Day 4: Alcobaça -Batalha – Fatima
July 12, 2015Alcobaça -Batalha - Fatima 44kmThe most important pilgrimage in Portugal is not to the tomb of Saint James in Santiago but to Fatima. ... Read More
Day 5 Fatima to Tomar
July 13th, 2015Fatima to Tomar 35kmThe day began with a lovely ride through the hills and an encounter with a medieval castle, and ended with ... Read More
Day 6 & 7 Rest day in Tomar and then on to Ansião
July 15, 2015We spent an extra day in Tomar, partly to recover from our exertions during Disco Inferno, but mostly to visit the Templar Castle ... Read More
Day 8 & 9 Ainsão – Conimbriga – Coimbra
July 17, 2015The ride from Ansião to Coimbra included a stop at the Roman site of Conimbriga. They have a very impressive collection of mosaics ... Read More
Day 11: Albergaria a Velha on the coastal route to Porto 80km
July 19, 2015Gordon: Our reliable friend Pocket Earth found an excellent route for us today. It has a feature that allows a route to be ... Read More
Day12: a few of our favorite things
July 20th, 2015Gordon: Prior to our arrival in Portugal we had read in our guide book that the Portuguese prepare bacalhão (dried, salted codfish) in ... Read More
Day 13: A few more favorite things. Porto to Vila do Conde
July 21, 2015Ruth: The Port was lovely, and the Bacalao, as Gord mentioned, surprisingly good, but the crown of favorites so far would have to ... Read More
Day 14 & 15: Vila do Conde to Guimarães, Guimarães to Ponte de Lima
July 24, 2015We have been having much too much fun to blog. When you have a husband like Gord, humour tends to stick, even to ... Read More
Day 16 & 17: Ponte de Lima to Viana do Costelo & Viana to Valença
ILooking over to Spain from Valença. July 25, 2015Gordon: Today is the feast day of St. James, the patron saint of Spain. We are intentionally two ... Read More
Day 18: Valença to Pontevedra
July 26, 2015Oh it was hard to leave Portugal, but also thrilling to enter Galicia again. The first kilometres in Spain were just magical. The ... Read More