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  1. Silvester

    Albergue San Juan de Villepanada

    My daughter and I arrived one September evening in 2014 after a long walk from Oviedo. I was pretty tired after slogging up the last 6 km. One of the highlights of the Camino Primitivo for me was Domingo greeting me at the door, large glass of water in hand, with (in Spanish) "welcome, let me...
  2. Silvester

    Camino Primitivo, a short photographic tour

    Hi Kat I noticed one of the photos in your video was that roofless stone tower with trees growing up through it which you pass on the right as you descend into Embalse de Salime. I think you labelled it a "cortin". Do you know what it was for? Defence? Thanks Mary
  3. Silvester

    Your Favorite Food on the Primitivo?

    Covadonga blue cheese - more often available closer to Oviedo. Another cheese in a yellow wrapper with a boy with a red hat on it. Nearer the Santiago end, another cheese like a giant brie. Crusty fresh Galician bread. Foraged castanias, avellanas and walnuts. Blackberries. Seta - especially the...
  4. Silvester

    October 2014 Camino Primitivo after flying from New Zealand

    Great feedback folks. Tia Valeria - can you catch a FEVE train to Ribadesella on the spur of the moment without a pre-booked fare?
  5. Silvester

    October 2014 Camino Primitivo after flying from New Zealand

    My daughter and I are leaving from Leon on 24 September, doing the del Salvador then catching a bus all the way to Ribadesella then wandering back to Oviedo then to Fisterra via the Primitivo. I'm wearing lightweight Salamons in a larger size than normal and my feet have been feeling pretty good...
  6. Silvester

    October 2014 Camino Primitivo after flying from New Zealand

    Thanks for all your helpful comments folks. I've also been trawling through people's stages on the del Slavador and Primitivo with interest. On the Villaviciosa to Oviedo detour I was hoping to stay at the Val de dios monastery albergue but I have a vague idea that the monastery itself has...
  7. Silvester

    October 2014 Camino Primitivo after flying from New Zealand

    Thanks to you all. I did have a peek at the Salvador - and it is spectacular. I keep on wanting to add bits in, but I'm thinking that I have a finite time slot and my hunch is that I'm better to savour it than cram in too much so I am rushing rather than peregrinating! Maybe I will need to...
  8. Silvester

    October 2014 Camino Primitivo after flying from New Zealand

    Hi Julie Thanks for your excellent tips. I had been looking today at flying into Santiago and depending on how many hours of flying had elapsed, either sleeping there for one or two nights then catching a bus to Villaviciosa to arrive about 3pm and walk to Valdedios for my first Camino day. That...
  9. Silvester

    October 2014 Camino Primitivo after flying from New Zealand

    Hi folks I have a window of opportunity next year to do a Camino Primitivo. I'd like to begin walking in Oveido, have a couple of 2 night stops along the way to Santiago de Compostela and walk to both Muxia and Fisterra (although a bus back to SdC after the latter of these two is possible if...

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