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Great tapas in Otano on Calle San Nicolás in Pamplona. If you’re looking for a treat dinner on your Pamplona rest day, try Baserriberri also on San Nicolás.
El Palo de Avellano in Zubiri has a good communal dinner.
We also had a good night in Sansol. And a good dinner in la Mercería in Nájera...
I don’t know what the policy is but I have brought them through Dublin Airport security three times without problem. I have had the rubber ends over the tips and the poles in pieces in my bag. I have also brought them through security in Madrid and Bilbao. I posted them home when I went from...
As far as I know, the booklet from the Irish Camino Society remains the same. What is new is that they now also provide a fold-out credencial. It is a lovely credencial.
I enjoyed reading your post.
I suspect that the reason that the route heads towards the A25 rather than straight into Downpatrick is that the quiet country road remains narrow but becomes quite busy with traffic for the last few kilometres.
I walked to Finisterre last month and found it reasonably well-marked. It must have improved in the last few years.
I only lost my way once, shortly after Negreira. But that was due to my own inattention!
Margaret, I flew out of Dublin last September with my deconstructed poles in my rucksack which I brought as cabin baggage. I did the same flying home through Madrid. (The poles had the big rubber wedge toes. I don't know whether this made any difference.) It seems to be a different matter in...
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