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Does sound a good one. 207km on foot to cover less than 60km by the crow flying? - that's a lot of coves and inlets. Obviously there are albergues in Muxia and Finisterra, but the northern bit might be more pricey - Neano, Corme, Laxe and several other places seem to have B&Bs or hostals.
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I got badly let down by the Hostal Asturias people, who are supposed to pick you up from the Arco de Caparra. I rang them the previous evening and they said they'd pick me up there at 5pm. I was surprised they said it was so late, and made them repeat the time, and they definitely said "a las...
My advice (having just finished the Via de la Plata from Seville) is, if you don't see an arrow for a couple of 100 yards, go back unless you're on a very obvious one way path with no possible deviations. It's quite easy to get into a "walking trance" and just carry on. Usually that's fine...
Got to Santiago yesterday, just ahead of some really nasty weather. The coldest albergue I stayed in was at Mombuey, but that had blankets and hot water. Probably the worst was Lalin, where there were no blankets and the heating turned off at 10.30pm (and there was 2" of snow on the ground in...
Probably just luck, but this November has been heavenly! - set out from Sevilla on the 1st, and for the first few days it was a little bit too hot (26C round Fuente de cantos-Almendralejo, although early mornings were great) but for the last few days (other than one morning's rain) it's been as...
Hi there,
I'm from just off Hadrian's Wall in England and walking from Seville. Now in Merida after just under a week - the Roman remains here make our's look a little puny!
Durzon
Hi there,
I'm keeping a diary of my walk from Seville to (I hope) Santiago this November.
Of course, some days there's no internet access or there are other reasons for not posting, but I'm trying to keep it as up-to-date as possible.
Alan
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