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🇪🇸 Camino PRIMITIVO (Oviedo - Melide)
Late July 2021 Primitivo!
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[QUOTE="NadineK, post: 943096, member: 32989"] Time for another update! I’m hanging out at the Albergue Ponte Ferreira, and have three more days until I arrive in Santiago. This has been a really great Camino, and already I’m wondering why I did several big stages and didn’t stretch this out longer (well, there’s an easy answer: sometimes I like walking all day long!) The weather has been a little unseasonably cool, the nights and mornings are a bit chilly. Some albergues have blankets and others don’t, so I do think a sleeping bag is important these days. But the temperatures for walking are about perfect, and even when the sun shines, there’s usually a cooling breeze and I couldn’t have asked for anything better. I’ve mostly been staying in private albergues, and have reserved everything ahead, though in these last stages I’ve reserved usually two days before I’m due to arrive, and haven’t had any problems with not getting a place where I want. Other pilgrims who don’t reserve or look for a bed until the day of are having some trouble. I think a lot may depend on the group in your stage- my first four days seemed to have a generally smaller cohort of pilgrims, and no one had trouble finding a place to sleep. But in these last few days (and as I skipped ahead a stage) it seems to be a different story (although, certainly the Primitivo joining with the Francés will influence that too). I’m happy to be reserving this year, and I have to tell you, I might be getting a bit spoiled! I’ve stayed in such nice albergues, highlights were Samblismo with Javier, and A Pocina de Muniz in Vilar de Cas (I could rave and rave about that place: so beautifully decorated, I almost felt as though I stepped into a boutique hotel! But the family was so, so generous and the meal was outstanding. Even though there’s a beautiful kitchen pilgrims can use to cook, I’d say don’t miss out on the home cooked meal made with local and fresh ingredients. The food just kept coming and coming!) The albergues I’ve stayed in have done a good job with COVID protocols, and I often get my own room. And when it’s a larger space, pilgrims are well spaced out among the beds. Masks are worn by most people in all towns and cities, and I always keep one handy in my pocket so I can put it on quickly. What else? The Primitivo is just an outstanding route. It’s got some challenging days (I walked it once before, in 2016, and I’d forgotten just how much up and down there is!!). Hospitales was just perfect, I had decent weather this time, had my path blocked by a couple of horses, and had a kind man from Slovakia share his celebratory beer with me at the top of the climb. There were four of us staying in Samblismo (just at the fork for Hospitales) and we all left after breakfast so I generally had a pilgrim or two within sight for the whole climb. I thought the way marking was really good, but then again I had good visibility, but it was reassuring to know that others weren’t too far away. I’ve met such wonderful pilgrims and with it being a more quiet year, I think that most pilgrims quickly recognize one another, and a community develops fast. I think the availability of services is decent, though I try to have breakfast at my albergue if it is offered, because it can be a long walk until the first open bar for a café con leche. On today’s walk from Lugo to Ferreira, other than a pilgrim rest area with vending machines about 8/9km in, there were no opportunities for food for nearly 20 kilometers. I considered taking the alternate route up to the Norte after leaving Lugo, but in the end was enjoying the pilgrim connections so I’m sticking to the main path… we’ll see what it’s like after Melide, I’m hoping it’s not too crowded! (famous last words) I managed to make it to the Roman temple at St Eulalia de Boveda today, what an incredible place! Luckily there was someone staffing the little tourism office so they could let me in; this is a special detour, just about 3km extra during the Lugo-Ferreira stage, that is well worth taking. Sorry for the disjointed thoughts but I figure that some update is better than no update! [ATTACH alt="68CA965C-A7BA-4FAF-9D8F-4E5DAEB20525.jpeg"]105869[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="072F3A9B-8CFE-4D8A-A4D4-595FBD82CD2C.jpeg"]105871[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="9D298737-27BD-43E2-BE3E-5A497C9A3D4A.jpeg"]105872[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="E806A7DE-0022-4774-8F49-EBFD6D50C5F8.jpeg"]105873[/ATTACH][ATTACH alt="781F6FA0-DF00-4101-8793-23DA52B53A90.jpeg"]105870[/ATTACH][ATTACH]105875[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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