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Any place where one can twist an ankle or stumble and fall.... which is pretty much everywhere.
The Holy Trinity of Frances Descends obviously takes the cake but otherwise its a hit-or-miss.
Can I turn this? I’ll turn this. The most dangerous place on the Camino Frances, or any other Camino, is the gap between expectation and reality. Many have fallen there. Yes there are places where the footing is a bit challenging and there are...
Challenging? Yes, some of the mentioned sections. especially with rain or frost. The final descent to Molinaseca is a good candidate.
Dangerous? Nope, not really, but this is quite subjective. I would reserve this word for the stage from SJPP to...
Dumbría is on the way to Muxía after the split in the Camino just after Hospital. If you want to stay in Dumbría you should walk to Muxía first.
And I highly recommend a stop in Lires to split the Muxía - Fisterra leg as @Tincatinker suggests.
I know this thread is a bit old, but to avoid opening a new one I'll add my query here.
Two years ago I did the Camino del Norte. My intention was to continue to Fisterra, but before reaching Pedrouzos the vague pain in my right leg worsened...
The Sarria-Compostela section has many, many people and local companies offering different services to pilgrims. I have seen taxis crisscrossing the Camino, waiting pilgrims in strategic intersections, and so on.
Bars are in Spain a kind of...
SJPP is a lovely city, but you can walk from one end of the main street to the other in ten minutes. I actually spent two days there, bcs I was nervous about a tingle in my knee and it is a long way to Roncesvalles. I washed my clothes, went to...
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