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I swear this is true. An enormous (powerful) young Canadian guy had a 55 kg pack on day 1 from SJPdP to Roncesvalles. He was on his first day of a year-long trip and had two laptops, two SLRs and a bunch of his Moms stuff, who was meeting him in Burgos.
He was famous for that huge pack and at...
Hmm. I made do with the 300mb plan. I was meticulous about turning off all notifications etc. But Google Maps only used 25mb of data for the month - when I used turn-by-turn directions. I think I had to reset my offline area 3 times (using wifi) and if Bordeaux wasn't so big it would have...
I'm so sorry I didn't see this question til now.
Yes, I would just enter the name of a town - either the destination or one on the way. Apparently France is well know for being incredibly well mapped. I didn't need it most of the time but when I did it was fabtastic. I'm guessing that there...
Les Landes is painful. Straight as an arrow, flat as a board. I lived large in Barp at a nice hotel but the rest of the way til Dax was horrible.
The Meseta on CF has a reputation for flat and boring but compared to walking through Les Landes on VdT is a major ordeal. Please people, if anyone...
I have mad respect for one-week pilgrims. The first week is the most painful and to subject one's self to that without the payoff of the subsequent comfortable kms is admirable. I tip my hat to you.
I agree
I've finished in SdC four times. The overall experience of getting a compostela has deteriorated to the point that I skipped it last time. There were 45 minutes worth of pilgrims queued up before the oficina even opened. Oficina apologists rightfully point out that much of the staff...
All I can do is commiserate with you. Last year after waiting an hour, the guy asked for my national passport, scribbled my name on it and handed it back without looking up at me or interrupting his conversation with the guy next to him. His handwriting was worse than mine - and mine is...
And may I add, after those 32, many of us missed the waymark into Canaveral which cost us another four km. When I say 'many' I mean three separate groups. If I had to do that again I'd stay on the main road the whole way after the embalse.
Won't exempting the English Way just re-route the short-haul pilgrims away from CF to the northern coast?
While it may have historical relevance dating to mid evil days, the journey from Britain to northern Spain was a perilous journey back then. Nowadays it's a luxury ferry or a flight and a...
Along with Guemes - Santander via the coast and Somo The full Irun - Pasajes - SanSe was (for me anyway!) unforgettable. The descent into Pasajes ending with the arrow pointed off the end of the dock made me smile for a long time!
Slomo!?!?! I miss you dude. I think you're going to feel much better pretty suddenly and it will be WAY better. I'm on VdlP and seriously think about you every day.
Remember this is the ultimate example of just putting one foot in front of the other. I'll be in Seville tomorrow and start walking north on Wednesday.
Just my opinion of course, but the two most spectacular stages are Irun to San Sebastian and Guemes to Santander.
if you were starting in Irun I might agree that Irun - Bilbao beats Bilbao - Santander but the awesome beach walking and boat rides in Laredo & Somo, plus the inclusion of Castro...
I faced the same choice on Wednesday. The train Boo train station is RIGHT THERE - go left instead of right after the the bridge - take a left at the FEVE sign 150m down the road. They run 2 minutes after every half hour (during the week). It's less than 2 minutes to Mogro. They didn't...
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