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There are luggage transfer services all the way along the CF with plenty of info on this forum. The main service in SJPDP is ExpressBourricot, all the info is on their website. Presumably they don't expect peregrinos to reach Roncevalles much before midday and you're not allowed in to the...
Riding the Camino in 2022 I got my self a bit worked up over this climb, so much so that for the first & only time ever I used the pack transport service to Roncesvalles. Suffice to relate that the ride up (road) was pretty easy but then I had to wait three hours for my luggage before continuing...
If you're living in or are in Spain atm try Wallapop or Milanuncios, plenty of bikes available. Accessories, routing and all the other interesting stuff are another chapter in the book. Buen bici-camino. Richard
As others have written, it's mostly doable by bike so it will generally be doable by a recumbent trike, what hasn't been discussed is the added difficulties of using a trike. Looking at the ICE Adventure HD it folds, which is good, what's the weight and is it the manual or e-assist model?
A few...
Train / ferry whilst environmentally sound is a bit of fool's errand, very hard, i did it once Cádiz to Plymouth, never again. Flight to SVQ will be much easier then airport bus in to the city. Good luck
Recently I was looking for a train from Malaga to Cádiz, RENFE came up with nada. The reason being that for most routes the system does not handle connections - which is strange because it's not unusual.
Seat61.com provides a lot of useful information about trains all across the world and the...
Spain, by some criteria, is reckoned to be the second most mountainous country in Europe. How about some of the Caminos in flatter countries, Netherlands, France etc?
You have received a lot of good suggestions about back exercises and walking the Camino so I have a couple of suggestions from a cycling pov.
* Why not cycle the Camino? You're obviously a very competent cyclist, the bike carries the weight and you can ride as many or as few kilometres as you...
Well it would seem to me that if you're cycling 1000km & perhaps 10,000m vertical from Sevilla, by the time you arrive Santiago you'll both be fit, know what you're capable of and perhaps jettisoned some cargo. The hills / mountains in Spain will be more work than the coastal route in Portugal...
...on a full-sus trail bike. Also does he intend riding the Camino or following the road option?
Here are a few suggestions for you & your friend:
* he might consider riding more of El Norte starting further east as there are some great rides in Pais Vasco & Cantabria then join you further...
Another option could be to buy good second hand bikes. Check / contact the local bike shops, look on Wallapop or Milanuncios as there are usually 100s of bikes for sale and it should be a buyers market.
We live in El Colorado, Conil; it is perfectly feasible to continue along the coast from Conil to Sancti Petri but you have to turn inland, pass through Chiclana then continue on the new Camino across the Salinas to San Fernando then on to Cádiz.
In my original post above I meant the...
Some good info from others so a couple of different points;
from SA can you fly to Casablanca or Rabat then train to Tangier?
the ferry from Ceuta goes to Algeciras, if you want Tarifa then catch the fast cat from Tangier
from Tarifa you will have to walk the N340 to Valdevaqueros but there are...
Vueling to Sevilla then bus to Algeciras is another option. There are many options but none are direct, depends on your preferences; flying, train, bus or rent a car one way, that would be direct.
Here's a link from a ride last year, may contain useful info?
https://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/page/?o=3dG&page_id=630223&v=Sp&src=page_next
BR Skinnybiker
Stop at the next bike shop or Decathlon for a new pair (or two). Losing stuff off your bike or leaving things behind in the hotel / hostel is all grist to the travel experience.
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