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Hi Roisin, planning, maps and guidebooks are necessary if you need security ...freedom is found by trusting the Universe ... though I always walk in off-peak months, along the Frances, Plata, Portugues Coastal and Central, Norte there has always been a bed at the end of the day ...www.gronze.com...
Having walked the coastal route a couple of years ago, the technique used, as with the other ways, was to go day by day ... relevant information arrives in a timely fashion ... plenty of options as you go, including youth hostels (Pousadas de Juventude, which offer 10% discount on already...
As for the precious Compostela, there is no room in the rucksack for unnecessary souvenirs ... though I understand some employers like them as evidence of character in prospective employees ... and, like everything in the world of measurement, the Compostela can be gamed ... after three routes...
Graffiti - agree ... countdown to Santiago markers, however, miss the point by making arrival at that destination so important .... like life itself, it is about the journey, moment by moment ... at most, day by day ...
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