Ribeirasacra
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“Monforte a Chantada (29 km)........
After walking through A Vide, the Camino goes off road. It becomes an earthen trail and it takes you to the trail leading to the water channel. Turn right, paralleling the channel. About 400 meters on, go under a bridge (described as the bridge of the “corredor rápido” (RR track for fast trains?)) and take a left turn. Go under the channel. There is usually water at this point, but it runs under one of the small arches of the water viaduct. Continue on a wide earthen path. It continues practically in a straight line until arriving at Moreda (and passing through As Lagoas, Campos and Pacios on the way). This stretch is about 3.5 kms.”
I suspect that many differences occur because of the time of year walked. It was very dry when I walked and had been all summer.I was fine on the path till Pineira (nice fountain and stopping place), at which point my odyssey in the muddy green tunnels began till I miraculously emerged at Camino Grande and its mojon.
But no one else seems to have had problems on this Pineira to Camino Grande stretch, and I don't know whether it's because they bypassed it on a road or what happened. After Camino Grande, it's all on asphalt till the church at Diamondi, then down on the path to the riverside.
This is a straight quote from Aida Menedez I think. In fact it is a left turn at the water channel, the 'corredor rapido' is a road, a cross between a nacional and a motorway. The wide earth path is now overgrown with baby oak trees and requires a left turn shortly after the viaduct, the mojon there has been vandalised and doesn't/didn't have a tile, it is straight after that. I went straight up a wide earth path and added 2 or 3 kms to my walk. This was in September this year.After walking through A Vide, the Camino goes off road. It becomes an earthen trail and it takes you to the trail leading to the water channel. Turn right, paralleling the channel. About 400 meters on, go under a bridge (described as the bridge of the “corredor rápido” (RR track for fast trains?)) and take a left turn. Go under the channel. There is usually water at this point, but it runs under one of the small arches of the water viaduct. Continue on a wide earthen path. It continues practically in a straight line until arriving at Moreda (and passing through As Lagoas, Campos and Pacios on the way). This stretch is about 3.5 kms.”
But I do have a question for Sulu about the stretch between Pineira and Camino Grande -- did you find the path well marked? The mud was the least of it, there was absolutely no indication of which way to go at any of the many criss crossings of earthen paths.
The stretch between A Vide & As Lagoas is not passable at the moment because of overgrown vegetation and (I think) water run off, flooding the path. What is required is new signs but there is no money. It is reported that the alternative route way markers are just painted, nothing is official. Please take note of this if you are attempting to undertake this route during the coming months.
Hi LaurieAnd here's what's probably one more stupid question -- is A Vide the same as Corga? I have notes on Corga but none on A Vide, and your picture shows a sign that says Corga. Is this another one of those distinctions between municipality/parish/hamlet, like the nesting eggs of place names?
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