Day 6 Fao. - Viana do Castello Tuesday 31uly 2018
Day 6 Fao - Viana do Castello
Tuesday 31/07/2018
28 km 7 hrs plus lunch 1 1/2 hrs and beach 1 1/2 hrs and minor stops
Another wonderful day albeit very tiring. Yesterday it turned out to be “only” 19 km instead of the expected 26. But today we finished at 28! The youngsters were very good and the oldsters too.
Brillant sunshine all day and very strong wind, nice and cool. We walked mostly along beaches, as before. Quite a bit of road, less board walks, and in the end mostly through patchy pine forests in the dunes. This made walking difficult where the vegetation had worn off and the sand was lose.
The beach stop we had right in front of the life guard post - very reassuring with a yellow flag. By the time we left they had hoisted a red flag! At one point after we were no longer immediately next to the beach we came across a fruit and vegetable stall - a welcome stop.
28 km 7 hrs plus lunch 1 1/2 hrs and beach 1 1/2 hrs and minor stops
Another wonderful day albeit very tiring. Yesterday it turned out to be “only” 19 km instead of the expected 26. But today we finished at 28! The youngsters were very good and the oldsters too.
Brillant sunshine all day and very strong wind, nice and cool. We walked mostly along beaches, as before. Quite a bit of road, less board walks, and in the end mostly through patchy pine forests in the dunes. This made walking difficult where the vegetation had worn off and the sand was lose.
The beach stop we had right in front of the life guard post - very reassuring with a yellow flag. By the time we left they had hoisted a red flag! At one point after we were no longer immediately next to the beach we came across a fruit and vegetable stall - a welcome stop.
Coming into Viana do Castello it
was a long walk over the estuary of the river Cavado on a “double decker”
bridge - trains below and cars and pedestrians above.
Having arrived so late (at 8 pm) we decided to go in search of our dinner immediately ie just change shoes and leave shower and the rest till afterwards. During the meal the youngsters were amazingly annimated it seemed to me, but left to go back to our hotel before Andrea and myself. I too became much less animated once I was in bed - and left the writing of this until the following morning.
Nothing more to report - the photos say it all.
Having arrived so late (at 8 pm) we decided to go in search of our dinner immediately ie just change shoes and leave shower and the rest till afterwards. During the meal the youngsters were amazingly annimated it seemed to me, but left to go back to our hotel before Andrea and myself. I too became much less animated once I was in bed - and left the writing of this until the following morning.
Nothing more to report - the photos say it all.
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| DEPARTURE DEPART |
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| JAMES (1.95 M) UP FRONT JAMES (1.95m) MENE LA MARCHE |
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| LOSE SAND.DIFFICULT TO WALK PROGRESSION DIFFICILE SUR LE SABLE MOU |
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| VERY DRY UNDERGROWTH EASY TO START A FIRE SOUS BOIS SEC. DEPART DE FEU FACILE A CRAINDRE |
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| LOVELY FRUIT EXCELLENTS FRUITS |
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| 90 MIN LUNCH BREAK 90 MIN DE PAUSE REPAS |
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| ROMAN BRIDGE ? PONT ROMAIN ? |
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| BRIDGE OVER RIVER CAVADO PONT SUR LE CAVADO |
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| ARRIVAL ARRIVEE |
Une autre belle journée bien que très fatigante. Hier on a fait 19 km au lieu des 26 prévus. Mais aujourd'hui on en a fait 28 ! Les jeunes sont en forme, les vieux aussi
Un soleil
radieux toute la journée et vent fort, bien agréable. On a cheminé
la plus part du temps le long des plages avec des forets de pins de
temps à autres le long des dunes. Cela rend la marche difficile là
où la végétation a séché et où le sable est mou.
On a fait une pause sur la plage face au poste de secours. Emplacement securise (!) avec le drapeau jaune d'abord, puis rouge. Quand nous sommes partis, a un endroit, alors que nous n'etions pas tout proches de la plage, on a trouve un etalage de fruits et de legumes. Arret profitable! En arrivant a Viana do Castelo on a marche et traverse l'estuaire de la riviere Cavado sur un pont a deux niveaux: les trains dessous, les pietons au dessus.
On a fait une pause sur la plage face au poste de secours. Emplacement securise (!) avec le drapeau jaune d'abord, puis rouge. Quand nous sommes partis, a un endroit, alors que nous n'etions pas tout proches de la plage, on a trouve un etalage de fruits et de legumes. Arret profitable! En arrivant a Viana do Castelo on a marche et traverse l'estuaire de la riviere Cavado sur un pont a deux niveaux: les trains dessous, les pietons au dessus.
On est arrivés à destination assez tardivement (20 heures) et avons décidé de chercher immédiatement un endroit pour dîner et de nous reposer ensuite. Il m'a semblé que nos jeunes étaient très excités mais ils sont cependant repartis à l’hôtel avant nous. Andréa et moi aussi nous sommes senties moins excitées une fois au lit.
Rien
d’autre à raconter, les photos parlent d'elles même.
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