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[QUOTE="peregrina2000, post: 1187676, member: 537"] I think the one thing that you can’t predict are spontaneous closings for family emergencies or routine days off or holidays. I remember on my first Olvidado in 2014, I had not prepared for the lack of ATM machines. I was down to 5 or 6 euros in Congosto, and was happily astonished to find a cheap plato combinado for that very amount! I now stick 100 € out of sight and forget about it. I know that everyone has different expectations and different tolerance levels, so it’s good to have someone balance out my enthusiastic assessment that this is the best camino of all (especially in combination with the Invierno)! I know the various component parts of the Olvidado association are working hard, but there is only so much that people can do. I have found the wikiloc tracks to be a perfect antidote to the places where marking was unclear, but I understand that some don’t like to do that. I think it’s the very rare camino that combines excellent waymarking, good facilities, and no crowds. So, I think you have to pick and choose your caminos according to which aspects are more important. I’m not being critical, just saying that I think that an untraveled camino hits a sweet spot where it has a perfect combination of those three things, but then the snowball effect starts and the crowds come (see the Primitivo). The Invierno isn’t there yet. I think you may hit the Invierno at its sweet spot because the marking is excessive (IMHO), the facilities are fine, and the crowds are still very low. I don’t mean to say this a million times, so if I’ve already said this to you, I apologize, but wikiloc completely removes the need to check. It will beep at you if you go off-route. I do not ever walk with my phone in my hand, I just wait to be told that I’ve made a mistake. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the rest of the Olvidado. Buen camino, Laurie [/QUOTE]
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