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For anyone planning the Frances for the future.
I arrived in Puente la Reina on the 28th February 2019 or was it the 1st March??? having completed my first day after walking from Pamplona.
That evening the whole town from the youngest to the eldest in one giant fancy dress festival.
I was told...
I make no apologies for 'Bumping' this thread.
I apologise for I note that I am six weeks later than when I posted this thread last year.
If you're about to visit Spain or Portugal for the first time, you may be unaware of these little blighters.
Have a read and please, do not touch.
Buen Camino.
I totally understand your frustration.
I am walking the Portugese in April with my two grandsons, and, because of school holidays and commitments at my end, we only have a week between flights.
Our plane also lands late evening on the Saturday. I was dubious on catching a late train to Valenca...
The OP said," so I need your opinion on my plan of starting the hike around 8-9 am"
Where's the Roll on the floor laughing emoji?
Wait until someone wanders around the Albergue at stupid o'clock, tripping over bags while carrying the light on his/her iPhone on 'Stun' mode.
Sleeping in is not...
When I 'did' the Frances in 2019 I flew from the UK to Bilbao and then bussed down to Pamplona to start there.
With that in mind, I had a look at connections, flight wise from Paris to Bilbao. I have to admit I didn't look for August, looking as I did for April/May 2024 but notwithstanding...
Lucky? me?
It didn't rain between 28th Feb and the 23rd March either!
29 days on the Frances without a drop (apart from a few drops while I was inside the 19th hole having a drink at the golf course west of Najera).
Would this be a good time to tell you I'm walking the Portuguese with my...
When I was 'walking down' after the Frances, (I was flying out of Porto) in 2019 I walked to the coast on the South side of the river out to the Ocean.
If the view from the North shore is anything like the view I got, then I agree that walking that way would be the way to go given you would...
In your OP you say you are, "walking through France".
Are you starting in SPdP or further North into France?
I ask because I was faced with a similar problem, only mine was in March.
I worked it out that I was due to arrive in SdC on a Saturday and I wasn't convinced there would be onward...
The only place I couldn't get my fix of con leche as soon as I stepped out of the Albergue was strangely in Astorga. I had to wander the back streets, 'off piste' but I found a Cafe 4 my Cafe.
I know where one of the 'stones' are. It's on top of the heater in our living room!
The story.
In March 2019 I walked from Pamplona to SdC. I took with me a piece of marble stone that had our three grandchildrens name's written thereon. The names and the stone were coated in varnish and I was...
Bit more for you.
When I bought my ticket from a machine in SdC in April 2019 to travel from there to Porto, the machine asked for an ID No. or similar. I recall it didn't ask for my passport No. I entered my Passport No. and the machine gave out a ticket.
Whilst we are now a Third World...
Planning my next walk from Tui to SdC (I am taking my two grandsons who have a spare week at Easter)
I discovered that, because Valenca, (across the river from Tui) is in Portugal, the transport links are that much better.
Have a look at rail links. I found them much more frequent than the...
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