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  1. Peregrinopaul

    Camino on bike .

    If you fly a bike from Ireland to Biarritz, Express Bouricot will take you to St Jean and then forward the bag to Santiago for collection. Worked fine for me last year - but I was happy to cop the extra cost in order to have my own bike for the Camino. If you buy a bike in France it will not be...
  2. Peregrinopaul

    Memorable Climbs

    You beat me to it! On day 2 of my very first camino it made me wonder what I was in for.
  3. Peregrinopaul

    The case for preserving the descent into Zubiri.

    And just to be clear, if they got in there with machinery and concreted it, it would be transformed into something similar to the short climb out of Lintzoain - see pic 1 in my original post.
  4. Peregrinopaul

    The case for preserving the descent into Zubiri.

    Yes I agree that a sign giving a clear warning for wet weather is needed. And an information board about the unique geology would be a splendid thing.
  5. Peregrinopaul

    The case for preserving the descent into Zubiri.

    Indeed I am. You are correct that this exposure is near the bottom. I checked the data on my iphone, and it was taken here. It’s just coincidence that the dip of the limestone layer happens to coincide with the slope of the track.
  6. Peregrinopaul

    The case for preserving the descent into Zubiri.

    Of course I'm making a big assumption based on the word 'repair'. However I suspect that the hill out of Linzoain would have resembled some of the exposures in my pictures. The underlying geology is identical. Perhaps some 'old timers' can remember its state before that was 'fixed up'..
  7. Peregrinopaul

    The case for preserving the descent into Zubiri.

    To some extent, yes. Once again it comes down to moving tectonic plates, and in the case of the rocks west of Astorga, the collision of supercontinents 400 million years ago. Here's part of the relevant chapter. This might not be easily comprehensible as some information is assumed from earlier...
  8. Peregrinopaul

    The case for preserving the descent into Zubiri.

    A recent post by @Kirkie in another older thread about the descent has prompted me to make this post. In it she tells us this: "I wrote to turismo.web@navarra.es The reply I got just now - I quote: Good morning, as you say, there is a part of the Way on the descent to Zubiri that is not in good...
  9. Peregrinopaul

    Is the Camino too crowded?

    Trecile, if you’re still in Luquin when you read this, please remember me to Tiago. He was exceptionally kind to me last year when I got sick. Tell him I’ll be coming through in a month!
  10. Peregrinopaul

    Help. Trying to pay a deposit for a reservation on PayPal

    Thanks for the advice. I have sent the deposit by email - Paypal recognised it as the account of the albergue owner named.
  11. Peregrinopaul

    On the Camino: One Day at a Time, one Photo at a Time 11.0

    June 2012
  12. Peregrinopaul

    Help. Trying to pay a deposit for a reservation on PayPal

    I just received this from an albergue: Para confirmar la reserva hay que hacer un ingreso de 10€ por PayPal en la dirección ********@gmail.com , por transferencia en el número ES********************** o por bizum en el ******** Titular B**** Villaverde When I go to 'Send money' on Paypal I can...
  13. Peregrinopaul

    One Napoleon but two variants......

    Sorry, I completely misunderstood your post. I was referring to the road from Col du Lepoeder down into Roncesvalles avoiding the short cut through the forest. And no, I didn’t take the path short cut before Orisson.
  14. Peregrinopaul

    One Napoleon but two variants......

    I've always biked the road into Roncesvalles and it it is exhilarating.
  15. Peregrinopaul

    Is it okay to have no plan for the first Camino? 🌙

    Nika is planning to start at the end of the third week in May. Sure, the Francés has always been busy at the beginning of May, this year ridiculously so. But surely the big wave be will be long gone by the time she starts?
  16. Peregrinopaul

    That infamous descent into Zubiri

    2 'likes' appeared today for my postings on this thread, which I'd forgotten I'd made. After all the terrible weather pilgrims have experienced recently, I'm surprised no-one mentioned it, because it must have been bloody awful in a downpour. For anyone interested, here's a couple more pics from...
  17. Peregrinopaul

    Overcrowded Camino Frances

    I do hope that you will post a 'Live from the Camino' thread about your experience on this route, @chechakoman. Last year I diverted on a round trip by bike from Burgos to Covarrubias. I can highly recommend the Pension Galin in that lovely little town, seen here at the end of the street...
  18. Peregrinopaul

    Cycling SJPP to Roncesvales

    I’ve been over the Route Napoleon twice, once on a folding bike (very difficult) and more recently on a mountain bike (almost easy). There is no designation that I am aware of that the RN is not for cyclists, nor have I ever come across advice to avoid it. Lots of people on bikes. However, that...
  19. Peregrinopaul

    LIVE from the Camino Chrissy on the Camino Sanabrés

    There are quite a few of those unique churches up ahead, Chrissy. I read somewhere that they are templar churches built with outside steps to the bell tower to provide convenient look-outs for approaching raiders. One of my favourites is the church of Santiago at Terroso just before Requejo...
  20. Peregrinopaul

    Spring has sprung?

    I mean the one with the distant scarp.

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