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There are 19 trains a day from Santiago to Vigo and only two from Vigo to Porto.
Break your journey in Vigo and catch the convenient timed train to Porto the next day. They depart at 08.58 and 19.56. Journey time is 2hrs 22m. Its a very early start in SDC To catch the 08.58.
Happy Christmas to one and all, would love a meeting at any time or place. I am in final plans for a walk through the Mesata, Burgos to Leon with a friend . Not sure of final dates as we found Easter was in the middle of when we planned.
I'm over in Spain at the moment and the ferry returns to Portsmouth late on the Sunday. Its a 30hour journey!! so are overnighting in Portsmouth then returning to Plymouth. Long winded way of saying should be ok for the 16th.
I purchased the Osprey Airporter medium for my Exos at a decent sale price. I pack a fresh set of clothes and lightweight shoes together with a tough plastic bag and a printed label addressed to Casa Ivar all inside together with gaffa tape rolled around one walking pole. Once out of the airport...
Thank you so much for organising the meetings, I certainly enjoy meeting other like minded people. Best wishes for the future.
I am looking forward to the next meet up.
Nick.
Hi All,
I am all well down in Plymouth, my wife and I decided at the outset that we would maintain a strict quarantine even when things began to move again. I had luckily stored a fair amount of dry and tinned goods before Covid had reared its evil head. (tip off from a friend who works in...
Today I made some purchases from the store while sitting in the sun and combining with dirty glasses I selected two incorrect items. I only realised when I saw the confirmation email when the sun went in.
I sent a message to Ivar and two minutes later an amended email popped up withe correct...
I walked the Cp Litoral last May with a friend who wasn't able to entertain long daily walks. We had both been to Porto before and our plane landed at 22.00hrs so caught the metro into the Carolina Michaelis stop and it is a 2 min walk to the auberge. You are able to book directly with them...
Hi Bradypus, thanks so much for the very quick update. I have emailed Mark with the link and hopefully he will amend his site very soon.
I know many people use his site for planning their Camino.
regards
Nick
Courtesy of www.seat61.com he has posted the following.
Lets hope they can sort things quickly.
Irun - Vigo Camino de Santiago to be withdrawn...
The long-established Camino de Santiago intercity train between Bilbao/Irun and Vigo/A Coruna is to be withdrawn from 3 March 2020 due to asbestos...
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