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  1. OdysseusSympath

    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    I'm sorry about the delay, I'm on another wander now. As I recall, we went through Pontarrón and Isquilla, not the first bit.
  2. OdysseusSympath

    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    It's listed on Gronze, the Socorro Aguirre Pilgrim Hostel, her number and email are there as well. I made my reservation via email, she responded promptly.
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    The route was overgrown for us but we made it through, ducking under branches and getting stabbed with thorns. Jean Luc, the hostelero in Guéthery told us that he and some Camino association folks were heading out to clear path in the following days or weeks so I assume that it's been remedied...
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Gronze Maps is an app with only the map, the website has the accommodations. 👍
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Gronze shows Castro Urdiales as opening April 1st, and Onton opening March 1st, that close to opening I would call and check to make sure, it might be the first Monday after March 1st or something like that. Gronze is the most reliable website I've found for accomodations and has their phone...
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Day 35, March 4th. I left the municipal albergue in Dumbría with 22km to walk on the solemn last leg of my Camino. I stopped for coffee at the few cafés open trying to draw the day out, savoring every breath of eucalyptus forest after a rainfall and moss covered wall glittering bright green in...
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Alto da Pena is 8.52km from Negreira *I use the daily stage planner feature on Buen Camino app for distances between towns, you select your starting town and it gives a drop down list of the proceeding towns with distances to them. Very handy.
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Day 34, March 3rd. I left Alto da Pena with a sunny sky and a cool breeze heading for Dumbría, about 5km past the Finistère/Muxía split. It rained a little but the optimistic forecast convinced me to use my pack cover and rain coat but no rain pants(too hot and clamy). I got a little wet but...
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Day 33, March 2nd. I ate up half the day eating breakfast and drinking coffee and tracing my Santiago footsteps of four years ago with Christine before heading to Alto da Peña. The Way to Finistère/Muxía is beautiful even before you leave city limits(I had forgotten that). I stopped for coffee a...
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Day 32, March 1st. It's not over yet! In February 2020, when I walked the Frances, I walked from SJPD P to Finistère and waded into the ocean sin ropa. This journey ends in Muxía, sitting wet in a cafe as I write this the cold north Atlantic dip is still up in the air. Day 32 was spent lounging...
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Day 31, February 29th. *(I have never tried to attach files/pictures other than thumbnails, it happens when service gets interrupted while uploading) We left Pedrouzo after coffee and breakfast at a local cafe for our final approach to Santiago. We stopped a few times, drawing out our...
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Day 30th, February 28th. We left Melide(reunited with Christine who had come down to walk sections of the Frances) after breakfast at a local cafe heading for O Pedrouzo. I went ahead stopped for coffee and sat long enough to post a day's progress so we arrived at Arzua at the same time and...
  13. OdysseusSympath

    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Day 29, February 27th. I left San Román da Retorta at 10am(the hostelero had said it was "todo tranquilo") and headed for Melide. After a few kilometers I came across a hotel bar that served breakfast in O Burgo that was happy to make me a tortilla con queso sin patatas(low carb, they also cater...
  14. OdysseusSympath

    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Day 28, February 26th, I left the albergue in Castroverde early(for me) as I was planning on walking to the little municipal albergue in San Román da Retorta. I had a coffee before leaving town because I had read there was no place to stop between there and Lugo, that was correct with the...
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    LIVE from the Camino Starting the Camino del Norte January 30th 2024

    Day 28, February 26. I passed the toothless guy with the cane, he was there on my way up, I tried to tell him "mucho agua", he laughed, said something I didn't understand and kept walking 😂.
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