J48 – Thursday, December 3: La Bañeza – Puebla de Sanabria75.3km – 9H23’Altitude 933 mJust like a street light, the moon illuminates the small road that leads out of Bañeza. At daybreak there is a light frost which stimulates Serge and the team. This...
J49 – Friday, December 4 : Puebla de Sanabria (Espagne) – Quintela de Lampaças (Portugal)75.5km – 9H13’ “For a change, I started my day on foot running up a steep incline. All of a sudden I saw a sign “Portugal 1 km,” which surprised me because I...
J50 – Saturday, December 5 : Quintela de Lampaças – Populo75km – 9H46’Altitude 756mLast night we set up camp in the parking lot of a restaurant, taking advantage of the opening hours, 7:00 PM instead of 8:30 or 9:00, to eat the evening’s menu: soup, a nice thick...
J51 – Sunday, December 6: Populo – Mesao Frio68.3km – 9H05’Altitude 184mTorrential rain takes nothing away from the beauty of the scenery and wet feet don’t dampen the good mood of the team or the runner. Serge has come up with a saying “If you don’t like...
J52 – Monday, December 7: Mesao Frio – Rio Mau74.9km – 9H23’Altitude 63mLe Douro Valley is a pain in the neck and shoulders and we are fed up after a day of clutching the steering wheel: look to the right, look to the left, watch out someone is passing, watch...
J53 – Tuesday, December 8: Rio Mau – AveiroAt the finish: Fatima, Cesar, Brigitte, Roger, Maria, Jean-Claude, our Duponts80.4km – 9H50’Our day was well-occupied day and gave us the impression of having taken a giant step forward, now that we are going...
