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Thanks for that NoQ. I did not find that blogspot of them and after reading it it's crystal clear.As far as I can see (I haven't walked this Camino yet, either), you can walk from Betanzos to Bar Julia and then get a taxi to Pension O Meson Novo. They'll take you back to Bar Julia the next morning and then continue where you left off and have a lighter load by leaving some of your stuff in their pension. In fact, on their website it says they can arrange this and do it for free if it is nearby! http://mesonnovo.blogspot.com/p/servicios.html Tel: 678 585 431
I'm booked in there for a night and the rates are very economical indeed at just over 23 Euros for bed and breakfast.
Thanks Al !Note that Bar Julia is not always open, so you will need your own phone. I planned to arrive there Sunday lunchtime figuring (correctly) that a Spanish bar would always be open Sunday lunch! It was and the customers in there were very friendly. The hill starts just after there and the next Bar is a couple of hundred meters off to the left at the top of the hill (well marked).
You can do this in two ways: telephone the Bar Julia and having ascertained it is open telephone a taxi when you arrive there to take you to the albergue at Bruma and then return the next morning
Or arrange for Antonio from the Hotsl O Meson Novo in Meson do Vento to pick you up and return you.
That's a good plan - always better to tackle a big hill with fresh legs in the morning!We are two elderly women and do not want to walk the 29km to Bruma in one go.
Thank you both for this. Unfortunately Hotel Garelos is fully booked for the nights we need. It may be safer to go for the Meson do Vento option, prebooking the taxi from Bar Julia to be sure, as this appears to be a well tried and tested method.That's a good plan - always better to tackle a big hill with fresh legs in the morning!
I agree with Tia, Hotel Garelos should be able to help you arrange this, I'm quite sure many people have done this. I used Taxi 10 (a nice gentleman named Vicente) out of Betanzos to pick me up at a specific pre-arranged spot in 2014 and it worked out great. We spoke the day before to work out the location and then I just gave him a call to say I was there and he arrived shortly. It was even nicer that on the way back to Betanzos he turned off the meter to take me up the hill to a church slightly off the route on the way into town (Igrexa da Nosa Señora do Camiño) to show it to me. I had had a very difficult day and truly appreciated that kindness.
The folks at Meson Novo in Meson do Vento can also do a pick-up and drop off the next day, and it's complimentary (included in your room rate). Not sure what their radius is, but Leiro isn't that far from Casa Julia where they regularly pick up/drop off, so worth an ask if you were planning to stay at their Pension (hotel).
Buen Camino!!
If you are booked into O Meson Novo there is no need to book a taxi. Just send a message to Don Antonio asking about collection, and to estimate a time, and he will be prepared to collect you from an agreed place - either Casa Julia or Leiro (maybe the bar near Presedo). All you need do then is phone him direct when you reach the pick up point. The family speak English too so that is a help if you don't have much Spanish. You can also book in for one night and carry all your things next day to Bruma albergue or book 2 nights and 'walk light' to walk back to O Meson Novo. Hope that you can get booked in with Antonio and his family, they are truly lovely people.Thank you both for this. Unfortunately Hotel Garelos is fully booked for the nights we need. It may be safer to go for the Meson do Vento option, prebooking the taxi from Bar Julia to be sure, as this appears to be a well tried and tested method.
Thank you so much - O Meson Novo is my next on my list for investigating!If you are booked into O Meson Novo there is no need to book a taxi. Just send a message to Don Antonio asking about collection, and to estimate a time, and he will be prepared to collect you from an agreed place - either Casa Julia or Leiro (maybe the bar near Presedo). All you need do then is phone him direct when you reach the pick up point. The family speak English too so that is a help if you don't have much Spanish. You can also book in for one night and carry all your things next day to Bruma albergue or book 2 nights and 'walk light' to walk back to O Meson Novo. Hope that you can get booked in with Antonio and his family, they are truly lovely people.
I have just sent you a PM.Thank you so much - O Meson Novo is my next on my list for investigating!
All booked thank you all for your help! Not sure what a PM is!I have just sent you a PM.
Buen Camino
PM = Conversation, and I see you found itAll booked thank you all for your help! Not sure what a PM is!
If we have the 'Johnnie Walker' at lunchtime we'll be asleep in the bus stop down the road before we even think of tackling the hill.However hopefully Bar Julia will be open when we are there this time and we can enjoy at least a cafe con leche.[/QUOTE
We'll be tacking that hill even earlier in the day, the whiskey might be strange just after breakfast!
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