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Rebekah Scott said:and they all froze to death without any heat.
is there some doubt?? It's here http://maps.peterrobins.co.uk/e.html?zo ... 655&mark=yJohnnieWalker said:I'd value your help in getting details of the location of the church in Sigras and perhaps a photograph
IMO, the guide should follow the official marked route. By all means, give recommended alternatives where appropriate, to visit churches, accommodation, whatever, but the marked route should be the main focus. Personally, I cannot see the point in going round via Cambre; it's a couple of km longer with no great advantages, apart from visiting Sta Maria - but is this going to be open? Ok, so the poligono, or 'Parque Empresarial' as the IGN rather grandly calls it, is probably not too attractive, and probably makes a mockery of the 'dear little bridge', but it's only a few hundred metres, and you can look the other way if you don't want to look at it.JohnnieWalker said:Peter/Miguel
This is becoming clearerSince you have both been there I'd value your advice.
Since it is a detour from the route described in the Guide is it worth treating it as such and describing in detail how pilgrims get there and rejoin the route later- just as with San Miguel de Breamo on the Ferrol arm of the route?
If so then we should incorporate detailed directions. Miguel can you help? Or perhaps Brigit and Peter can be persuaded to take the detour and notes!
miguel_gp said:I've attached a Google Earth (.kmz) file of the route from A Coruna to Santiago which can be downloaded and opened in the Google Earth application. It is basically the route I walked last May which took in both Cambre and Sigras, however I've added both the route indicated by Pete Robbins through Alvedro and A Xira and also the direct continuation past the Hostal Alba that you indicate in the guide. At As Traviesas I actually continued along the road all the way to Meson Do Vento (I stayed in Hotel Canaima that night so I could watch Liverpool in the Champions League!). I've therefore tried to map the route to the Albergue at Bruma using the directions in the new guide and Pete Robbins map. The rest of the route is as I walked it and, as far as I can make out, as per your directions in the new guide. I hope it is of use to others.
Maybe one day, for now I think I will focus on getting my current adventure right...Ivar, I wondered if this could be something you could expand into - mail order maps for Camino routes -as part of your new business?
JohnnieWalker said:no need for a map, honestly,
cans? are you sure it's just water you're swigging?Bridget and Peter said:When three cans come rushing up from a by-road
Peter Robins said:John, if you want a description of the route to Sigras from the Hostal, take a look at Pat & Francis' guide
it actually says 'Si buscas milagros, mira'JohnnieWalker said:“Si buscas milagro, mira”
yes, that's what I thought. I'm pretty sure the route via Cambre was a Pat Quaife special which has never had any official standingmiguel_gp said:In terms of waymarks on the Cambre route, I think they were non-existent.
yes, this seems to be the common experience. As the xacobeo guide specifically mentions the 'seafront promenade', I'm willing to bet (well, I'll bet a beer anyway) that the official route (and any waymarking) does not follow the road but crosses the railway and continues along the estuary path.miguel_gp said:The last waymark I definitely remember was just before Culleredo which indicated a left turn down towards the sea front road (AC211). However, waymarking disappeared quite quickly and I ended up cutting through a set of apartment blocks to get on to the AC211.
Google's satellite imagery is obviously more recent than the Spanish aerial survey and clearly shows this new bridge http://maps.peterrobins.co.uk/google.ht ... layers=0BT (the road map still shows the old road, as on this hybrid view). The imagery also clearly shows a new riverside path, so I would suggest anyone coming from Cambre and wanting to go to Sigras should use this path - shorter and more pleasant than going on the road via Hostal Alba. It would be good if someone could check this out.miguel_gp said:After going through Cambre and passing the RENFE station the road does now go more or less straight up to Alba, I simply followed the directions in the old guide. I recall the road bridge over the river there looking relatively new so maybe there has been some construction here. After crossing the bridge there was a turning to the left which ended abruptly at the river, this looks in GE as though this used to be the bridging point and possibly why your route appears to cross at that point (unless there was an element of wading involved!).
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