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If you can find almonds, and you have a cheap electric coffee grinder, the horizontal blade type, you have almond flour. Grind it in short bursts until you have the desired texture. It doesn't take long to grind 250 g.
I concur with the Vodafone suggestion. The SIM card will cost you 5€ in the Vodafone shop. If you had an address were to have it delivered in Barcelona, then you could save that by ordering online, but for 5€ it is not worth the trouble. Annoyingly, all pay-as-you-go or "prepago" in Spain is for...
Hi everyone! Apologies for radio silence. I kind of went into total isolation and forgot about my good friends.
We had 5 glorious sunny days, without a drop of rain. Most unlike Galicia, but welcome anyway.
The Camino Inglés from Ferrol is very well signposted. The ubiquitous yellow arrows are...
Wow. September 2019. I walked the Francés then and it was quite full. If even in those free and happy times the Inglés only attracted a handful of travellers, I imagine we will have the route to ourselves
Thank you all very much for your prompt and helpful replies. Yes, I know this weather very well. Having been born here, and residing in London, I am already well seasoned. But with the Galician winter equivalent to a British autumnal Indian Summer, this should not be a problem.
Greetings everyone! I am planning starting the Camino Inglés this weekend, from Ferrol. I am wondering if there are many people doing this route in February or if we will be the only ones on the road.
Hi Woody,
You can import the GPX route. You have some on the link below, but you can import any other if you already have into Komoot. The paid version will give you voice navigation of that route.
Best of luck
Laureano...
Try Komoot. It has turn-by-turn voice navigation. One single £30 payment unlocks the whole world and you don't need to keep paying. You can try before you decide
https://www.komoot.com/product
I like The Proclaimers - I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) because el Camino Francés os indeed 500 miles, although my daughter says that the choice is too cheesy.
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