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  1. MikeC

    Crossing Pyrenees by wheelchair

    I did cycle from SJPP to SDC and only used the nearest paved roads to the walkers paths. The Pyrenees are the most famous and most feared hills, but there are three other ranges over 1000m. They are just before Burgos, the Cruz de Ferro, and O"Cebreiro. This you tube link gives a motorcycle...
  2. MikeC

    Santiago to Hendaye by train

    There is a direct train from Santiago to Palencia and another from there to Irun. That's about a 12 hour trip so you might need to overnight there Walk over the bridge to Hendaye station for SNCF trains
  3. MikeC

    Walking route from Ponferrada to A Coruña?

    A Coruna is les than 100k from SDC so you might need to think about how to get the stamps to show a contiguous journey if you are taking a unique route.
  4. MikeC

    Posting luggage from Geneva to Le Puy

    The Swiss-French border is at Geneva airport.You could get a bus from central Geneva to Ferney-Voltaire in France (about 25 Mins). That way you don't need to carry the luggage to the camino border with France, but you may need more time in Geneva to sort things out. Buen camino
  5. MikeC

    First time peregrino...walking and cycling Camino Frances in 2024

    I cycled from St Jean to Santiago on a touring bike. The Michelin cycle map 160? of the Camino was useful to me. It has strip maps showing the Camino in a slightly wider geographical context. Avoiding motorways is an issue around Logrogno. I ended upon an older unpaved road for a few miles...
  6. MikeC

    From La Storta to Rome--Need advice

    That’s great. thank you
  7. MikeC

    From La Storta to Rome--Need advice

    Dear Tim Do you have a translation for “Insugherata”? I have tried several avenues without success.. Mike Crossley
  8. MikeC

    From La Storta to Rome--Need advice

    My wife and I were your age when we walked the final 100 km to the Vatican. I would suggest starting your day walk from either La Giustania station or getting the bus 223 from Rome Termini to the entrance to the park area Insugherata. The park is a surprise find in the middle of a city and the...
  9. MikeC

    Bringing bike on train from Paris to SJPDP

    Assembled bikes are not accepted on many TGV routes but boxed bikes are. You could rethink were you would reassemble the bike. Otherwise you could use regional TER train.
  10. MikeC

    monasteries of San Millan

    I cycled to the monasteries a few years ago and found that it was not possible to visit as an individual, but only as part of a group tour and that the tours were for Spanish speakers.
  11. MikeC

    Getting to Spain a Problem!! Brittany Ferry Boo!

    I fell foul of this also. This policy was always the case with their smaller ferries on the routes to Bilbao but cyclists were welcome on the larger boat to Santander which is the route I took. However, the Cycling UK organisation are complaining that Brittany Ferries are charging £75 to take a...
  12. MikeC

    5 minute train transfer in Ourense

    We did such a transfer some years ago on our way to Santiago. The trains came in on either side of an island platform and we just walked across and got on our new train. It was clearly planned that way.
  13. MikeC

    COVID Walking the Camino when immuno-compromised or suppressed, so extremely vulnerable to C19

    July is peak holiday time for the Spanish who are the most numerous pilgrims, so the main routes will be crowded and accommodation at its most expensive. if you can travel in October the risks to both your health and your wallet will be less.
  14. MikeC

    Santiago to Santander/Bilbao by train

    My wife and I took the train from Santiago to Santander in 2018 but broke our journey in Astorga to walk to the Cruz de Ferro and back. Train left Santiago about 0930 and we were in Astorga late lunchtime. The train from Astorga to Santander left about 0700 and we had to change at Palencia. We...
  15. MikeC

    Travel company or do it myself?

    When I did my fist Camino I came across several walkers in your position. The tour company had booked accommodation at very modest intervals so they were finished by late morning and any walking companions had carried on, so the experience was more lonesome than they had hoped for.
  16. MikeC

    Train transfer in Ourense

    I have made this connection going towards Santiago and had the same worries, but it worked out fine. It was a scheduled connection and the two trains used both tracks at an island platform. I just walked off one train and straight onto the other. you won’t be the only person making the...
  17. MikeC

    Transporting my bicycle from Pamplona to St Jean Pied de Port

    Pamplona to SJPP is an international service and ALSA policy is to not accept bikes.
  18. MikeC

    How long did it take for you to get to "de-cluttering" after Camino?

    After my first Camino in 2016, I decided that having survived 3 weeks with just my cycle panniers I need very little in the way of clothes and possessions. i do try to stick to my new ways, but books and technology are my undoing.
  19. MikeC

    Want to walk 2-3 weeks into rome where to start ASAP

    Accommodation and food is certainly more expensive in Italy than on the CF. Also much fewer opportunities for both. you need to be more self reliant than in Spain.
  20. MikeC

    Need Advice Siena to Rome on Via Francigena

    Not long to go now before you start. enjoy the pilgrimage Mike

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