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I finished the VdlP yesterday in Santiago. I went through Astorga tongrt there faster. No pilgrim masses on the Frances. Not even starting from Sarria.
Via de la Plata all the way into Astorga is extremely flat as a Camino. My app tried to...
There is a motorway service station before the climb to Monasterio. Good place to stop and recharge the batteries. When I walked it was in the mid 30s should be a lot easier in the 20s.
For the sleep mask: antifaz para dormir
For the heating coil: resistencia eléctrica para calentar agua
Máscara para dormir should be understood. If you told me bobina de calentamiento I would have no idea what you're talking about 😅
I am 68 and walked solo Porto to Santiago. I got so much wrong, but so much right too. I had trained - somewhat.
I began 27 March in run up to Easter and walked into terrible weather on Coastal route. Poncho ripped in the 40 kms wind day one...
I stayed in Calzadilla de los Barros. A nice big municipal with a washing machine. Make sure to get the key at the Ayuntamiento before hiking up the hill to it.
I don't think I had any particular worries about my first Camino. Just excitement. Of course if I had known more about the Camino in advance I might have had more to be anxious about. Perhaps just as well that the forum and Facebook weren't...
I stayed in Morille on May 12 ‘23 and there was plenty of room even with a couple of groups that had been spread out previously catching up to each other here.
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