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We have previously walked the Camino Frances but each year we close our gîte on the GR 65 for 3-4 days in August to recharge our batteries before the busy month of September. We usually spend these days camping at Urdos & this has re-ignited my husband's desire to cross the Pyrenees by the Arles...
We know we can get from Santiago de Compostella to Ponferrada by Train or Bus but is there a Bus service that can take us from Ponferrada to Molinaseca or will we have to walk or take a taxi?
The FFRP guide says that one should catch a bus from Accous to the top of the Col du Somport. Is this REALLY necessary or can one WALK if one is careful? Also is the route from Oloron Ste Marie to Jaca walkable in October as we haven't managed to get away earlier as planned?
I am on the GR65. I have heard that the passage through the Pyrenees by the "Col du Somport" is superb and would like to try it. How do I transfer from the Via Podiensis (GR 65 from Le Puy) to the Via Tolosana (GR653 from Arles)?
Being short of time at the moment we would like to get to Santiago in February but can only manage from Ponferrada because of time constraints. My Miam-miam dodo, Camino Frances 2007 is not explicit enough about opening times. In 2007 we ended up doing 43km one day as "Die zwei deutsch" (our...
We walked the Camino Frances in 2003 (Sept/Oct) & again from Boadilla del Camino in October 2007. Needing a new challenge we are contemplating the Camino del Norte but only have Feb/March 2010 available. Anyone any idea of weather at that time? Is the weather more clement on the Via de la Plata...
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