter week, as we ‘Lope (or should that be Limp😜) towards Lisbon’. WeContinue reading ““Castles Made of Sand”🎵 Jimi Hendrix”
“You do the walk of life” – Dire Straits
Chapter 7 Crikey! We have finished the Fisherman’s trail. That was quick! That was simply stunning! My best ever walking trail! We’ve now walked 92 miles in 5.5 days. How do you eat an elephant? In Elmer size pieces! How do you walk a loooong trail? In bite size pieces. You will read up onContinue reading ““You do the walk of life” – Dire Straits”
“There’s always the sun” 🎵 The Stranglers
Chapter 6 There we go! It was inevitable and it had to happen. Yep. Camino Steve shared a double bed with me last night. It was what we had booked. Luckily it was a king size bed. I think we had both erected an imaginary ‘Maginot line’ down the middle. (The Maginot Line was a defensiveContinue reading ““There’s always the sun” 🎵 The Stranglers”
“Walking on Broken Glass,” 🎵 Annie Lennox
Chapter 5 Hola amigos, Welcome to ‘tales from the trail’ as Camino Steve and I attempt a 600 mile walk from Cape St Vincent on the SW tip of Portugal 🇵🇹 to Santiago de Compostella at the top of NW Spain. 🇪🇸 As I type, I’m sitting on the edge of this swimming pool, whichContinue reading ““Walking on Broken Glass,” 🎵 Annie Lennox “
‘Walk like an Egyptian’ 🎵
Chapter 4 Yesterday, (Wednesday) was our first serious day of walking on our Portuguese Camino 2026. We had known that it would be a big day as we were facing a 31 km / 18 mile minimum walk from Sagres to our accommodation at Barranca da Fonte. So we were out on the trail byContinue reading “‘Walk like an Egyptian’ 🎵”
“Walking on Sunshine“🎵
Chapter 3 Hola Amigos, Greetings from the trail! Enough of the posturing, pontificating and positioning: we started our walk this afternoon (Tuesday)! 3.5 hours later, after a cheeky 8.5km stroll we had walked to Cape St Vincent. After posing for the usual snaps it was another 8.5km back to our hostel on the northern edgeContinue reading ““Walking on Sunshine“🎵”
“Don’t stop me now!” 🎵
My ‘2026 Camino Portuguese’ has begun! My 600 mile coastal walk from the bottom of Portugal to the top of Spain starts on Wednesday. My pack is packed, I’m checked in and at the time of writing, ready and waiting for a Ryanair flight that deposits me in Faro, southern Portugal at 8pm tonight –Continue reading ““Don’t stop me now!” 🎵”
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