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Hi Lynn,
I think you will be better served for accommodation in Albergues in May than in July/August which is the height of the season. I did notice that some of the Aubergue's were only open for these two months so it might be worth checking this in advance. These were usually in the bigger...
Hi V,
I agree with you the Camino del Norte is eminently doable. I think it was the heat that did for a lot of people. But the majority carried on and I think brought us all closer having to endure the same conditions.
Interesting to hear of someone else who walked with their son. It was a very...
Hi Forrest
I think it was partly due to intensive nature of the first few days of the walk from Irun, the high temperatures and inexperienced walkers. We also met a couple of people with knee injuries, one lady on her first day out! The trail is quite steep at times but nothing too strenuous...
Hi Lynn,
I have just returned from an 18 day walk with my 16 year old son starting in Irun. We got as far as a village called Serdio, near San Vicente. We covered about 350 km but skipped Bilbao as we had already spent a couple of days there on our arrival by plane from Edinburgh.
We had a...
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