simonhands
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Planning on walking Camino Del Norte
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. . . . . . There is also a bus line that goes from Oviedo all the way to Grado, you can also catch a bus from O Cavado to Lugo, but these do not run many times a day, and I don't remember seeing bus stations as I saw on Norte. . . . . . .
My daughter and I walked the Primitivo this past May. At that time finding a place to stay was not a problem though we started booking ahead the day before after a town filled with locals for the weekend. You need to find out how far you can walk on hilly terrain to know where to book but you can always take a taxi back or forward to your booked place if you get it wrong.Hi
My brother and I are planning on walking the Camino Primitivo in August, however we only have 12 days to walk it and we would be really grateful if anyone could give us some advice as we are first timers!
1) Originally we were plannng on walking camino del norte but chose primitivo because from what we read Camino del Norte seems very touristy and not really in the countryside- is this true?
2) Is it easy enough to find hostels along the way or do you need to book in advance?
3) Are there plenty of food shops/restaurants along the camino primitivo?
4) If we find that we are tired/running out of time is it easy to pick up taxis to points further down the route in order to save some time (I speak fluent spanish so language will not be an issue!)?
Thank you very much in advance for your advice, my brother and I have been using this forum to find out information and thought we should post some questions too! Gracias y buen camino!
Hi
My brother and I are planning on walking the Camino Primitivo in August, however we only have 12 days to walk it and we would be really grateful if anyone could give us some advice as we are first timers!
1) Originally we were plannng on walking camino del norte but chose primitivo because from what we read Camino del Norte seems very touristy and not really in the countryside- is this true?
2) Is it easy enough to find hostels along the way or do you need to book in advance?
3) Are there plenty of food shops/restaurants along the camino primitivo?
4) If we find that we are tired/running out of time is it easy to pick up taxis to points further down the route in order to save some time (I speak fluent spanish so language will not be an issue!)?
Thank you very much in advance for your advice, my brother and I have been using this forum to find out information and thought we should post some questions too! Gracias y buen camino!
Hi!
Only time it got crucial for me was near the mountains after Borres, because there was only one or two small places to buy food and very few towns. For me it took time to get used to the Sunday effect, as most of these places are closed then and you need to prepare for an extra day. Also in the mountains, if you get there in very dry weather as me, there could be no place for spring water for ~50 km.
Erika, I think its admirable that you accomplished what you did. When any one tells me that they could never walk the camino, I tell them that they can.Hi, I've just came back from the primitivo. I'm not really fit, had really tough times, but you know, if you decide something in your head, you can do it. Nothing is impossible. Took me 12days, but I'm a tortoise(there were the rabbits, who were quick, and rested at noon at the albergue, and there was me, the little, slower tortoise, who walked and walked determined and got to the same albergue or further late afternoon or even at 7pm, (9pm was my latest arrival, after 42km)
My stops were:
1 Oviedo - Cornellana
2 Cornellana - Tineo
3 Tineo - Campiello
4 Campiello - Penaseita (avoid this dirty, unkept albergue if you can)
5 Penaseita - Grandas de Salime
6 Grandas de Salime - Fonsagrada
7 Fonsagrada - Castroverde
8 Castroverde - Lugo
9 Lugo - O Carballal (Albergue Ponte Ferreira is the best)
10 O Carballal - A Fraga Alta
11 A Fraga Alta - Lavacolla
12 Lavacolla- Santiago
Why do you want to take a taxi? or Bus? (It was like 'cheating' when I saw the tourigrinos walking without backpacks and sending them ahead to the reserved albergues, and some of them were still taking buses or worse, had a car. I feel sorry for those people actually, as they have the compostella for their 'achievement', but they just didn't put any effort and real work into it. No camino mentality)
There are very few "fuentes" ("springs?") on the Primitivo and the question of food supplies and water after Campiello is worth noting! The bar at Lago is very often closed so there is nothing between Borres and Berducedo when going by the Hospitales route. There used to be a water tap outside one of the farm buildings at Montefurado just after Puerto de Palo. Perhaps someone can comment? If you go via Pola de Allande, it is a small town and there will be something available most times. In Berducedo you should be able to find something except during siesta. Most bars will fill your water bottles if you are buying. And some even if you are just passing! There is always the fall back of buying bottled water and filling your camel back / bottles that way. Whatever, be careful not to get dehydrated in the hills.
Best advice is stock up and fill water bottles at Campiello if you intend to walk over Hospitales.
Casa Herminia in Campiello had a notice in the bar. Translated it says something like:-
"If we are here we are open,
If we are out we are closed.
If you are here and we are closed
it is because we have not encountered each other!"
"Open 25 hours"
Buen Camino
Tio Tel
I don´t remember any public water tap in Montefurado. There is only one inhabited house in the village but I don´t know if the lonly man who lives there, is willing to give water to pilgrims. Neverthelees, 200 mts before Puerto del Palo coming from Pola there is a good fountain.
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