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Am I the only one who won’t walk in the rain?

The question was: I learned on my last long-distance hike that I *hate* walking in the rain. This was reconfirmed yesterday when it started pouring during one of my training hikes. It kind of sealed the deal that, as much

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What is the weather like in july?

The question was: Whats the weather in july like? planning on being on the camino for 4 weeks starting end of june. Read the good weather advice on the Camino de Santiago here.

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Weather in Santiago de Compostela

We have had over 30c weather the last few weeks and not a cloud in the sky. But boy has this changes over the last few days. This photo is from El Correo Gallego and says it all. No poncho,

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Northern Spain gets snow

[tube]vqWXgkxI-Ms[/tube] León, December 14th 2008 This video is from Sunday December 14th in Leon, and is just one example of the weather in northern Spain in the last few days. Many mountain passes has been closed for cars and some

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Northern Spain getting ready for 100 km/h wind

Photo from La Voz de Galicia TV news broadcasts has been warning for the last few days now. Fishermen on the Finisterre coast are told to stay at harbour and pilgrims need to get their ponchos out. Have a look

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The Galician coast

If you were walking out to Finisterre this past weekend, you will most likely have a tan today. The photo below is from just north of Muros (taken Saturday). Sun tan lotion required by the way. As you can see,

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Rain in Santiago

It is summer and August, the big holiday month in Spain… and it is raining. Better weather expected later this week.

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More rain in May 2008 than whole of 2007 in Santiago de Compostela

This month it has rained every day in Santiago de Compostela, and we have not seen much sun at all.

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Chove en Santiago (Raining in Santiago)

[tube]n0yvmTgKLDw[/tube] Luar na Lubre (more on them at Wikipedia here) is one of the most known groups from Galicia and I thought it would be fitting to add this video to the blog today since it has been raining in

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Big waves in Coruña

We have had some strong winds in Galicia in the last few days, but nothing out of the ordinary. Even so, the waves at sea has been enormous. The light house of Cabo Vilan (just north of Finisterre) recorded waves

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What will the weather be like on your camino?

The weather is something that many are worried about before heading out. At the higher elevations, snow and cold weather have stoped many pilgrims that have not been ready, there has even been pilgrims that has died. So what kind

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