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2012 online guides and state of the trail?

pedronasty

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Hi All,

I am already walking the camino and am currently in Bilbao. The books I had sent over from England never arrived in Biarritz so I have had to buy a French guide and also find some spanish instructions online and translate them using google(the results aren't great). My French guide also takes the Primitivo route down to the Frances and I would rather continue along the Nothern route the whole way.

My question is does anyone know the state of the signage later on in the walk? So far it has all been pretty good but I hear it gets pretty dodgy further on.

And secondly does anyone know of any guides or online instructions anywhere in English?

I'm walking alone so don't really like the idea of wandering about the countryside aimlessly not knowing where I am going, or indeed of extending every stage by constantly going the wrong way.

Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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If you look at this thread (el-camino-del-norte/topic12904.html), many of the posts (note Evanlow's March 5 post) will give you some good local guides, most of which should be available from the local turismo.

As far as signing goes, I can only tell you about the Bilbao-San Vicente de la Barquera stretch (as I turned south from there) but I found it quite good. I can't specifically think of a problem stretch although keeping your wits about you as you go through cities is always a good idea. I found the locals to be very helpful, and most of the turismos had English-speaking staff who cheerfully drew me route maps out of towns and cities and called ahead to make sure that accommodation was available.
 
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