Day: April 14, 2025

• Camino walking: Viladesuso to Baiona, 8.8 miles in 4:28 hours, moving 3:24
• Elevation: up 719 feet, down 699 feet, we had to go over two pretty steep hills, one along a steep and rocky path where I was very glad I was not carrying a heavy pack.
• Total walking: 11.47 miles
• Flight of stairs per Wynette’s fitbit: 86
• Boardwalks: none
• Rain: off and on all along the hike, sometimes heavy, mostly light rain.
• We saw the biggest pile of Camino stones this side of the Cruz de Ferro.

Just slide it in, not sure what is on the other side, maybe a box.

(PS, if your Spanish is rusty, pan is the Spanish word for bread.)

It was a windy and off-and-on rainy day and thus a bit chilly. Today, we’ve walked nearly 11.5 miles counting going to a restaurant and grocery store after checking into our pension for the night. It was a pretty hike on the main Portuguese Coastal so it was well marked. Was great not having to get out our phones to navigate in the wind and rain.

The wind was intense at times. A few times I wasn’t sure it wasn’t going to topple me over.

I kept telling myself “I’d rather be cold and wet than hot and sweaty the way we were a few days ago.” And that is true.

Here is a link to a video Charlie took. Gives you an idea of the wind: https://photos.app.goo.gl/s5sKi4dVP4zdieMz5

The great thing about the Camino is that you just get up and walk, no matter the weather. It’s nice not to have to think too much about it. Just do it.

A mile or two of the hike was a steep climb and then descent through a forest, most of it on a (possibly) Roman road with very very large stones. We saw lots of wheel grooves. This is what Gronze.com says about it: We follow a very old road—perhaps Roman—with stone slabs, used for centuries both for grazing livestock and by merchants in carts (as we see some grooves in the stones to guide the wheels).

It was pretty and interesting but the rocks were hard to walk on, especially because it was steep and wet. We made slow progress through that section. I regret I didn’t take a photo of the stones.

It was a relief to get to our cozy pension for the night.