Author name: Carol Tomany

I was a little disoriented today. There was no structure. I did not have to walk anywhere, do anything or organize anything. I just had to be! I knew I wanted to buy some gifts to take home. I had to buy fruit for both my four hour bus journey back to Porto and for […]

I arrived in the square in front of the Cathedral at 10:30am after a 7:00am start from the hostal in Faramelo. I was heading out with Carolina, the older Dutch woman and the retired Australian couple. It was dark. I had my headlamp and someone had a flashlight. There were some street lamps, but some

After my 22km hike yesterday, I opted to split the journey to Santiago based on availability of accommodation. Tonight I will stay in Faramelo in an OK hostel. I was able to book a bed online and I will be staying with the same people I stayed with in Padron – Carolina a retired widow

Today I walked 22kms. I had planned to walk just 15, but the hostel, I was hoping to book for the night was no where to be found. I had to press on. There were ascents, but they were more gradual. The challenge with this walk was the loose stones going down hill. I’m averaging

From Redondelo, I had to walk 20kms to Pontevedera in order to be on track to arrive in Santiago on Sunday. Again the weather was amazing; the ascents were a challenge and the trails were busy. I met two women from Canada- NS & NB, who were walking together. They had a tour company book

In Redondelo, I was hoping to have a 3 course dinner in the evening at a cafe, I had identified earlier. I had read the menu del dia and presumed that it was offered in the evening as well. No that menu ends at 4:30 and after that it’s just bar food – sigh! I

Because my hotel was so far from the path, I called for a taxi to take me back to where I had left the trail yesterday. Unfortunately, although I could bring up the location last night on my phone, I couldn’t this morning. I could show the driver the little bend in the path, but

Today started out amazingly well. The ascents I was dreading through the forest were manageable and the entire walk was lovely. Only 3 hikers passed me. I was on the original route, however, the council had created another route, which has no signage as yet. It can be accessed via GPS, so maybe all the

Between Baiona and Vigo there are fewer hostels to fill in the shorter walks. Instead of taking a rest day in Baiona, as some were, I decided to do just a 9km walk to Nigran. My walk was mainly on narrow mountain roads, which wound through a sprawl of small villages. It had significant ascents

Today was a challenging walk. It was 18kms through rugged mountain paths. I was lucky I was able to buy a pole in Oia, because I wouldn’t have been able to do the hike without it. I was walking with a Dutch woman, Martine, who had spent a few years working for an American company