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  1. Jo Rutter

    Gradient of climb out of Betanzos?

    Update! I did this climb from Bar Julia this morning in the light rain, and it was absolutely magical, and MUCH less difficult than I imagined. In fact, it was my favourite part of the CI so far. Thanks to everyone for their advice, and if you are reading this and haven't yet walked this section...
  2. Jo Rutter

    Starting point (for Credencial)?

    This is exactly what we've done! We leave tomorrow - thanks for the confirmation.
  3. Jo Rutter

    Starting point (for Credencial)?

    Thanks, Tia Valeria and AML. We had a lovely blessing service this morning and our priest has signed in the first box. We will put Ferrol as our official start place, though, as it seems that will be better understood. Can't wait for tomorrow!
  4. Jo Rutter

    Starting point (for Credencial)?

    Hi - my sister and I are about to meet with our parish priest who is going to give us a blessing in our church before we travel to Spain (by air). I would like to fill in my home, or the church, as my 'starting point' on the credencial, and have the priest sign in the first block, as we have no...
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    Did anybody noticed this website ?

    Thanks for this link - regardless of the accuracy of the information, it's useful to have the spoken Spanish commentary with English translation alongside. I'm always surprised at the speed of Spanish speech - the Mexican Spanish I learned as a child tended to be at a more relaxed pace. These...
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    Gradient of climb out of Betanzos?

    Well, I'm not doing anything like 4 hours a day! More like three hours in the gym a week. And unfortunately I will never have the best beach body at 65 :-( But I have set the gym treadmill at 15% (its max) and aim (after warming up) to do a kilometer at my usual walking speed of 5kph. Later I...
  7. Jo Rutter

    Gradient of climb out of Betanzos?

    Good point! Maybe take off the backpack and roll myself (and it) down? Seriously, I hope my poles will be my friends for this!
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    Gradient of climb out of Betanzos?

    And it DID enable me to set up my treadmill to best advantage, so thank you! I'm sorry if others have been negative about your helpful and informative answer to my original question. I had no intention of provoking a philosophical discussion about the merits of researching the route! I think I...
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    Gradient of climb out of Betanzos?

    Fantastic! (And I see what Sabine means about coming out of Pontedeuma). Thanks so much! Travellingman, you are so right! The reason I wanted to know the gradient in the first place was so that I could set up a treadmill to practice the climbs. I live in a very flat part of the world, and the...
  10. Jo Rutter

    Gradient of climb out of Betanzos?

    Muchas gracias, everyone, this is all extremely helpful! I was much alarmed by Ivar's map, until I realised the huge difference in the horizontal and vertical scales. It looks like it's doable after all - not really any steeper than some of the climbs I've done on the Wainwright Coast-to-Coast...
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    Gradient of climb out of Betanzos?

    Hi all, I've done a forum search for this answer, and not come up with anything specific yet , so I'm hoping someone more skilled at interpreting those elevation charts of the camino stages can help me. As the weather is still intermittently wet and gloomy here in England, I've been training on...
  12. Jo Rutter

    Camino Inglés in late August/September 2015

    Good thought, Doug, thanks for pointing it out and 'giving permission' as it were.
  13. Jo Rutter

    Camino Inglés in late August/September 2015

    My sister and I (she from San Diego CA and me from England) will be meeting up in late August to walk the Camino Inglés from Ferrol. We are a couple of sixty-something ladies, so we will be looking to split the stage into Bruma into 2 days. At this point we are working hard to brush up our...
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    Class of 2015

    My sister and I (she from San Diego CA and me from England) will be meeting up in August to walk the Camino Inglés from Ferrol. We are a couple of sixty-something ladies, so we will be looking to split the stage into Bruma into 2 days. At this point we are working hard to brush up our Spanish...
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