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  1. Bella Amundsen

    Horseback on Camino del Norte

    Hi there peeps! I'm planning on doing the Camino del Norte next but I wonder if there are distances I should do on horseback, and if anyone know of anyone hiring out horses along the track? Feel free to make a reply. I'd love your thoughts on the subject :) Kind regards, Bella
  2. tararrr

    Black dog on route between Molineasca and Ponferrada

    I'm just wondering if anyone else had an encounter with a small black dog on the walk out of Molineasca? I was walking past a yard when I heard a dog barking a few meters away, then felt something nip at my calf. Turned and there was a horrible mangy black dog at my leg, with open wounds on...
  3. B

    Crossing bull enclosures?

    Hello dear fellow pilgrims. I hope to start walking the Via de la Plata from Seville in early October. In June earlier this year I completed my 2nd camino and continued on to Finisterra and Muxia. There I met some people who had walked the VdlP and it all sounded very beautiful. Except for a few...
  4. Anniesantiago

    Horseback Vega de Valcarce to O Cebreiro

    Last year when I walked, I noticed some folks renting horses from Vega de Valcarce to O Cebreiro. Has anyone ever done this? Experience? Cost?
  5. C

    Dogs

    Hello, I am planning on my first pilgrimage in September, and I keep reading about wild dogs. I have a slight fear of animals. Does anyone have any advice?
  6. Cisco Jim

    Horseback on the Camino?

    I'd like to hear from people who have traveled the Camino with horses. Which areas are more horse friendly? What about lodging & stabling? Where have you obtained horses? & etc. I'm planning to make my pilgrimage next summer (2014). I'd like to walk most of the way; but as a horseman...
  7. S

    the cheapest way to do part of the Camino on horseback

    I originally planned to walk, but due to time constraint, I might not able to finish the entire journey on foot. I thought it'd be cool to do parts of it on horse back. I have equestrian experience so I'm not too worried about riding, but I don't have too much money to pay for a tour company, I...
  8. piogaw

    Dogs and other animals in the albergue municipal

    During my recent camino de la plata, i have had the misfortune of walking in the early stages with some other pelegrinos in which one of them was walking with a very dirty dog. On two different occasion that i knew of, the dog was sneaked into the albergue pretty much in the middle of the night...
  9. C

    Camino del Norte and dogs

    Hello Everyone, I have read through a lot of the forums but cannot see if this question has been asked anywhere before. If I have missed it, apologies. Basically my husband and I would like to do the Camino del Norte in September but I am fearful of dogs. Can anyone let me know what the dog...
  10. H

    horseback SJPP to Santiago in 2013

    Hello has anyone ridden the st james way on horseback that could give us advice? did you call/reserve your accomodation in advance? was it easy/difficult to find hay/grain to buy along the route ? how about blacksmiths and vets? any recommendations of places to stay with the horses along the...
  11. Stellamaris

    Unfriendly dogs...problem or not?

    I would like to know is some pilgrims have had some unpleasants experiences with dogs along the camino.This time I will start from Le Puy in the beginning of september for a 2 months hike and I really feel so happy about the decision of walking again on the Camino. I did the CF in 1999 from...
  12. R

    Riding a horse from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela

    Hello, Does anyone know of a place in Sarria to arrange guided tour of the Camino by horse? My wife has walked the whole of the Camino (to Sarria), but her travelling companion has injured their foot, and they are interested in finishing the remainder on horseback. The only ranches I was able...
  13. S

    Alternating horseback and walking

    My husband and I are just beginning to formulate how we might do the Camino Frances in the coming couple of years. I appreciate every nugget of wisdom you have all graciously laid at our novice feet! My dilemma is that I have a congenital heart condition that will (probably) preclude me from...
  14. P

    Hiring a horse?

    Does anyone have up-to-date information about where to hire a horse, preferably around Vigo for the Portugese Route. I don't mean tour groups but just hiring a horse to ride on my own. Tour companies seem to advertise the Portugese Way but don't actually run that tour, maybe because of lack of...
  15. PaulB Hayward

    Dog....or ....no Dog ?

    Hello All, I have a dillema that I am sure will seem silly to a lot of you.......I am to walk the Camino in July with my daughter Emma. The problem is, I shall be leaving behind my best friend Ruby the Boxer. Ruby and I, along with Emma, walk many miles together, and I just feel she should be...
  16. wildroverwild

    Camino with babies and dog

    hi! We, 6 month old, 2 year old, dog and I are heading Camino 1st week of april. So excited!! We are taking a Croozer (like a chariot but unfortunately no drum brakes - i am currently looking into the possibility of having some fitted). The dog pulls in a sledge harness when the uphills are...
  17. P

    On Horseback

    Hi Forum, May I ask if anyone has any experience, or do you know of someone who has, travelling the Camino in France / Spain or any of the Pilgrim / GR routes in France on horseback? Thank you.
  18. A

    Dogs and rabies

    I am planning my first Camino in 2012 and am very nervous of dogs. Has anyone had any recent problems with dogs, and is it worth considering getting a rabies vaccinnation before I leave home? Many thanks Jacqui
  19. R

    My from-Tours-to-Santiago-de-Compostella-on-horseback-plan

    Hello People, My question is quite simular to those of others requesting info on horseback traveling, however: I made myself a day to day plan and map from Tours to Santiago de Compostella, and I would like you al to have a look at it and post some comments. I have some questiongs concerning...
  20. sillydoll

    Hardened and Harlequin arrive in Santiago with their pilgrim

    Hardened and Harlequin are two Andalusian donkey who arrived in Santiago yesterday with their owners from Sevilla and Malaga. A long journey that culminated this morning in the Plaza del Obradoiro with the celebration of welcome by the Association of donkeys fariñeiros of Galicia. The...

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