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Hi, It is very hot and sunny here in Santiago currently but watching the spanish weather forecast last night there was a big rainy cloud over the beginning of the Norte area, if that helps at all?
hi, it looks like if i get a train from santiago to irun then the train gets into irun at 8.30pm in the evening! does anyone know what the opening times of the albergue in irun are or if this gives me enough time to get off the train, find the albergue(!) and get a bed? cheers :D
Hello,
Can anyone tell me where the albergue is in Irun (is it anywhere near the train station she asks hopefully?) also where would be a good place to pick up the camino and er, start walking?
Am having a complete crisis now as my friend has pulled out and she was the one who very vaguely...
Hi,
My friend is currently on the Portugues route and has met someone (possibly a hospitalera from the frances) who told her to skip the Irun to Bilbao section of the Norte. Apparently it is 'not very nice' whatever that means! Can anyone tell me what is wrong with it? I mean I heard it's hilly...
Hi Dale,
Thanks I hadn't even thought of that, I'd just assumed as long as you were walking in either direction it would be fine! I mean the traditional thing is to walk there and back right? The more I look into it the more I'm thinking it might be worth just going in the right direction after...
Hi Folks,
I've long wanted to do the Camino del Norte but thought I'd better do the Frances first (that I finished last year) but me and my friend have this idea that we'd like to do it backwards, starting at santiago (or finisterre) and heading back towards France. Thing is I'm wondering if...
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