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- Day 6
- Friday, October 25, 2024 at 11:55 AM
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
SpainPraia do Seborello43°33’18” N 7°8’37” W
A Rochela
October 25, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Having failed to get to the sea last stop I tried again......here there was nothing to stop me!
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- Day 6
- Friday, October 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM
- ☁️ 10 °C
- Altitude: 672 m
- SpainLas Herrerías42°40’20” N 6°58’32” W
Downhill
October 25, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
So....it was all going so well....I had found the Miño....or at least its beginnings.....and had plans to visit Mandy in Galicia but then it rained.....not just a bit a LOT of RAIN so I diverted to ORead more
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- Day 6
- Friday, October 25, 2024 at 6:55 PM
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Altitude: 671 m
- SpainLas Herrerías42°40’20” N 6°58’33” W
Auberge
October 25, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
After the track from hell I finally I get to a pilgrim refuge....much more up market than I remember!
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- Day 7
- Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 10:29 AM
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 546 m
- SpainCastillo De Los Templarios42°32’39” N 6°35’36” W
Ponferrada
October 26, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
The rain stopped for ten minutes so I could snap the Templar Castle
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- Day 7
- Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 12:31 PM
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Altitude: 655 m
- SpainRío Camba42°10’43” N 7°7’10” W
Viana de Bolo
October 26, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
Is it a Rio? Is it a Ria? Don't know but it had a nice bridge.......and called Viana even though still in Galicia
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- Day 7
- Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 1:29 PM
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Altitude: 974 m
- SpainA Gudiña42°3’38” N 7°8’25” W
Grey Lunch
October 26, 2024 in Spain ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
So the rain has set in proper like. This grey place is A Gudiña which is on the Camino so hoards of plastic swaddled peregrinos passing whilst I have a disappointing grey lunch and don my own plastic
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- Day 7
- Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:00 PM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 351 m
PortugalLargo 8 de Julho41°44’27” N 7°28’29” W
N2
October 26, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
So I am in Chaves.....finally Portugal proper having crossed from Spain then back again and then back to Portugal to bypass the dreaded electronic toll. This is where Portugal's Route 66 the N2 startsRead more
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- Day 7
- Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 2:44 PM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 595 m
- PortugalPedras Salgadas41°32’34” N 7°36’11” W
Halloween comes to Portugal
October 26, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
I saw this witch sitting on a roundabout
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- Day 7
- Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 3:30 PM
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 575 m
- PortugalPomarelhos41°15’43” N 7°46’45” W
Parada de Cunhos
October 26, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
A huge area alongside the N2 is burnt.....here is a bit which isn't
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- Day 7
- Saturday, October 26, 2024 at 6:16 PM
- ☁️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 186 m
- PortugalQuinta da Gaivosa41°13’38” N 7°46’6” W
Cumieira
October 26, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
I stop at all the best places! This is a winery with huge Port Butts.....I will be having some later.
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- Day 8
- Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 10:29 AM
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 499 m
- PortugalJardim da Avenida Visconde Guedes Teixeira41°5’43” N 7°48’26” W
Lamego
October 27, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Baroque church in Lamego....not very old, about 1780
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- Day 8
- Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 12:30 PM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 478 m
- PortugalPraça República40°39’27” N 7°54’50” W
Viseu
October 27, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
This city is rarely visited even though it was once briefly the capital of Galicia and then taken by the Goths. Wiki said the Goths contributed very little to the culture....I wonder what Iron MaidenRead more
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- Day 9
- Monday, October 28, 2024 at 10:30 AM
- ☀️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 144 m
- PortugalPinheiro40°21’24” N 8°13’59” W
Lost!
October 28, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
This was a big day of getting lost. Riding the N2 is a big thing here.....so they have huge yellow 75 anniversary milestones and brown N2 Rota signs.....all when somebody has found some money to spendRead more
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- Day 9
- Monday, October 28, 2024 at 1:00 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 506 m
- PortugalLadeiras40°8’10” N 8°7’47” W
Green
October 28, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
So I have mentioned all the burnt bits before but there are less of them next to the road here.....even though I am close to Castelo Branco which had a huge fire a few years back......and where it'sRead more
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- Day 9
- Monday, October 28, 2024 at 2:00 PM
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 305 m
- PortugalAlvares40°1’0” N 8°6’2” W
Trapped!
October 28, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
I slipped and bumped and slid down to the praia fluvial because it boasted an open restaurant....what I didn't know when I took these pictures is that the handle on the inside of the gents toilets isRead more
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- Day 9
- Monday, October 28, 2024 at 3:11 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 296 m
- PortugalRegión Centro39°54’55” N 8°7’52” W
Pedrógão Pequeno
October 28, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
They really go for their dams here ....shame they are all empty.
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- Day 9
- Monday, October 28, 2024 at 4:30 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 218 m
- PortugalLagar de Vara39°48’7” N 8°5’51” W
Not Coffee
October 28, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
If you look carefully there is a great little cafe then other side of the bridge...a load of Spanish bikers had stopped here and so should I but I am old enough to be their grandfather so I passed
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- Day 9
- Monday, October 28, 2024 at 5:19 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 189 m
- PortugalCabecinha39°37’38” N 8°9’43” W
Miradouro do Penedo Furado
October 28, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
A prime example of 'lost' I had turned when Google said 'Turn' and had spent the last 15 km convinced I was not on the N2 because Google now showed it on the other side of this spectacularRead more
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- Day 10
- Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 11:00 AM
- 🌬 20 °C
- Altitude: 316 m
- PortugalLargo do Conde de Vila Flor38°34’21” N 7°54’26” W
Evor
October 29, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 20 °C
Very impressive riding in to the city through the arcs in the aquaduct and gates in the city walls up to the temple of Diana.
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- Day 10
- Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 1:30 PM
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 83 m
- PortugalTorrão38°17’29” N 8°13’31” W
Accident
October 29, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
So back on the N2 I come round a corner and find a small car wrapped round a tree.......with a lady inside.....she was conscious, trapped and probably had both legs broken. I checked the car wasRead more
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- Day 10
- Tuesday, October 29, 2024 at 5:30 PM
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 254 m
- PortugalBeja38°0’25” N 7°51’32” W
Nearly Done
October 29, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
So rain set in after the accident so I stopped at Beja so as not to slip and make more accidents.....Nearly Done now.
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- Day 11
- Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 11:30 AM
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Altitude: 247 m
- PortugalCastro Verde Municipality37°41’53” N 8°4’56” W
Castro Verde
October 30, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Better get that rain suit out
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- Day 11
- Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 2:01 PM
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Altitude: 41 m
- PortugalEstádio de São Luís37°1’32” N 7°55’57” W
Finished!
October 30, 2024 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
So I expected some big monument or something......but what I got was a very busy roundabout
