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I walked in March, and took the forest route. It was splendid. But poorly marked and Appeared to send me down a dirt road to cross the highway ( bike route). I continued forward thru the forest on a fire lane to connect to the farm road leading into town. Very calming and scenic route.
I also did little pre-booking. Our Camino Family got quite large, and would contact the next night’s albergue to alert them to our numbers. If I chose a single room, I usually booked it on my way that afternoon on Booking.com off of Ninga. Did not run into any problems in March/ April.
I am in Astorga now. I flew Iberia Air Madrid to Pamplona and walked from the airport to the Albergue. Lovely start to Camino past Plaza De Toros and Hemingway monument.
I'll be leaving on my first Camino from Pamplona March 8. Should be pretty close together after that. Jesus y Maria in Pamplona uses a nice e-form for reservations, translates to Spanish. You'll be a pro by then!
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