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    What to do en route to Finisterre?

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    What to do en route to Finisterre?

    Walk to Finisterre, then take another day to walk walk north to Muxia, as I did! It’s 37km, but you should be track fit enough to do it as a final effort. There are some nice Atlantic beaches you can divert to en route. The Restaurante & Bar A Braña on the northwest outskirts of Santo Estevo de...
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    Fires in Navarra

    I also went through about the same time, and was very concerned about the combination of extensive eucalyptus plantations, even among the houses in the smaller towns, with considerable dead and dry material on the ground beneath them, and the strong wind off the Atlantic…
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    Hunter too close to trail

    Walking the Norte in 2018 I passed close to a hunt in progress, well south of Ribadeo, using dogs, which I could hear from a long way off. They had marshals wearing high visibility gear near the Camino and walkie—talkie contact with the hunters, and seemed very conscious of safety…
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    Polling Fellow Walkers - Start in SJPP or Pamplona?

    I walked through from Le Puy to Pamplona one year, then on to Muxia from Pamplona two years later. First trip, I had a rest day at St Jean, and although the weather was misty, enjoyed a day walk up to the plateau, but could see nil! Next day walked the valley route and greatly enjoyed it, but...
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    Blue Mountains Camino supporters Walk

    Buen Camino - I hope that the weather has been kind.
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    Madrid airport to Pamplona

    I recently walked the Camino from Pamplona and flew in from Madrid with Air Nostrum (part of Iberia). If you have walking poles then your pack has to be checked luggage.
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    SJPDP to Roncesvalles. Stop in Valcarlos? Or go the Napoleon Route?

    San Sebastián is worth a visit in itself... Two years ago, I had a rest day in St Jean, after walking from Le Puy, and used it to do a day walk over the Napoleon Route, to wel past Orrison, but the mist and fog obscured all, on the plateau, until I was descending back to St Jean. I still...
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    Class of 2019

    Starting from Pamplona on April 26, 2019, heading to Muxia, so may cross your path... Buen Camino!
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    Osprey quality - fabric fraying

    I have a similar Osprey pack I have walked with for more than 1,500 km (purchased in St Jean in 2017 after the shoulder strap on another brand detached from the body of the pack irreparably after walking just from Le Puy), and I have not seen any fraying similar to yours. From the photos it...
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    Conques to Moissac: May or June?

    I walked this section in May two years ago. I am Australian, and the were others of multiple nationalities on the route at the same time then, but who you share your days and evenings with is pot luck! My French is not brilliant, but I was able to hold a basic conversation with most of my fellow...
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    Best Sightseeing Coastal and Central

    Did the same walk a bit later in the year in 2017. The southern part on the Portuguese coast is mainly through seaside areas, with quite a lot of board walking. If you want to avoid the industrial north west outskirts of Porto, catch the light rail to the sea side village of Povoa Varzim and...
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    Books and maps

    Hi Gary, I am in Tasmania and was astonished at how fast a book ordered from Ivar arrived - under a week, so I reckon you should get it well in time for July once the issue is sorted.
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    How to deal with the dogs on the way of Camino

    Saw lots of dogs inside their property boundaries between Le Puy and SJPP, but none loose. Only time I was worried was when I lost the trail briefly and ended up in a farm yard, with no one home but a large Alsatian cross who tried to levitate himself out of his cage, by swinging on a tree...

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