{"id":810,"date":"2025-04-14T17:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-04-14T17:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c25\/?p=810"},"modified":"2025-04-15T16:02:47","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:02:47","slug":"quite-a-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wynchar.com\/c25\/2025\/04\/14\/quite-a-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Quite a day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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View shortly after we started up the mountain, described below<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The wind was intense at times. A few times I wasn’t sure it wasn’t going to topple me over. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u2014perhaps Roman\u2014with 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). <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was a relief to get to our cozy pension for the night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We passed this after we got down off the mountain. Talk about a pile of rocks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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From a high point on the day’s walk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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