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Red wine is mostly chilled because bottles often spend some time open, and the lower the temperature, the slower the rate of oxidation. Simples! Of course it may also be seen as a positive in summer, and given that most red wine should be drunk at between 15 and 18 degrees it is indeed essential...
OK, better late than never (I hope ;))
I did this walk as planned last month, doing Laurie's Peñalba "loop" and then the bit of the Francés between Villafranca and O Cebreiro (and the mountain variant via Pradela). The second day was really one of the most beautiful walks I have ever done...
Thanks :) Btw, I guess I can do this route with only a sheet sleeping bag, renting blankets? I hate the cold, but will be taking a day pack only, so would really like to avoid having to take the bag.
Thanks! I'm hoping to stay in Pradela (i.e. between Villafranca and Trabadelo) - do you know anything about the albergue? I did try contacting them through their FB page, but no luck so far.
Trabadelo would make a good fallback, yes.
I'm planning to stay at Casa Lixa in Las Herrerías rather...
No luck in contacting La Masera. I've tried the email and FB page, but nothing so far...
I'm thinking of having the option of walking Villafranca-La Herrerías-O Cebreiro instead of the Las Médulas-O Braco bit, in case I don't feel up to THAT day. :eek:
Wondering whether I need to take a...
OK, sorry, my mistake. Of course it's useful that these sites exist. But, like Amazon, if everyone buys everything from them then all the money is going into the pockets of very few.
I don't like to use booking.com.
A number of people who run hotels etc in different countries have asked me to book direct with them (if they have their own site, or even email), because the margins in the industry are already small. I much prefer to do my best to make sure all my money goes...
Obviously not a memorable day for you then :)
I figured I will be a bit tired after the three days in the Valle del Silencio, so starting lateish and maybe having lunch in Villafranca with some good Bierzo wine doesn't sound too terrible a prospect. Then 12 kn in the afternoon. The day to...
Hope you have a good dentist on the road, with all that bellota in the mornings :-)
I was kind of put off by the sheer length of the day from Penhalba to Las Médulas, and so I started to look for other options. Which was when I thought this Villafranca-Pradela-Ruitelán-Cebreiro route might work...
I'm coming to Ponferrada in early June to walk for a few days. I am planning to do a loop around the Valle del Silencio (Ponferrada-El Acebo-Penhalba de Santiago-Ponferrada. I then have two more days - need to be in León by lunchtime on the third day. I hope to come back in future years when I...
Thanks, both of you! I reckon 5 hrs should be plenty for Ponferrada - El Acebo. Would like to stay at La Trucha but not sure I can justify an extra 40 or 50 euros for the first night. Now if it was the third or fourth...
I am still pondering the Penhalba-Médulas day. Thinking if instead I...
Thanks, Laurie!
I have downloaded wikilocs onto my phone, but can't work out how I can actually see a map while I'm out walking (and don't have wifi). Am I missing something?
I used to walk a lot in the Pyrenees and in Italy, but yeah, that was a long time ago now :-( I guess the El Acebo...
Still a bit concerned about that long day. One MIGHT presume that because the Penyalba (maybe given proximity to Galicia that should be "Penhalba" for my tilde-deprived home PC?) - Médulas path is part of the Mirada Circular, it should be waymarked, but given that fact that maps of this path are...
Thanks. Strangely, all the links to maps of the Mirada Circular that i can find are broken - three different ones on official-seeming tourism sites take me to a Japanese page on wifi provision in Brazil :) Seems odd that there were some great maps knocking around some years ago, but now they are...
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