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Firstly, kudos to you for being so meticulous about your planning.
I'm impressed with the effort you've put into it. Your list seems comprehensive, yet I have a few suggestions that could help lighten your load.
1. Clothing is a significant weight contributor. Check if you really need all...
Although there are averages of temperature, I'm finding summers to be more and more unpredictable here in Portugal. We have more and more heat from the mid-August, untill mid-October, than we had some years ago. For instance, we had a very tempered summer last year, but we had very hot days in...
Never underestimate the good will of people in these kinds of situations. When I had my Credentials thing running, I offered the postage for people, but people would still give me Money for the postage (and sometimes even more).
It was public shared on Facebook by them Doug.
Post in here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.622948617718078.1073741826.246343072045303&type=1
No worry about that ;)
After reading the blog, I've seen that the "association" it's only by name, There is no legal document proving that they are somesort of admnistrative association, like Via Lusitana. But hey, they sure do a good job especially keeping those arrows in spot on conditions.
The Albergue Cidade de Barcelos (in Barcelos :p ), has posted a new guidebook online, that you can get for 1,50€. This guidebook has a lot of infos about the stages, from Porto to Santiago. You can find the guidebook in here: http://www.alberguedebarcelos.com/index.php/pt/apoio-ao-peregrino
If...
Probably not too cold, at least during the day. April it's always a transition month, so be prepared for everything. Last year it had a lot of rain, but this year the prediction it's for a moderated Winter, and a windy Spring.
I understand that Mike :) I was just giving some kind of information regarding this, since there are people who believe that the Caminhos de Fátima have some kind of proved connection with the Caminho de Santiago. Although I believe that it's a very good symbiosis, there are some pilgrims...
Besides the consideration of adding extra warmth, there are also other reasons, like the weight of silk (I have a silk liner and a polyester liner, and the one made of silk weights less) and also because of the bed bug thing. For what some people have told me (even here in the Forum), it seems...
Sorry people, going to hit the Salnés at the 20th of April. Anyone around Pontevedra during that time wants to join a group of 4, you are very welcome :)
Bom Caminho for all!
There is a really well marked way from Lisbon to Fatima. It's a very beautiful caminho, except for the first 2 or 3 days, depending how you manage to put up your stages. You can find about the first stage in here...
After watching it by satellite view, this it's the green way! Simply because the normal way, goes through Rúa da Cataleta, and pass by Beach Spolport SL (which is located in Santiago hospital).
No, what happens is that Doña Urraca do the same price has the Xunta Albergues. The Albergue it's managed by the 5Jotas bar, not by AGACS or any volunteers.
About 3 to 5km from reaching to the cathedral, you will find yourself in front of a bifurcation. To your left side, you have a national...
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