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    Cycling Camino Norte in May 2013 - Aviles to Santiago. Help?

    That's all really helpful, thank you. So it looks like i will be going mostly on the road... Which brings me to my next questions - has anyone done this route, eg Aviles to Santiago? Is 8 days generous enough with the time? Is it a good idea and does anyone have any tips or suggestions? How...
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    Cycling Camino Norte in May 2013 - Aviles to Santiago. Help?

    Good question! And the answer is i don't know right now... I think that should really have been my first question: should i attempt it on or off road? I would like to stick to the "true" camino as much as possible and will be on a hybrid bike which is capable of coping with rough track. But if...
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    Cycling Camino Norte in May 2013 - Aviles to Santiago. Help?

    Hi all Well I really do have the Camino bug. Having cycled from Leon to Santiago in 2011 and St Jean to Leon last year, now I think i'm going to try and do the Camino De Norte route. I will be taking my trusty hybrid which has served me well so far... I can only get 8 days off work so won't be...
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    Cycling St Jean to Leon in early Sep - tips or advice please

    Hi all Having cycled last year from Leon to Santiago and having the greatest experience of my life, this year I am cycling from St Jean to Leon in order to "complete" my camino (in 2013 i'm doing the lot!). I have a couple of questions and am looking for any tips or advice 1. Last time i went...
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    Cycling St Jean to Leon - May or September?

    Thanks Newfydog. So, you'd recommend September would you? Did you stay in albergues though? I was wondering how busy they are at that time of year? And any weather insights? Also, anyone else have any thoughts? Anyone done it in May and had a fine old time?
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    alarm clock

    I can't see the problem with a brief alarm, once people are getting up it's always as noisy as an alarm anyway. But don't do what some young woman did to me in Palas Del Rei albergue. Because it was october and out of season we somehow ended up sharing a room which should have been for 8, all...
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    Cycling St Jean to Leon - May or September?

    Hello - last year, with the help of lots of fantastic advice from people on this forum, I cycled Leon to Santiago. It was one of the best experiences of my life... it must have been because now i have the bug. So now I want to do the first two thirds, ie St Jean to Leon. But a couple of...
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    Cycling Leon to Santiago - October or April?

    newfydog - i like the idea of doing sjpp to leon - that way i'd have done pretty much the whole of the frances route. what a great idea... do you think that would be doable in early may or too busy? i know that the sjpp to leon section is a little bit quieter than the rest. secondly, i hate to...
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    Cycling Leon to Santiago - October or April?

    No problem badolki My main advice is to do it. I can't tell you how glad I am that I did it. On the packing issue. I ordered a purpose-made large clear heavy duty plastic bag from wiggle.co.uk (i don't know where you are based), some big bubble wrap for the back gears and then taped it shut...
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    Cycling Leon to Santiago - October or April?

    Hi everyone Just to say i made it and had the most extraordinary experience of my life - and i couldn't have done it without all the advice given by you kind people. My bike also survived the trip in perfect nick - even more remarkably it survived two journeys with Ryanair. The weather was...
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    Jaime from London, travelling tomorrow

    Just a quick hello from me. Well, the time is finally upon me - tomorrow i will arrive in Leon, hopefully with my bike intact after Ryanair have had their way with it. On Sunday I will be setting off, cycling to Finisterre. I'm as prepared as I ever will be mentally - physically might be another...
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    Cycling Leon to Santiago - October or April?

    Hello everyone - tomorrow morning at 8am I set off for Valladolid, and then Leon, and will begin my Camino on Sunday. Thanks to everyone for their advice, I'm as prepared as i can be in terms of research if not fitness. You have all been stars, particularly William. Wish me luck, I'm going to...
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    Cycling Leon to Santiago - October or April?

    William, as ever, thank you. I've given myself a few alternative routes from what i'd consider tough to what would be pretty easy. big thanks for all your advice. any thoughts on fistera/ finisterre? J
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    Cycling Leon to Santiago - October or April?

    or should i make day 2 my tough day and keep going from astorga to villafranca (rather than ponferrada)? I'm very open to advice
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    Cycling Leon to Santiago - October or April?

    hi everyone - well the time for my Camino is getting close and i'm very excited. I also need it quite badly. I think i've developed a route i like, stopping in some places which particularly interest me. I've put it below. William, this is very similar to the one you gave me with some minor...
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