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    Route Changes on Ingles/ answers from John Brierley

    Don’t worry, the new route is super well-marked, and it goes from Betanzos to Hospital de Bruma, just like the old route. Only it’s a few kilometers shorter, and there’s less climbing. You can’t go wrong. Just follow the markings. Gronze has been updated to show the new route. I have no...
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    Ferrol to Neda. . . Pedestrian walkway alongside the train-track causeway?

    I was curious myself, so I emailed the tourist office in Ferrol. They said they didn't know, but referred me to the Alcade (mayor) of Neda, which is at the far side of the railroad bridge. He responded promptly to my question, and said that the walkway by the railway is all now open.
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    Does Brierley's Camino Ingles Guide Show the 'Old' Route as Options?

    Peb: This is terrific. I took the liberty of pasting it in to the new thread started today by KJF Sophie with John Brierley’s response to her question about the new edition of his guidebook. Along with Brierley’s response, I think your post gives people all the information they would want if...
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    Route Changes on Ingles/ answers from John Brierley

    I’m pasting in here Peb’s excellent description on another thread of what the major changes to the Ingles are: Ferrol / Neda to Pontedeume section - at Vilar do Colo, the new route goes off right after passing under the motorway, and goes through the countryside till it comes to Cabanas and...
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    Does Brierley's Camino Ingles Guide Show the 'Old' Route as Options?

    Sophie: Thanks for doing this. This is good knowledge that a lot of people will want to know (beyond the few of us who have been following this thread). Would you consider posting his response, and your question to him, as a separate thread? That way more people will see it, and it will...
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    Does Brierley's Camino Ingles Guide Show the 'Old' Route as Options?

    Good, Dave. I had the impression from your previous post that Brierley indicated the old route on the map only, but the sample I downloaded did indeed seem to have specific directions. As to the suggestion to contact Brierley directly that was made, above, that's a good idea. I emailed him a few...
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    Does Brierley's Camino Ingles Guide Show the 'Old' Route as Options?

    As I said above, we walked the new route last June from Betanzos to Bruma. I have no specific recollection of whether the old marker was still visible where the new route diverges near Leiro. HOWEVER, in general the old markers had been removed at the divergence points. I know this because we...
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    Does Brierley's Camino Ingles Guide Show the 'Old' Route as Options?

    Dave and Drew: I just downloaded from Amazon the sample that they’ll let you download for free of the new Brierley edition for the Ingles (dated January, 2019). Unlike the older edition I have (which is maps only), the new edition gives point-to-point directions, and at least with respect to...
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    Does Brierley's Camino Ingles Guide Show the 'Old' Route as Options?

    Dave: Actually, I don’t think you’ll find visual markings of the old route. At least where the old and new diverge, the old markings have been removed, so unless you have a good gps track (such as kinky one offered you), or the new Brierley guide gives you specific directions, you’ll be hard...
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    Does Brierley's Camino Ingles Guide Show the 'Old' Route as Options?

    One way to know if the new Brierley contains both routes: In the stretch between Betanzos and Hospital de Bruma, the old camino will stay on or near the DP-0105 through Leiro and into Vilacoba, where the Casa Julia is. The new route, which we followed, turns right (west) shortly after Leiro...
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    Does Brierley's Camino Ingles Guide Show the 'Old' Route as Options?

    Dave; I haven’t seen the new Brierley guide, so I don’t know, but when we walked the Ingles last June, the only guidebook that had been updated was the CSJ guide, meaning if you find a guide prior to 2018, it will show the original route. For example, the Brierley guide dated 1/9/18 still...
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    Camino Ingles or Norte?

    The last 100 k of the Norte, starting in Baamonde, is quite serene, and not at all demanding. The route has changed so that you now avoid linking up with the Frances until the very last day — either at O Rua / Pedrouzo or near the Santiago airport. For complete information about the new route...
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    Sept 2019 Walk Set, Any 'Do Not Miss This' suggestion?

    I second the O Pasatempo recommendation. We spent a wonderful few hours there. The CSJ guide describes it as “a rural Victorian theme park, with mosaic sculptures a la Gaudi, a greenhouse of exotic plans, giant sculptures of wonders like airplanes, lions, pyramids and a monumental relief map...
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    Has anyone used Brierly's Guide for Ingles?

    The Johnny Walker Guide is the CSJ guide I alluded to, which was revised late last year to reflect the new route - though there have been minor changes to the route even since the revision. Johnny Walker’s new guide, supplemented by Gronze for lodgings, were all we needed. I’m sure...
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    Has anyone used Brierly's Guide for Ingles?

    I’m a great Brierley fan. However, unless he’s revised it in the last year, the guide to the Ingles is a maps-only edition, and the routing on the Ingles has been substantiially revised since his latest edition. We walked the ingles in June, and we found that the only guidebook that’s...
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    Camino Ingles in 12-15k stages?

    Note that the route has been considerably changed in the last year. The only guidebook / website that is up to date is Johnny Waker’s CSJ guide (the 2017 - 2018 edition), available throuh CSJ or as a Kindle book. Most notable change is the Betanzos - Bruma, stage, which is now considerably...
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    Buses along Camino Ingles

    Thanks.
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    Buses along Camino Ingles

    Thanks to you all for your help and advice. (It takes a village). It looks like the simplest thing to do is bus from Santiago to Ferrol, then walk to Meson do Vento, just past Bruma and pick up the Monbus back to Santiago. I also found out that the Camino has recently been re-routed between...
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    Buses along Camino Ingles

    Good. Thanks. We should be able to make it there.
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    Buses along Camino Ingles

    Thanks. That's helpful. There seem to be possibilities at least. I'll sort out the details at the Galicia tourist office in Santiago.

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