Sorry for the delay but it's the website, not me. Maybe we're not just that compatible after this journey through Portugal...maybe is should have chosen Wordpress rather than them off exploring website but one last chance together.. So farewell to Portugal and across the river Rio Minho to Spain . So close but very different. I hope Portugal doesn't become one of the loser nations of Europe because there is so much here to see and enjoy but somehow they seem to ...

Yes, just what you want to see from your hotel room when you arrive after the hottest day walk so far. It's fiesta time. When we arrived there was a very solemn process of religious figures being taken in reverence around the town. But now it's party time right outside our hotel window with the noisiest funfair you have heard. It's 11 now and still going strong. All attempts to get a room at the back of the hotel have failed so we've been watching the last ever...

I think I have been getting the days wrong so this is actually our 14th day or walking and what a day. It was 15 miles on a boardwalk with perfect blue skies and the sparkling Atlantic sea on our left for the whole journey. But having just looked at the pic, I must remember to hold my stomach in and try and put my rucksack belts in a more flattering position. Top marks to Jane who made it the whole way with v little training. I had fish for lunch, a Saint Pier...

Look at that sky. Such a beautiful day and we did the tour of Porto which is so busy. But half the buildings are derelict and the whole place feels ready for redevelopment but times are still hard here I guess there isn't much money around. If this were London you couldn't believe the opportunities. I'm wondering why this national which had the biggest empire in the world at one time time is now so down in the dumps. The trade winds made their fortune and they ...

A rest day in Porto and I want to move into our apartment because it is so fab and right in the centre of town opposite San Bento station. After having slept in a few damp cold beds it's lovely to be in a six foot bed with wonderful bedlinen. We met up with Julie and Mike today who are on their way to Madrid and sat down on a train for most of the day. This was for the fantastic train journey down the river Duoro where all the major port houses have their viney...