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    Bus from Melide to Villafranca del Bierzo (camino frances)

    Hi Tried to find a bus connection between Melide and Villafranca del Bierzo without luck. Hope to surprise a friend on the camino. I´m travelling roughly around the 6-8th of October. ANY help on this helps a lot. Buen Camino! / Jo
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    Updated info on how to get from Biarritz airport to St Jean pied de port ?

    Thank you mspath! I don´t know what the "Gronze listing" is, but your answer comforts me. BUT about those 4 days, I was MEANING to walk from St Jean to Cirauqui in 4 days AND then 4 days back again = in total 8 days before my flight departs form Biarritz. Maybe that´s more reasonable and could...
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    Updated info on how to get from Biarritz airport to St Jean pied de port ?

    -- Hi mspath! I know that you have a lot of knowledge of the camino since your frequency as a member on this forum and therefore I was also wondering if you had any info if the albergue in Cirauqui called "Maralotx" (or something similar) is definitely open now in March ? I´m currently...
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    Winter Pilgrims: open albergues

    --- Hi Wondering if the MARALOTX (maybe mis-spelled it) albergue in Cirauqui is open now throughout March ? Thanks! // Vagabond
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    Want to buy a nice albergue?

    -- Hi! I´ve been thinking the same since doing my camino in ´10 & ´12. From what I remember there was this splendid, yet abandoned villa in, I believe, a small village called "Poblacíon de campos" just after leaving Fromista. It had obviously some renovation/construction needs but I definitely...
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    Updated info on how to get from Biarritz airport to St Jean pied de port ?

    Hi everyone! Not sure if this info is up and running. Been reading what I´ve found. Apparently from the very useful website www.bahn.de (where one can search for practically any journey by bus/train in Europe) it says that on the way from Biarritz Airport to St Jean pied de port there are...
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    So happy. So sad. What can one do?

    to alexwalker: i read your entries by chance and read you´ve done the VldP. any recommendations as to good guidebooks close in quality of Brierley´s notorious guidebooks or any for that matter? did you find the stages very hard / long and were there few albergues? would be thankful for advice &...
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    Walking the Pyrenees, Route Napoleon in April

    hey. i´ve been walking the camino frances twice, first time around was in nov-dec 2010 and the second time was in sept-oct 2012. i went for the napoleon route both times but only succeded on the second time. the first time, in early to mid-november, there was no snow but it was fairly chilly but...
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    Availability of Gas

    hi all! really found this info to much help since i will be bringing my ultralight stove with me Primus ETa Express (only 420 grams of weight from Swedish brand Primus). though this stove comes with the screw-on arrangement, so is it possible to find suitable gas canisters that will work...
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    Alternative paths between Villafranca & O’Cebreiro (Dragonte

    Dear Gunnar! I did my first camino (camino frances) in nov/dec 2010 then not knowing of the Dragonte route which I came across in Brierley´s book. I will start my camino no 2 from SJPP on the 12th of September if everything goes well and then my mission I´ll undertake is to walk the WHOLE...
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    Generosity on the Camino

    I was deeply moved while reading of all of your experiences. I, too, have some fond memories of this celestial generosity of human kindness while walking the camino frances in nov/dec 2010: * one of my fellow peregrinos, James from Korea, made me push on just by an act of simple kindness and...
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    gas canisters & outdoor equipment shops on the camino france

    Hi! Been reading a lot about advice on whether to bring a tent or not. I´ll bring mine so I´ve got the flex to spend the night wherever I please due to the event of full albergues. Has anyone of you any experience of getting gas canisters to an outdoor kitchen from Primus (Eta Express) AND...
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