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    Yes, having an alternative path fixes all those problems. There are already over 10 variants on the Camino Frances. Some examples are Valcarlos, Montejurra, Villovieco, Calzadillo de los Hermanillos, Pradelo and of course the most famous one is...
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    You're making my point for me. You say many posters say they will never walk there again. If there is an alternative path, then yes, many people might decide to walk there again.
  • isawtman
    Judging from the number of posts we are getting about the last 100km, it is the biggest issue for a number of pilgrims. What else would be the biggest issue?
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    isawtman replied to the thread Finisterre or Muxia?.
    The short answer is where ever your friends are going. I arrived in Santiago, and since I was a 64 year old man, several of my camino friends were ahead of me. I received a message that they were going to be in Fisterra/Finnesterre the next...
  • isawtman
    We are not telling them anything. We are making a suggestion. And I believe in the power of suggestion. People have to be a lot less cynical. There are over a dozen variants on the Camino Frances already including the Valcarlos variant right at...
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    Rome wasn't built in a day.
  • isawtman
    It is not a non issue. Overcrowding in the last 100 km is the biggest issue on the Camino Frances right now. There are several other variants on the Camino Frances, why can't there be one for the last 80 km?
  • isawtman
    Yeah, and the "Bewildering number of Stakeholders" should think about splitting the Camino Frances at Portomarin. Just because something is hard to do doesn't mean it shouldn't be done.
  • isawtman
    As I have written before, the camino authorities should think about splitting the Camino Frances after Portomarin.
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    isawtman replied to the thread Re: My First Camino.
    A suggestion for Number 1 is to go to the second cafe in the morning. Sometimes the Albergue that you start at has some breakfast, but it usually isn't very much. Then you start walking and you eventually reach a town with a cafe. Usually, the...

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