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I walked the descent yesterday and today. Yesterday from Rabanal to Acebo. Today from Acebo to Ponferrada. I did not have poles. It was not that difficult what I had expected. My strategy was to walk the descents very very slowly. Concentrating on each step. And stopping many times to enjoy the...
I have Kumo 36 of Gossamer Gear and have walked with it different sections of the Frances, Mozarabe, and VDLP. I am very happy with it, light and easy to operate. I want to walk as light as possible.
I have recently returned from the VDLP, walked from Seville to Merida. I enjoyed walking that section of the VDLP very much. On the way, I found the Wise Pilgrim app very useful, especially the map of the app. Even though the waymarking was mostly very good, in some places I missed the arrows...
Can anyone advice me how to copy the map of Happy Penguin to my iPhone? I am planning to start from Seville Nov 1 and continue to Mérida. Anyone else on the way around the same time? Happy Penguin, I am very grateful to the information that you share.
It has been so good to read this live report and comments on it. I have been considering walking VdlP from Sevilla to Mérida in the beginning of Nov. Reading this makes me feel that I might be able to do it! Thank you!
It was so good to walk today in a mild temperature. The days have been cold for quite a long time. The paths in the woods have been impassable due to thick snow cover. Therefore I was surprised to see a freshly walked path going from the road to the woods.
The path took me to a lean-to...
So beautiful pictures of beaches! Looks so distant from the middle of snow. I hope that there will be a day that I will walk on a beach and breathe the fresh mild sea air.
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