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Some villages are filling completely by mid-afternoon lately, with popular Albergues full first, must be busier this year. Weather in west Leon province still hot and sunny
Ron
In castille/Leon the rain has now passed. Many of the paths are very rutted by our cyclists friends and have become very awkward to walk on. The weather is heating up and they are promising temps into the high 20's. The is a front approaching from the west that threatens more rain, but at the...
I am sure this subject has appeared here before but I must warn the men NOT to wear boxer shorts unless they have loads of Lycra in them. They are a nightmare, twist around the body and all sorts of unpleasant things happen, I don't need to paint a picture. All of mine a silk boxers and they...
There was much snow on the Pyrenees last week, this was lying over a lot of mud. By now if its thawing it could be pretty horrible. There has been much rain in Navarre and many of the paths are very muddy, this has not been helped by our friends the cyclists as in places the whole width of the...
3 more days to go and the rucksacks have been packed, weighed, unpacked again, things discarded and then repacked. This has happened 3 times now and we've decided we can't dump anything else. This has, of course, kept us from getting too excited. We have been preparing since June 2009 and now...
Well the flights are booked for my wife and I to Bordeaux on Sunday 22nd April arriving at about 2 pm. Now I realise there will be a reduced train service to Bayonne and St Jean. The idea I have come up with is train to Bayonne and stop for the night and then the first train to St Jean Monday...
I have just joined the forum and decided to say hello. My wife and I aim to start the Camino from St Jean in mid to late April 2012 when we will be 64 and 68 years old. We have travelled much of the camino over many years but always by car. The scenery is magnificent so walking through it...
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