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It went fine. No problems whatsoever. I tend to arrive at airports early anyway, so it was no great hardship to get there even a little earlier than I ordinarily would. I would always rather have more time than I need rather than less. In an airport, boredom is a luxury! As it happens, I have...
Hi there,
I’m flying out from Santiago to Stansted tomorrow morning at around 11am, and received an email earlier today advising me to get to the airport 3 hours pre-departure “in case of security delays”.
I noticed media reports of airport delays over here while on my Camino, but I kinda...
Hello all,
I will be flying from Ireland to Madrid on Saturday, April 16, with a view towards starting walking from Leon the next day. My flight is due to land around 10am and as best as I can tell, my best bet in terms of getting to Leon is to get the train from T4 into Moncloa train station...
Great suggestion, but Madrid is the only practical option for flying out on the day I want to travel. I could fly to Bilbao that day, but I wouldn't arrive until very late in the afternoon, which whereas I get to Madrid in the morning.
As I said in my initial post, there does appear to be a...
Always a sound plan, but I really want to maximise my walking window, if at all possible. I flew into Madrid in 2016 for the Primitivo and overnighted, but I had a little more time that year.
Yeah, I see why you'd say that, but my schedule is pretty tight. I want to get 14 walking days in, and that means getting to Sahagun on the day I arrive and then getting started the next day... hopefully!
Hi all,
I'm hoping to walk from Sahagun to Santiago and on to the coast in the second half of April, picking up my most recent Camino from where I left off in 2019.
I haven't booked anything yet, but I'm planning to fly from Dublin to Madrid on the morning of Saturday, April 16, get to...
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I’ll be heading out to the Camino for a couple of weeks in the early summer and on the way home have booked a connecting flight from Stansted. Basically, I’ll be flying from Santiago to Stansted and on from there to my home in Cork, Ireland. Now that I’ve booked the flights, I’m...
Hello all,
Rather than start another thread, I said I would attempt to revive this one.
I’m just wondering what the situation is now vis-a-vis albergues in Zariquiegui. I’ve been seeing mixed/contradictory information online. Is it two or just one operating there at the moment?
Thanks in...
Hello all,
I will be walking part of the Camino Frances with some friends this coming July, and we will most likely arrive in Pamplona a couple of days after the end of San Fermin. I know accommodation is very difficult to come by during the festival, but I'm wondering if things get back to...
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As the subject line suggests, I’m in Santiago and looking to buy a new rain cover for my rucksack. I’m starting the walk to the coast tomorrow, my current cover won’t stay on anymore, and the weather forecast isn’t good!
So, does anyone have any suggestions on where I might be...
Thanks, Peter. I guess that makes my decision for me. Sobrado dos Monxes it’ll be. Even at the death, the Norte still finds a way to twist the knife! ;-)
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I’m currently in Abadin, and planning ahead for the next few days. I have reserved a place in Salceda for Wednesday night, so my focus is splitting the distance between here and there. I was initially assuming Baamonde (39km), then Sobrado dos Monxes (40km), and then Salceda (31km)...
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