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[QUOTE="peregrina2000, post: 1009306, member: 537"] Listing stages is like waving a red flag in front of a bull for me. Those first 12 km will be flat-ish. You will be there in 3-4 hours max. There is nothing in Santalla del Bierzo, but apparently the owner will give you a meal. I get the idea of starting out slow, and I also think it’s a good idea to be cautious starting out. But it’s hard to know what you’ll be wanting to do when you actually start walking. Villavieja is a about 3-4 km further on, and it’s an ascent that will get your pulse up, but it is in the 300-400 m range. The place in Santalla del Bierzo is an Air bnb and might be hard to get into with no advance warning, so maybe you will just have to bite the bullet and decide whether to try to forge ahead to Villavieja. Santalla to Borrenes bypassing the castillo also means bypassing Villavieja. I think it would all be on the road, and it misses the very pretty little village. It also misses the ascent to Villavieja (which is the majority of the ascent to the castle). From Villavieja to the castle is one short little huffer and puffer. These kms would be almost totally flat, so it is really a low-km day. Leaving you in another place that has nothing going on. Borrenes to Médulas via Mirador will add another 150 m to the ”normal” Borrenes to Médulas, I think, so you would have an 11 km day with about 450 (?). Borrenes to Médulas via official route gives you the advantage that you would still have plenty of time to visit the mirador, but could do it without your backpack. And since you would be arriving probably in the late morning or early afternoon, you are not getting the best afternoon light there. Don’t get me wrong, the views are gorgeous whenever you go, but the falling sun shining on those dirt hills turns them to gold. Walking directly to the mirador is perfect if you have a longer stage and will get there later. I know you mentioned earlier a two day walk with a full day in Médulas, which is what [USER=22852]@Theatregal[/USER] did and enjoyed a lot, though I vaguely remember something about a snafu in Ponferrada and having to get to Villavieja in a cab. Having had this covid break from caminos makes those of us who are on the higher end of the age spectrum a little skittish, so I am not giving you a recommendation, just talking through alternatives. [/QUOTE]
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