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I walked the Invierno solo in May/June last year, when I was 69, with an improvised detour to the Cistercian monastery at Oseira. I walked SHORT STAGES, aiming for less than 10 miles a day. I loved the solitude, the beauty, the shade, the birdsong, the up and down (I am a woman, and fairly...
Yes, please. I walked the Invierno last May/June, using a combination of Laurie's guide -- excellent -- and the Spanish version of Asun's guide -- superb. Although my Spanish is very poor, and partly because it is so poor (it was hard to converse with people), Asun's guide was still very...
I walked the Invierno in May and June. Just down the street from the Albergue San Nicolas de Flue in Ponferrada is a little hut manned by a Lay Franciscan named Roger. He knows much about the Invierno, and likes to be very helpful. He helped me plan stages and gave me the resources to make...
Thank you all for your replies to my post. I'm now in Las Medulas. I spent a few hours with Roger in Ponferrada, confirming the itinerary I had sketched out. I try not to use apps while hiking, as I'm really not clear what my plan with AT&T allows, and as you know, wifi tends to be hit and miss...
Perhaps I am being very slow-witted, but I have not found a link in this thread to where I might buy Asun's guide, in English OR in Spanish. I'm on the Frances at the moment with a companion who has to return to the US because of an injury. So now I have the opportunity to walk a different...
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