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Day 3 - Igualada to La Panadella
Power. I bought a worldwide Momax 70W fast charge adapter before this trip. After 2 days, it's been brilliant. Just chuck in a few leads and away you go. My phone is now charged up in well less than an hour, and...
The restaurant will provide a lower-cost pilgrim meal if you ask and the church is free if you go to attend Mass (or one of the frequent evening concerts). This is the altar where St Ignatius of Loyola laid down his sword (now in a Barcelona...
Day 2 Montserrat to Igualada
After 6.30pm, everywhere is closed in Montserrat and the temperature drops considerably. In the building where the Albergue is, on Level P, there is a basic kitchen area you can use with microwave, kettle and fridge...
Day 1 - To Montserrat we go ......
4 yrs since the last Camino, older, less brain cells, easily confused usually followed by a touch of frustration and sometimes panic :) . I left Coventry, UK at 6.30am and made it to Barcelona's Plaza Espanya by...
FYI, using timestamps from photos this was my approximate Catalan last stage itinerary:
Left Ena: 8:30
Botaya: 10:30
Left road and headed up mountain trail: 10:45
Arrived new monastery: 11:45
Left new monastery: 12:30
Arrived old monastery...
LT and I stayed in Botaya, having called ahead a day or two before. The owner gave us lunch and then drove us up to the monastery. After a couple of hours up there, we walked back down to Botaya. Since the monastery doesn’t open till 10 in the...
Here's a warning about the Gronze guide for the Catalan stages after Huesca. Huesca to Bolea is fine but the next two stages that bring you to Santa Cilia on the Camino Aragonese are not. Gronze breaks this up into Bolea - La Peña Estación -...
Here’s a link to a list of accommodations that shows a date of 2023, so it’s pretty up to date.
http://amicsdelspelegrins.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/servicios-cami-SJDLP.pdf
I walked this route in 2015 and we stayed in albergues almost...
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