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Thanks for this advice. I have the guide you link to and have been reading it avidly. this has led me to think about the day you refer to at length and what might be the best thing to do. Without sounding immodest, I think I can manage to do this and continue on to do the following town (I...
Thanks Amancio- that's very useful advice. Hopefully the weather and conditions will be kind. We'll have to see how we're feeling physically after the first couple of days of walking and take it from there perhaps...
Hi All
Some background: we are looking at tackling the Via Serrana in April 2022 (followed by the Via de la Plata/Via Sanabres). We've previously done four different caminos to Santiago (Frances x 2, Portuguese, Via Podiensis/Norte/Primitivo), and we think we pretty comfortably manage about...
No worries - on the odd occasion that I've done the same thing, it's only too late that I realise that I should have done this. Anyway, I'll be there mid-June. I'll try to remember this and grab a photo then and post it here.
Kelly and I are so stressed in the lead up to ‘The Big One’, that we take a mini-break at a friends place two weeks before departure.
Listen to us discuss how our anxiety manifests itself differently for each of us, as we laugh at one another’s neuroses.
You can download the direct link here...
We have a similar issue - we’ve got a rail ticket on 9 May (which actually IS a strike day). There is a blablacar currently available that evening to Le Puy, but we were hoping to get some time in Le Puy to look around. Also we’d miss dinner at the auberge we’ve booked.
So, I guess my...
We should reach Irun (having started in Le Puy) in the second week of June. Will proceed to Santiago, in an orderly fashion, via the Norte and the Primitivo finishing mid July...
Hopefully...
New podcast episode available. Kelly and I battle training blues, small hills, blisters and mosquitos the size of hummingbirds
You can download the direct link here or download it from iTunes here.
We're starting from Le Puy on May 10 and while I probably won't blog, we will be podcasting each night (or as often as we can given wifi) on our daily experiences. You might find this a useful way to get an account of the experience. The link to the podcast should be in the signature below...
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