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Just received my new guide for the Inverno through Casa Ivor. Here is my initial review.
The good: it is beautifully bound, very well written and translated. I the detail about the route and it's history are fascinating. The author and translator are to be congratulated.
The cons: as a four time pilgrim, the book is to heavy. Brierley's guide for the Francais is several oz lighter. Also, the book contains no accommodation information. Finally, the maps leave much to be desired.
I will read and enjoy it, but will not go with me.
Hi, dedubya,
Not sure when you are going, but I am just a few hours away from having the final revisions done to the forum Invierno guide. The 2018 version is in the Resources section, and the 2019 will replace it as soon as I can get the time I need to pull a few last minute things together!
Then something doesn't add-up, since a previous comment indicated no accommodation information, which prompted my questions. I shall just have to wait until the 2019 version is published and then get the definitive answer.I'm looking at the 2017/2018 version right now and it has plenty of accommodation.
I'll venture to clarify this issue: @dedubya speaks of a printed book, and @peregrina2000, of the forum guide which is updated yearly and published on this forum as a pdf file. The forum guide has an extensive list of accommodations along the Invierno - it includes most, if not all, accommodations!Then something doesn't add-up, since a previous comment indicated no accommodation information, which prompted my questions. I shall just have to wait until the 2019 version is published and then get the definitive answer.
I'll venture to clarify this issue: @dedubya speaks of a printed book, and @peregrina2000, of the forum guide which is updated yearly and published on this forum as a pdf file. The forum guide has an extensive list of accommodations along the Invierno - it includes most, if not all, accommodations!
Hi P2000,
I also am considering the Inverno for May. I noticed that the 2018 book weighed 300g, which is not insignificant. Will the 2019 edition be lighter, and as hinted above, will it contain accommodation information? Or do we rely on Gronze for that?
And I shall do exactly that! Thank you.Hi, Karl,
Athena and others are right, there is a professional puslished guide in English available for sale in Ivar’s store, and the forum guide. Here is the link to the forum guide, which can be downloaded. https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/invierno-forum-guide.535/
It has all the information our forum members have managed to collect, and I think it is one great little guide. We are not in the guide business, so it is not a professional guide, nor does it have pictures, but it has about 45 pages of compact information that, IMO, is all you need to walk the Invierno.
And here is the inevitable plug — this guide relies on forum members to stay up to date— at least ten contributed to the 2019 version, which is almost ready for posting!! So if you use it, pay it back, please!
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