I wore shorts from mid-Sept to end October last year on the Frances. This included 7+ days of pouring rain. Poncho covered my legs just fine and it wasn't cold. The extra weight of wet pants, not for me.
When reports come in of 'no beds' it would be helpful to clarify whether this is in regard to donativos / municipal / private albergues or ANY beds (including pensions, hotels, etc.). I recall reading reports last fall before walking and it was discouraging and made me apprehensive about the...
Horrible experience with Holafly!!! Purchased a data and phone esim. Had issues with the phone. They offered a 'new' esim, with same services. Turned out it was only for data and I ended up with no phone service for a couple days. Went back and forth a dozen or more times on email / text trying...
It took a bit but I was finally able to get mapy.cz to work. What is the best way to search for a route on this app? I plugged in Camino del Norte and no trails came up, then tried just point to point (Biarritz - St Jean de Luz) and no route either. Thx.
Unfortunately, no. I'm working on him (91 yo) to tease out more specifics. He loaned the book to a priest friend, and we've not been able to learn where he's currently serving so Dad contact him about the book.
My father read a book about the Camino written by a Catholic Priest from a small town in Europe. The book was fairly detailed in capturing life of pilgrim. We have perused all pics of books on Amazon in hopes of he'd remember the book on sight, no luck.
I realize this is very little to go on...
Someone inquired on a FB page, whether the Camino Ninja app will be adding the Norte route. If there is information that can be passed along, I'm happy to do so. TY!
The new parador in Muxia is stunning and was the perfect way to end our walk last Fall. However, we did take a cab to Fisterre for a day and overnight to walk up to the lighthouse and see the “end of the earth.”
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