Caminho do Norte: Day 7 – Branca to Agueda

One week into walking the Caminho do Norte and we are heading to Águeda today. The long distances we covered at the outset mean we’re actually two days ahead of the official walking schedule, although stage 9 also ends at … Continued

Caminho do Norte: Day 5 – Porto to Santa Maria de Feira

On this, our fifth day of walking the Caminho do Norte, we again tinkered with the ‘official stages’ and will be walking a little farther than the suggested 23 kilometres to Lourosa. Today’s destination is Santa Maria de Feira, which … Continued

Caminho do Norte: Day 4 – Gião to Porto

Unfortunately, day four of the Caminho do Norte was when the caminho experience all started going wrong for me. The website didn’t exactly wax lyrically about the ‘official’ stage from Vairão to Porto – which with hindsight should probably have … Continued