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Hi folks, been offline for a good bit.
Just to give two clarifications..
The dog is/was on the route to San Miguel from Puerta de Pajares and not on the route to Pajares. I understand he is known, and Sandra told me he has bitten someone before. We went to the cops, not interested.
The other...
Don't be scared Collette. Yes, Llanos is Cascoux and I had great communication with him too until the day I arrived in Llanos, but the guy was sick so fair enough - I'm not a people person when I'm ill. The mask could have been for any reason and he probably didn't want the hassle of an extra...
Day 5 and a great day. Compared to yesterday I thought the whole walk was really nice, and handy enough although there were three hills so not just a flat walk.
Loved the roman roads after the league marker.. But 1 1/2 leagues was a bit further than expected :D
Seriously though, a nice...
Day 4 was a late start, chilled in Benduenos until 10.
First few km of the day was nice, walking to Iglesia de Santa Cristina de Lena. The church was open and it was beautiful.
Continued along the river to Pola De Lena and after that was not impressed with the rest of the day.
Rough and dirty...
At home you'd pick up a rock and the dog would run.
However, I had read up on this possibility so I'd know what to do if it happened. I learned that these dogs are built for wolves and have no fear. Threatening one is likely to escalate the situation and be a recipe for disaster.
Update is...
...and down.. and very very long
It's "only" 10 km from Llanos to Benduenos.. and it took 3.5 hours
So after 40 km because of my detour due to the **** dog I arrived at 6.30
Sandra was waiting, what a welcome !! Such a wonderful person, her warmth and good humour washed away the travails of...
Well, thankfully Bob was right.. no flies on day two :D
Cold start, 7 celcius but that's summer in ireland so I had a grand walk out of La Robla, nice and mainly off road and not too taxing until Pola De Gordon. This has the last supermarket/shop for 50 (yes that's FIFTY) km so I got some bits...
Thanks folks.. but I'm already feeling itchy :-( and I'm not even in the bed yet cos I was posting something :D did my usual check earlier and all looked good but now...
...get here cos it's a long walk with no shade until the next fountain in Cabanillas
So bring food, watch your water, and omg after Carabajal the f***ing flies
Again, I picked up something from this forum so packed a headnet I have in my daybag at home.. it saved my day, seriously
For the...
Once again, thanks everyone for all the advice and encouragement.
I've a taxi picking me in 4 hours to go to the airport and catch a 6 am flight to Madrid. Get to Leon on Monday and will be on the San Salvador on Tuesday morning all going to plan.
one tip if it's getting crowded after Tui is to consider doing the spiritual variant.. I did this in June and as soon as I turned left when everyone else was turning right I was back in heaven 😁 no crowds, and a beautiful walk. Highly recommended. The onl thing you might want to do is need to...
Thanks a million for all the info. I just checked out the posada - loved the idea of a pool - but the website is quoting pilgrim price of €45 which is a bit much for me.
All going well, I should be in Pajares on the 6th which is a Thursday so both places in Puerto de Pajares should be open...
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