Earlier this month, I began walking from Ponferrada to Santiago with two friends. Although I had walked two previous Caminos, this was the first for both of my friends.
This Camino was full of the Unexpected. The first few days were easy...
I used poles from Costco that were just fine and lasted the entire way from SFPP to Santiago. Advice I heard was you don’t need the fancy stuff and it worked in my case. Used them every day for 42 days.
We've hiked CF four times and the stage from El Acebo to Molinaseca is brutal. We're hiking next fall and will take a taxi from El Acebo to Molinaseca to avoid the stress and safety risk. Bob
That is why I always practice discretion and use the road to walk down from Cruz de Ferro - against the flow of traffic of course. The older I get, the less I am interested in temping fate. It is running after me, and advancing with each year...
So I started out from st Jean Pied De port yesterday around 8 with the rain pelting down heading up the Napoleon towards Orisson. After lunch alot of people decided to avail of the taxi service and I don't blame them as the rain was nonstop. Any...
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