Steps with Lynne

Starting this blog, because I am going to be doing my first pilgrimage - the Camino Frances. I will begin September 2021. Until then I will be walking around the Akrotiri, near Stavros, Crete, Greece. Meer informatie Chania, Greece

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- 18 sep 2023
- ⛅ 72 °F
- Hoogte: 981 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Leiria Ansião 39.909158, -8.41548939°54’33” N 8°24’56” W
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Day 10 - More photos
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Reiziger I love this photo , love that she’s wearing a mask (but no seatbelt!).
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Reiziger We know this as Autumn Crocus, lovely.
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Reiziger Thank you. I wasn’t sure but Crocus is right!
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- 18 sep 2023
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- Hoogte: 686 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Leiria Ansião 39.911716, -8.43531539°54’42” N 8°26’7” W
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Day 10 - Cortica to Ansiao
18 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 72 °F
Day 10 - Cortica to Ansiao, Monday, September 18.
Started @ 7:25 am. Finished @ 12:30. 19.5k/12.1 mi. Walking time 4h6m. Steps 25,494. Calories 953.

This was the best day walking so far. Weather was perfect. Path had different varieties (paved, dirt, rocks, cobblestone). Passed through a few small villages and that helped the km/miles go faster.

Lots of vegetation - wild & planted. Tons of olive trees. Saw some critters - cows, dogs,cats.

Came across some pilgrims I met yesterday and walked with them a bit - 2 from Eugene walked with the two Germans, and Pete & Jess from Charleston.

Upon arriving in Ansiao found a nice tapas cafe. Jess & Pete joined me and had good conversation (Camino, presidential candidates, college sports).

I’m staying in a house that is 2k out of town so Olga came to pick me up and she will take me back in the morning. Steve (British) Olga (Portuguese) made me feel very welcome. Fresh baked cookies and cold, filtered water. They have a beautiful nature garden, 2 cats, 2 dogs. I’m the only one here. The other room was not rented out tonight.

Anyway, getting geared up for a long day tomorrow.

Enjoy the journey. Photos have captions. Bom Caminho.Meer informatie
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- 17 sep 2023
- 🌧 68 °F
- Hoogte: 797 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Leiria Rego da Murta Cortiça 39.780785, -8.38175839°46’51” N 8°22’54” W
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Day 9 Tomar to Cortica
17 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌧 68 °F
Day 9 Tomar to Cortica, Sunday, September 17

Started @ 6:57 am. Finished @ 1:45 pm. 26.9k/16.7m. Walking time 5h19m. Steps 34,048. Calories 1,320.

Ready for the rain and it did rain. Rain gear was handy and took it on/off about 4 times.

Start time had high clouds and perfect for short sleeve tee shirt. Put on the rain gear about 11k mark. A couple down pours with light steady rain mixed in. Thankfully no thunder & lightning.

Met more Americans today - 2 - South Carolina, 3 - Oregon, 1 - Minnesota.

The entire day afforded only one place to stop for coffee. Luckily it was at the half way point. Overall had a lot of dirt trails and some small, paved country roads. Beautiful walking through small villages, forested areas. Days like this the miles past by easily.

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- 16 sep 2023
- 🌧 72 °F
- Hoogte: 200 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Santarém Santa Maria Dos Olivais Tomar Levada 39.603449, -8.4120739°36’12” N 8°24’43” W
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Day 8 more Photos
16 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌧 72 °F
More photos of rainy day in Tomar
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Reiziger Looks like more Templar crosses on the ceiling
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Reiziger Incredible art and architecture. Thanks for such great photos!
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Reiziger The church looks like it had Moorish influence. Great pic of you.
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- 16 sep 2023
- 🌧 72 °F
- Hoogte: 207 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Santarém Santa Maria Dos Olivais Tomar Levada 39.603505, -8.41204939°36’13” N 8°24’43” W
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Day 8 Rest Day in Tomar
16 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ 🌧 72 °F
Day 8 Rest Day in Tomar. Saturday, September 16. Sightseeing walked 9.5k/6m

It’s raining! Thunder & lightening too. Ventured out about 9:00. Hit the pharmacy for some foot cream with exfoliate for my rough heels and more tape. Had a healthy breakfast of scrambled eggs, greens and bacon. Got an extra pair of socks, if I decide to start wearing them for my walks.

Pouring Rain Again. Chilled out in my nice big, bright, airy room for a couple hours. Then it was off for a hike up to the Templar Castle & Convent of Christ.

The Templar Castle was built in 1160 in the image of Middle-East castles. I was able to walk around the grounds and the walls. Photos provide an idea of its size.

Convent of Christ (World Heritage site) part of castle grounds and built from the 12th century. It was home to the Order of Christ from the 14c onwards. This place is massive. I took a lot of photos. Just hard to explain the art, tiling, architecture, etc.

Visited a couple churches and back to room to get my pack reorganized. It sure was nice not to have to pack it all up & put it on today! Tomorrow back to the path.

Enjoy the photos and captions. Bom CaminhoMeer informatie
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Reiziger Hope, your feet are feeling better, we got put out of the 60 tournament, we were 4 and 2, did not place.
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- 15 sep 2023
- ⛅ 79 °F
- Hoogte: 200 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Santarém Santa Maria Dos Olivais Tomar Levada 39.603398, -8.41207539°36’12” N 8°24’43” W
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Day 7 more photos
15 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
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- 15 sep 2023
- ⛅ 79 °F
- Hoogte: 197 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Santarém Santa Maria Dos Olivais Tomar Levada 39.603968, -8.41273639°36’14” N 8°24’46” W
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Day 7 VNDB to Tomar
15 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Day 7 - Vila Nova de Barquinha to Tomar September 15

Started at 7:54 am. Finished at 1:30 pm. 22.9k/14.2m. Walking time 4h32m. Steps 29,016. Calories 1,099.

Left a bit later since it was not supposed to be as warm. I’ve discovered this Caminho so far doesn’t have the shade nor as many little towns along the path. So you have to plan to have your water, snacks, with you. The day turned out to be a mixture of terrain & landscape. I liked the walk today. One thing I’ve been working on is not walking so fast & today I accomplished that. In the end my toes thanked me, but my hips did not!

Started out on city streets, moved to forest/logging roads, county roads and back to city.

There was only one town on the way that had a cafe and it was perfectly positioned- half way point. Just before the stop another pilgrim joined me. Vicky is Hungarian living in Poland. We enjoyed our snacks and drinks together. She went ahead and I happily did not match her pace.

Did a bit of sightseeing and ran into some pilgrims I’ve met over the last 6 days.

Enjoy the photos with captions. I’ll put in two posts

Thank you for going on the journey. Bom CaminhoMeer informatie
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Reiziger Love the “well done” sign. Good work! That long hill looked….long!
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- 14 sep 2023
- ⛅ 88 °F
- Hoogte: 66 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Santarém Carregueira Vila Nova da Barquinha 39.457562, -8.42926339°27’27” N 8°25’45” W
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Day 6 Azinhaga-VilaNovadeBarquinha
14 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 88 °F
Day 6 - Azinhaga to Vila Nova da Barquinha. 14 September. Started @ 7:12 am. Finished @ 12:30 pm. 19.4K/12.1m. Walking time 3h35m. 23,012 steps. 870 calories.

A beautiful morning for a walk! Hated to leave Casa da Portes, but it’s a new day and a new place to go. Left before other 3 pilgrims.

Walked through Azinhaga, about 800m down the road and for small town had a lot of churches.

First 9k to Golega it was not the most pleasant walking day due to walking on a busy road with a very narrow dirt shoulder. Had to be very diligent to cars, buses, trucks, semis, big tractors.

Upon entering Golega, toward the town square, came around the corner to see the church. Another out loud WOW. The inside was surprising - no gold alter but instead had beautiful tiles. Stayed in the square for an unhealthy breakfast of two pastries & double espresso!

Just as I was leaving Debbie & Andy arrived! We are hoping to meet up in Tomar on Friday. Then as I was crossing the road, exiting the town, ran into Mikola. So the two of us walked together until I turned off in Vila Nova Barquinha.

Along the way we came across an old palace that was used by the Templar Knights. It was so incredible.

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Reiziger Love the tiles. I sometimes thought that too much money had been spent on the churches that were covered in gold when it could have been used for the good of the people. These tiles are intricate pieces of art.
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Reiziger Stunning
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Reiziger Nice close-up,
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- 14 sep 2023 19:58
- ⛅ 79 °F
- Hoogte: 118 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Santarém Carregueira Vila Nova da Barquinha 39.458181, -8.43261839°27’29” N 8°25’57” W
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Day 6 more photos
14 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 79 °F
Along the path came across Palacio da Quinta da Cardiga. Used to belong to the Templar Knights from the Christ order. Elements from 1500’s & glazed tiles from 16/17 centuries. Several buildings - tower, chapel, wine storage, barn, cloister, palace. Also an old bridge that was used.Meer informatie
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Reiziger That's cool, I have read a little bit about the Templars
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Reiziger It looks like the locals keep the countryside free from litter. like the stone bridge,
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- 13 sep 2023
- ☀️ 86 °F
- Hoogte: 66 ft
- Portugal Distrito de Santarém Azinhaga 39.355972, -8.53672339°21’21” N 8°32’12” W
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Day 5 Santarem- Azinhaga
13 september 2023, Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 86 °F
Day 5 - Santarem to Azinhaga. 13 September. Started @ 7:21 am. Finished at 2:15 pm. 27.3k/17m. Walking time 5h06m. 32,564 steps. 1214 calories.

Wow there are other pilgrims walking. At the Santiago gate I came across 6 pilgrims. Started walking with a couple and once we got out of town our pace was different, so off I went. Unfortunately did not see them the rest of the day. The other four I saw and sat with to have breakfast & coffee. Left and walked with Denise from Edmonton, Canada for the rest of the way, until I stopped and she was walking to the next town.

Walked through vineyards and corn fields almost all day. So easy on the legs. Denise and I were gabbing too intently and missed an arrow so had to backtrack about 2 km.

I’m staying at Casa dos Portas and what a gem. 800 m off the Caminho path, but worth the effort. It had a swimming pool! Newer building and had a garden just very relaxing place to wind down. Had my first communal pilgrim meal. The four of us staying here ate together.

Already late so making this a bit short.

Enjoy the photos and the journey. Bom Caminho.Meer informatie
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Reiziger That all looks fantastic. The Tejo River really wins the day, doesn’t it?
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Reiziger Enjoying following your camino. Great photos..
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Reiziger I love the path and the river. Great accomplishment. Maryj
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