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  1. Gillyweb

    Portugues : Best guide book

    Hi all. What in your opinions is/are the best guidebook(s) for the Portugues COASTAL - possibly including the Senda Litoral. I used Brierly when I did the start of the coastal from Porto then moved inland to the central, and as I recall info on the coastal was limited in Brierley. Is there a...
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    I swear if I ever see another cobble stone .......

    I swear if I ever see another cobble stone again in my life ever, it will be way too soon. Don't the Portugues have asphalt ? Just where do they find so much granite ?? Will my feet ever recover ???.... and does it ever stop ???? All rhetorical questions of course - I just felt the need for a...
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    Sandals and rain ? Do I wear socks..... Portugues in two week's time !

    So....I feel ashamed to not know the answer to this after doing the CF twice but.....am I supposed to wear walking sandals in the rain ? With socks ? Without socks ??? What ??? I've always walked in my Berghaus lightweight high top hiking boots and they have only ever given me one blister. For...
  4. Gillyweb

    Anyone doing Porto to Santiago Starting around 22st August ?

    Hi, I'm planning on heading out of Porto around the 22nd August. Coastal route for the first day then cutting to central. Anyone else starting around then ?
  5. Gillyweb

    Portugues or return to Frances ; woman alone

    Hi all. I'm heading back to the Camino toward the end of August and am totally undecided. I am looking for some time to 'be' and not have to think too much so my initial idea was to walk from Logrono to León. However I know I will struggle to stop at that point and will feel I should be carrying...
  6. Gillyweb

    Can't believe how much I want to go back....

    I can't quite believe how much I think about my one full camino last year and my 200k from the year before. The yearning to go back again is extraordinary and really unexpected. The most amazing thing in my life - I just pray that in the not too distant future I can find another five weeks to...
  7. Gillyweb

    O Cebreiro to Santiago currently in bed chaos ....

    If there is another thread about this I apologise. For those coming up to this stage, which I did last year with no reservations and no problems whatsoever, it seems currently to be in a touch of bed meltdown. Queues at municipals are huge by 11am and a resulting panic booking wave has meant...
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    O Cebriero - the worst place to stay ...??

    O Cebriero must surely be the worst possible place to stay on the Frances. Having simply walked through last year, weather and mileage made stopping here this year necessary. I have never anywhere experienced such indifferent and downright abominably rude behaviour. Not just in one bar but in...
  9. Gillyweb

    Run out of training time :-(

    So .... I leave on Sunday and life has been so stupidly busy that I'm nowhere near as prepared or fit as I was last year when I walked the last 120 miles. Am I mad starting in SJPP ? - I've got really nervous now.
  10. Gillyweb

    Injury stopping me training

    Not long after Christmas (so three months ago) I felt a small niggle of a pain just under my butt on my right leg. I thought it would go but it's been getting worse and now after a mile or two spreads down my whole leg : fear it's a ham string thing..... Seeing an osteopath today but going to be...
  11. Gillyweb

    July 4th start from SJPP..... Advice about the Meseta please !

    Having done Villafranca to Santiago last year I'm hooked and have just booked my flight to Biarritz for 3rd July 2014. Sooo excited but suddenly so nervous too ; 120 miles was easy enough - 500 ?? Weird thing is - if all goes well I should arrive in Santiago on exactly the same day as last...
  12. Gillyweb

    Starting in Villafranca on Tuesday...

    Hi ...... I'm starting my first Camino from Villafranca on Tuesday 30th. Just wondered if anyone else was leaving from there around the same time. Feeling rather nervous about a tough first day and sure I've packed way too much though I can't think what to leave behind !!!
  13. Gillyweb

    Starting in Villafranca

    Hi guys.... I was planning on starting in Villafranca as my time is very limited...I have 9 days. However now I have looked at the maps in detail it seems Villafranca to O'Cebreiro is a tough climb. Is it a sensible starting place for day one. I'm staying overnight in Ponferrada arriving late...

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