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The blue and yellow covered multilingual Guia Practica a Santiago states on page 66 (outline) that there is no albergue in San Vicente de la Barquera, but on the next page it states correctly that there is one there at Calle Alta 4. It is one of the best I have ever stayed in. Lovely welcome...
The sticks in the container at the albergue in Santander belong to the pilgrims staying there, and also there were a few old and broken ones left behind by others. I didn't buy sticks at Santander, as I didn't have time to go to Corte Ingles, and there were none to be got at other sports shops...
A few kilometers after Comillas, just after the football stadium, as I walked on the tiled pathway on the left side of the road, there were two yellow arrows pointing to the road down to the left. The arrow pointing straight ahead was crossed out with a yellow X. The reason for this is that a...
Hi Crackmrmac, my reason for asking about getting sticks/poles at Santander is that if I bring my own with me, I will have to check in my rucksack, rather than bring them on in cabin baggage. They fold up short enough to fit. Checking them in would almost double the cost of my flight. I got...
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