Esposende to Viana do Castelo 26km

Right ye hoors yez, I’m in a right foul mood tonight. I was looking forward to this evening because my beloved Man Utd were playing in the Europa League Final against spurs and put on the most pathetic final performance I’ve ever seen. A team I have supported since birth and enjoyed amazing success in the 90s and 00’s and have now fallen so far I don’t even recognise them. No fighting spirit, no awareness, laziness and selfishness has rotted this team to the core. Spurs score one pathetic goal and United have no answer. Glad to see Big Ange win a trophy. Legend of a character and unfortunately will lose his job mainly because of the pressure of the English press. Assholes!

Anyways back to today’s adventure. started about 8am from esposende and trekked 26km to Viana do Castello. Stephen lost his toothbrush somewhere so got another one in a shop nearby.

You can take a man out of Omagh ….

The walk today was a mixture of cobbles and woodland walks. After a nice breakfast of cheese and ham baguettes and coffee, we had quite a nice wee gradient to climb before a lush forest path that led to beautiful scenery and a river crossing.

We went past some lovely little churches, stopping of for a breather and a wee prayer for our good fortune and our families health.

We walked on and fell in with a Croatian dude who was very funny and had a funny view of life. He walked with us to Viana do Castelo before splitting but would love to meet with him again.

We went to an Irish Bar at 6pm hoping to get some grub before the game, but it was closed. So we went to a fancy looking restaurant across the street called Pico Pico and got two marvellous steak dinners. Off we went back to the Irish Bar again to watch the match only to find that they don’t have Guinness 🤣🤣 Krombacher it is then!

Tomorrrow we are scheduled to go to Caminha but I think i’ll take a rest day and explore Viana. Stephen wants to continue on to Miledo so we might go separate ways tomo for a change and meet up again in a day or two. the camino is your own journey so u gotta make the most of it.

Night night folks ❤️