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One other thing @saburai : I found the Cicerone guide to be a little out of date, and lacking some of the modern route variants. However, they have a list of updates at https://www.cicerone.co.uk/the-camino-del-norte-and-camino-primitivo-third#updates.
Also, I used the Osmand+ app which seems...
Thanks!
For some reason, I misread your initial message as stating that you were going from Santander to Bilbao (the same as me, but in reverse). I did Irun to Bilbao back in 2018. This stretch is more inland after the first day or two. I would say it's harder than the bit I did this year...
Hi @saburai !
It was great. The weather was amazing pretty much the whole time. There was a storm forecast one day but it never materialised (although there was a crazy storm in the middle of the night and it was still a bit miserable in the morning, so I delayed my departure until lunchtime...
Thanks everyone for your responses, which were very helpful. In the end I decided that there were enough accomodation options available at this time of year and the forecast looked good so I'm starting tomorrow from Bilbao. The forecast is for 20C and sunshine! Unbelievable in November. I have...
I shall be walking this stage on Saturday. I had been thinking about taking the longer route via Cruces because it has a couple of climbs but it sounds like it's even more urban later on. The bridge sounds fun though!
I'm thinking of doing one week of the Camino del Norte, from Bilbao, either 5-11 November or 21-27 November. My concers are rain and accommodation. Am I being crazy? Will the weather be awful, or will it be OK? I don't mind having one day of rain, but a whole week of rain may be too much.
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