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    Help me slow down my Camino Primitivo

    My friend from the Netherlands and I rented an apartment just north of the Cathedral for our rest day. It had a washing machine, I only used the spin cycle but it did the trick to hang and dry in the apartment.
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    Help me slow down my Camino Primitivo

    Lugo would have been the best! As I walked into the Monteiro de San Domingo, the serenity I felt caused me to just sit and take in the beauty! Salas looked interesting as I passed through and I had the best meal Camino ever in Polla at hotel Nueva Allandesa if you don't take the hospital route...
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    Camino Primitivo in September?

    Hello, I walked into Santiago on 10/7/2019 after 12 day on the Primitivo from Oviedo. I had one day of off and on rain and drizzle into Pola and one morning of chilly fog and drizzle high up in the mountains. Other then that it was a beautiful walk, with chilly starts and fine sunny afternoons...
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    Clothing suggestions for Camino Primitivo starting 2nd week of September

    I walked the Primitivo in late Sept. and early Nov. 2019 and wore long sleeve Capilene trail by Patagonia, I carried 2. They worked very well for me and I will continue wearing them for my next Camino. I started each morning very cool which turned sweaty and sometimes chilled in short order...
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    Traveling to Oviedo from Mid-Atlantic/Northeast USA

    Rome2rio options are EWR into Madrid as well as BWI, then onto OVD, but PHL has a flight into Barcelona then back to OVD. https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Philadelphia/Oviedo Good luck I like the train travel in Spain so I flew into Madrid and then the train up to Oviedo in 2019. In todays...
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    Camino Primitivo

    Sorry to hear you needed to abandon your way. I completely understand, I would not want to walk down several of those steep slopes in wet conditions. They are hard enough in dry conditions!
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    Primitivo Difficulty

    I am 67 and just return home from 12 days on the Primitivo from Oviedo to Santiago. I found it hard and vowed that I would never again walk this path. Now that I am home and reflecting back I can't wait to walk it again. Know that when joining the Camino Frances at Melide the volume of pilgrims...
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    Camino Primitivo

    I walked into Santiago on 10/4 after starting in Oviedo on 9/24. I had foggy wet days and three or four clear and beautiful days. Overall it was cool and never hot. Some trails were mud bogs but most were dry. The excretion of climbing caused me to sweat profusely which in turned chilled me so...
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    Live from Primitivo

    The latest from Sat 24. Buen Camino https://en.sat24.com/en/forecastimages
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    Live from Primitivo

    Doesn't look like it will get better soon! https://en.sat24.com/en/forecastimages

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