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Sorry, I completely misunderstood your post. I was referring to the road from Col du Lepoeder down into Roncesvalles avoiding the short cut through the forest. And no, I didn’t take the path short cut before Orisson.
Nika is planning to start at the end of the third week in May. Sure, the Francés has always been busy at the beginning of May, this year ridiculously so. But surely the big wave be will be long gone by the time she starts?
2 'likes' appeared today for my postings on this thread, which I'd forgotten I'd made. After all the terrible weather pilgrims have experienced recently, I'm surprised no-one mentioned it, because it must have been bloody awful in a downpour.
For anyone interested, here's a couple more pics from...
I do hope that you will post a 'Live from the Camino' thread about your experience on this route, @chechakoman. Last year I diverted on a round trip by bike from Burgos to Covarrubias. I can highly recommend the Pension Galin in that lovely little town, seen here at the end of the street...
I’ve often been tempted to give you all a geology lecture about the descent to Zubiri, but have held back for obvious reasons. I have however waxed lyrical about it in my almost-ready-to-go book about the geology of the camino. Zubiri gets a chapter of its own.
I’ll give you a brief rundown in...
With great patience, and on foot. For you, it would have come at the end of a long day, and that would definitely add to the stress. For me, I had plenty of time.
Look, I'm a bicigrino, and the first time on the descent to Zubiri I took the road being aware of the track's reputation. Last year I walked down the trail with my loaded bike because I wanted to look at the geology. The track is fine for the most part except for relatively frequent short...
I stayed at Albergue Rio Arga in Zubiri. I had a private room, (very comfortable), so I can't comment on the dorm. There are food options close by. Very well situated by the river, just across the bridge. I would stay again.
My "problem" with Cruz de Ferro (apart from the trash) is that it is not a pile of pilgrim stones at all. Most of the material consists of sizeable rocks - there is even an occasional lump of concrete and the odd brick. No pilgrim in their right mind deposited a stone weighing 20kg at the foot...
It's lovely, and worth it for the opportunity to stay with Tiago in his quirky and comfortable albergue/house. He is an exceptionally kind hospitalero. I was unwell on arrival, and he went out of his way to help me during several days of incapacity.
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