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    Route de Cares from Oviedo

    I’m planning to start the Primitivo in October from Oviedo but am trying to put together a side trek first to the Route de Cares. It’s a local trail along the gorge of the river Cares . Ten miles across and 10 back. Very dramatic with tunnels and bridges. But even though it’s only 60 miles east...
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    Unique restaurants in Santiago

    I was going over a journal of my last Camino and was reminded about a really unique eatery just off the plaza called , The Black Cat , or el gato negra Everything was local including the in filtered wine . No very big but welcoming. I’ve been there twice and will go again. Anybody have their...
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    What kind of Pilgrim carries his pack the whole distance?

    It seem a lot of new pilgrim plan to minimize their experience with starting in Sarria and using a pack service. The Camino Frances is not Disney tour but neither is it the Appalachian Trail . Don’t over think it with a tight agenda . Remember the unexpected will happen . Yes it rains , yes you...
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    Strangest food & drink on the Camino

    On a hot day after “windmill hill”( west of Pamplona) I was sitting in a bar sipping a cold water, when a young perigrina advised a new cooler. She said “you can order a hot tea in a glass and a bowl of ice. Next add some sugar and add the ice , it’s very refreshing” I smiled and we have...
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    Being awakened in the dark ?

    I have heard and been been plagued by pilgrims who get up at five AM ( or earlier) rattle their plastic and scour the sleeping bunks with a head lamp and generally make a nuisance of themselves. Well it’s hard to control when you wake up , but how to limit the aggravation? I thought of perhaps...
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    How to get a Compostela without the crazy 100 k

    I have walked many times on the Camino since 1998 and the last bit from Saria is a boring mess . Some sights but always a hurry to get a bed and on the next morning very early. The first & second time exciting, but after not so much- The rule of walking at least 100 K to “qualify “for a...
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    Memorable people on the Camino?

    A current thread about “jack Reacher” reminded me about two character I met on Caminos. In about 2010 while finishing trek I met a woman who was a “nun” from Germany that walked with a long cloak and no pack. She wasn’t Catholic but Protestant.this heavy wool cloak had inside pockets in which...
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    le puys to St Jean PP walk

    i have walked and enjoyed the Santiago trail and am hoping to expand to France north of the Pyrennes, any comments or ideas about the feeder trails to Spain that passes thru Le Puys-Darrell

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