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Coastal Camino in November

RiverRob

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November 4
Hello all, first of all, thank you all for being here.
I am looking to start my Camino in Porto next week, but with all the rain, I am wondering if the path along the coast is still passable. Does anyone have any recent experience and recommendations?
All the best to all.

Rob
 
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I notice that no-one has responded to this. I don't have specific experience on the coastal, but walked earlier in the year after some rain from Valenca, and last year on the Central from Lisbon. The only place that I can recall that would become impassable after rain would be the complementary route leading into Pontevedra. The path is quite close to the rio Gatos, and even when I walked there was evidence of recent flooding that would have closed this complementary path.

As a general observation, I don't think any of the main routes will become impassable, albeit where there are unsealed surfaces, some might become quite muddy and difficult. There were places where there was evidence that his had happened in the past, with the trail being widened in such places as people attempted to find ways around where water might have collected across the path.

This is always a hard call. While one might be tempted to go around such obstacles, much less disruption is caused by walking through them, and not spreading the path. I wish I could say I have been consistent in applying this practice, but I cannot. There are times when I have tested the depth of the pooled water and it has well exceeded that which would have flooded my boots, and I have found a shallower way around.
 
We didn't get rain much, but we did have very strong winds off the water during our Coastal/Littoral walk in June 2022. It was slightly unpleasant, but kept us from getting too hot. We stayed at a "sports" hostel in Esponsende, which apparently draws lots of windsurfers, so I assume that type of wind is normal. A combination of the wind and rain would certainly have been more unpleasant!
 
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We just finished the Camino Portugues. We did a little coastal and then moved to the central. The coast was very windy and rainy. Like sideways rain. In Ponte de lima we were told that the paths in the mountains were washed out and that pilgrims were returning and having to taxi around that stretch.
 
Hello all, first of all, thank you all for being here.
I am looking to start my Camino in Porto next week, but with all the rain, I am wondering if the path along the coast is still passable. Does anyone have any recent experience and recommendations?
All the best to all.

Rob
I walked the Senda Litoral & Camino da Costa from Porto to Vila do Conde yesterday. Boardwalk was nonexistent in several places, under sand and bridge still out. Walk to ocean and around when you get to the broken bridge. The wind was strong and it rained-a LOT. I’ve had enough of the surf, wind, noise, etc and turned inland to join the Central route. Here are some pics. It’s said that the camino offers us a chance to slow down and how true it is. Walking through sand sure slowed me down. Lol. Bom caminho
 

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We just finished the Camino Portugues. We did a little coastal and then moved to the central. The coast was very windy and rainy. Like sideways rain. In Ponte de lima we were told that the paths in the mountains were washed out and that pilgrims were returning and having to taxi around that stretch.
Any idea on the state of the mountain paths after Ponte de Lima now? I can't imagine it's much better now since it hasn't stopped raining.
 
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