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    LIVE from the Camino PwP (person with Parkinson's) doing the Camino de Invierno

    It's a bit of a conundrum, isn't it? Few pilgrims and therefore not enough infrastructure. Not enough infrastructure and therefore few pilgrims!
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    LIVE from the Camino PwP (person with Parkinson's) doing the Camino de Invierno

    Great photos, amigo. One foot in front of the other!
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    LIVE from the Camino PwP (person with Parkinson's) doing the Camino de Invierno

    I'm following this thread and Mary's blog avidly. Bravo on your progress so far! Some hills ahead, but then it evens out a bit...
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    LIVE from the Camino PwP (person with Parkinson's) doing the Camino de Invierno

    Buen Camino, amigo!
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    In praise of Motel Truckstops on the Camino

    Having just recently walked the Camino Mozarabe and Camino Invierno, I have to agree that the truckstop hotels/hostals can be a blessing on some of the less-travelled routes. I also want to give a shout-out to Repsol gas stations....sometimes on these more obscure routes it's difficult to find...
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    Camino de invierno alternative through Escairon

    Not on a narrow path at all but on a tertiary road, the LU-P-4102, between Montes and Madredagua where the road rejoins the Camino.
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    Camino de invierno alternative through Escairon

    That’s funny. My notes on the stage from Rodeiro to Lalín say this: “highlights included sunshine, heat, cuckoos, and friendly or indifferent dogs in the villages we passed through.” You just never know!
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    Camino de invierno alternative through Escairon

    See my description of the route (LU-P-4102 and 5807) in a recent response to ebrandt. If we had known about Torre Vilariño we would certainly have tried to stay there (should have checked Gronze). The Wise Pilgrim mentions it but only in a descriptive passage; the lodging icon is missing so we...
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    Camino de invierno alternative through Escairon

    Good morning. To get to Escairon, we were relying on the Wise Pilgrim description of the alternative route. We left the camino just after Monforte de Lemos on LU-617 (Estrada Monforte-Belesar). We stayed at the two-star Hostal O Ruso which was clean, comfortable and basic, with good food in the...
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    Camino de invierno alternative through Escairon

    We recently finished walking the Camino Invierno. It is a beautiful route, though some of its stages are long and difficult. In order to make one long day into two shorter ones, we deviated from the established route from Monforte to Chantada and stayed in Escairon instead. This broke a 31km day...
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    Bridge as you enter Santiago de Compostela on the Sanabres

    A few years ago as we walked into Santiago de Compostela on the Via Sanabres, we saw a bridge adorned with memorabilia, which may have been put there by pilgrims as mementos of their hike, or possible in memory of loved ones. Does anyone know the story of this informal site, and whether it is...
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    Is the Camino an addiction, an obsession or something else?

    Maybe it’s just a love affair: Tiene el peregrino los ojos fijos en el firmamento Y los pies enamorados del camino. (Carmen Hernández Montalbán, Guadix)
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    Mozarabe from Almeria in February

    We'll be starting from Almeria at the end of February. Our first spring Camino, after several fall ones. Can't wait!
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    Ferme Gainekoetxea at Ostabat

    We stayed there mid October and it was one of the most memorable evenings of our Camino.
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    Twelve things you didn’t know about the Camino de Santiago

    Thanks for sharing this. A great collection of Camino conversation-starters.
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