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    Descent into Molinaseca

    Please don't say 'you (all) can do it.' As I said earlier in my post I have an arthritic knee and that descent would have been dangerous for me. Yes, there may be an alternative lovely, non-dangerous path but I did not know of it - and judging by this thread, nor do many others. Why has it not...
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    Descent into Molinaseca

    The first time I walked it was in the opposite direction after a rainy night. 'Thank God I am doing this going up' I thought to myself. I then did it going down several years later. 'Never again' I told myself. So in 2015 and this year, I walked Al Acebo to Molinaseca on the road. It is 2 kms...
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    Albergue Acommodation Ponferrada to O'Cebriero for those on a slim budget

    just a warning to others travelling currently on a tight budget. Many of the municiple albergues are closed in this stretch. The large donativo in Ponferrada is open. Albergue Medina in Camponaraya closes on a Tuesday as does Albergue Molino in Cacabelos. In Villafranca the municipal was closed...
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    slow paced Itinerary-camino frances

    I have used this tool to plan many Caminos. It is brilliant
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    Women out there - Deuter backpack

    I have tried a range of rucksacks over time. At 1 point I was very fixed in what I wanted from the 'sack - side pockets where I stored my towel and other stuff etc. Then at an outdoor shop (I mean a specialist shop selling camping/hiking equipment) a staff member persuaded me to forget about the...
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    Current food/drink prices on the Camino Frances, and Trail Angels

    Last year I walked from Fromista to Astorga (very short daily distances due to bad knee). My average daily spend was €21. I'm budgeting a daily spend of €25 this year. I stayed in refugios and self catered where I could. And yes I found it more expensive than I expected but understood why. The...
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    Is pre-booking accommodation the new normal?

    was this a reply to my post?, if so it's HiHome hostel in Oviedo
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    Longest sections of Camino Frances without facilities

    I walked this stretch last year in May. There were 2 places where a mobile van type thing was selling drink and probably light refreshments - I didn't know of their existance prior to walking and ironically I stopped to rest and have a snack just on the side of the road about 30 meters before...
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    Is pre-booking accommodation the new normal?

    This is perhaps slightly off-topic but has anyone had experience with an app called STAYmyway? I normally do not book ahead and also always carry my backpack though with advancing years and arthritis in the knee, this may have to change. Like others on this forum I feel each person's Camino is...
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    LIVE from the Camino @Kalimera on the Francés

    Thank you
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    Concerned

    I believe the parochial albergue in Carrion is open - you cannot book there but if you arrive early enough you will get a bed as it cannot be booked in advance. I stayed there several days ago at Albergue Espiritu Santo though I did not book in advance
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    Concerned

    "Now - in just about every town there are a certain amount of beds that cannot be reserved." This was true before COVID but as I posted in another thread, I have experienced a problem whereby many of the municipal albergues are not open - these are the ones you cannot book.
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    Great albergue Camino Frances

    On the subject of albergues on the Camino Frances, in the stretch between Fromista and beyond Leon, many (thought not all) municipal albergues are still closed.
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    LIVE from the Camino @Kalimera on the Francés

    Can anyone tell me where that is or its name. I'm due to walk in to Astorga in 3 or 4 days time.
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