Lizanne801
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- CF, Finisterre/Muxia, Inglés, Sanabres, Norte 9/23
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Yes. It is not a busy bridge. Walk on the left!does anyone use the Ferrol bridge?
some people do use the N-651 bridge from Ferrol to Fene as a short cut to walking all round the estuary if they are walking as a first stage to Pontedeume. This is because the first stage from Ferrol to Pontedeume round the estuary is long. The N-651 is a dual carriageway road, but there is a fenced in footpath, separate from the traffic. If you do use the bridge, you have still walked 100km from Ferrol, and should still qualify for a compostela, provided you have your two stamps per day.
An alternative is to break the long first stage from Ferrol to Pontedeume up into two and stop overnight at either Xubia or Neda. That is what I would do if I walked the Ingles again. The first stage was too long at 29km or so, and I suffered for it next day.
You won't miss much. The walk is through suburbs and along roads most of the way, and markings are a bit confusing. You cross the highway a couple of times on steel pedestrian bridges. The albergue for Neda is actually up in Naron, and not near any restaurants. Neda itself is a nice little town, more banks than it is restaurants. I think you will do fine going across the bridge.I am now strongly considering crossing directly to Fene via the N-6551. I hope I am not missing much by bypassing Neda.
I understand she WILL pick up but where from? Will you be walking the Ferrol-SdC or A Coruna-SdC route? She's placed near the join on the west side of the Y where they join.Great map! Would the owner also pick up at the waypoint? That would certainly be easier for someone not so skilled in map reading (like me, for example). I've heard great things about Egoa!
I understand she WILL pick up but where from?
If it were me, I'd have her pick up and drop off at Bar Avelino, that seems to be the closest spot. Someone else was asking on the Facebook forum about this recently, so I've been thinking about these logistics.
There are such nice casas rurales on this route. I'd love to stay there and Anton Veiras (locals even rave about the food in their restaurant). We stayed at Casa Doña Maria in 2014 and it was marvelous.
Thanks for the great reporting! It shows there are many different ways to make your own Camino!!!
"turn off at the Presedo refugio and there's no signage until you reach the arm coming down from A Coruna which is about 8km away" A question about this statement ... do you mean to say that this part of the route is no longer well marked? In March I followed the path from Coruña and it was exceedingly well marked. The new part from Presedo to where it meets up with the Coruña arm is new as of last summer ... so I had assumed it was probably just as clearly marked. Or do you mean this is the area where you went "off camino" to get to Egoa?
Morning Rebecca,Thanks for that Jeff. However I'm certainly no Geographer and am not familiar with google earth flying! I had no intention of bringing any GPS device other than what I can access on my phone. I do use Google maps to find my way around Irish backroads but that's about it. Maybe if I get to the Bar you mention I could get them to come and collect me and drop back next day. However if possible I would prefer to walk if i thought I could find my way.
Google maps shows it's 2.6km from Bar Avelina to the Albergue en Hospital de Bruma, so however long it takes someone to walk ... at the end of that uphill!Bar Avelina was about an hour away from Hospital de Bruma
Point A - I believe 6 km, but I am not certain.Reviving an old thread for a quick question (or two):
(a) How many KMs do you cut off the first day if you take the bridge from the Monastary to Neda (not the N-651 bridge)?
(b) If you take the bridge from the Monastary, do you still get a good portion of the estuary walk/views in? that is, do you miss much by not going all the way to Xubia
Thanks for this - I was debating whether to plan a stop in Neda and I think you have convinced me to take the longer route and do so (Ordinarily I would not be particularly worried about the total distance for the day except that it is the first day and I will probably be a bit jet-lagged and may want to sleep in a bit the first morning.)Point A - I believe 6 km, but I am not certain.
As far as point B is concerned I feel you would miss quite a bit. I actually added in the Variant as well, it's only another kilometer and was really quite nice.
I inadvertently cut across the bridge (Ponte peonil de Xubia I think it's called) directly to the Neda albergue, rather than going all the way into Xubia and back. I apparently missed a half decent cafe in the process.
If for some reason you're concerned about the distance consider making a shorter day of it and stopping in Neda.
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