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Sorry to learn of the flooding on the camino. Perhaps you could take photos of markers you pass as proof of your passage since stamps are difficult to obtain.
Stay safe.
Glad that you are safe! Could you sent a copy of your photo to where you stayed before you took it? The visual warning could help protect fellow pilgrims walking the route.
I will do that right now!I forgot that it was a hotel in Valenca do Minho. Perhaps send photo with brief description of flood location to this email address of pilgrim albergue in VdM. Ask them to spread the news of the danger ahead.
www.albergue-valenca.pt.vu
It comes up saying that site doesn't existI will do that right now!
Will do, thank you!If you are now in Porrino ask your hosts to help you send word of flood back along the CP. Address I send above deoes not work.
When we walked from Porto, locals told us it was the wettest Easter in 40 years. We basically waded, our shoes stayed wet until the day before Santiago...
I think I recognize your flooded river, we walked across it with water up to our knees. Next time, I'd wear crocs.
Google Translation of story said:A civil guard saved his life this week in a 54-year-old Canadian national who was the Camino de Santiago in the company of her husband. The incident occurred on Tuesday in the parish of Ribadelouro when rainfall of previous days had raised both the level of the river reached more than 1.5 meters high and covered the bridge of Febres.
Pilgrims who passed through the place before they crossed using a trunk; In fact, even yesterday continued under the cross, recalling that at this point ill San Telmo, a sign written in English indicating how to access the alternative step. The danger was obvious from the flow, the force of the water and the rocks below, but still crossed as the couple had done before others. Just as the woman was going to reach the other side, slipped and fell face down on the riverbed St. Simon could not move.
The guard Aurelio Rodriguez Bargiela jumped into the water, joined the woman immobilized by the weight of the backpack and clothes and, after getting to react, led to solid ground, where her husband watched helplessly to the rescue. "Just took off his cap and jumped. I did not doubt she would have to throw myself because that's why you wear the uniform, "he explained yesterday at the same place on Tuesday lent life support. "When you're in the Civil Guard come to work, but to do a service or, at least, I feel well," he said.
Recognizes the satisfaction of accomplishment, but it naturally recognized. "No matter the profession or vocation you have, the important thing is to do well," he says. On the sequence of events on Tuesday recalled that the day started like any other. "We were going to do an inspection of the quarry where we met a group of pilgrims who were asked if we could cross the river," he recalls. "When we arrived there were people crossing a log, and women rushed upside down without being able to turn around," he explains. "My biggest fear was the stones on the bottom because I knew I could take much water the river," he says.
With 31 years of service behind him, this guard Tui has allowed women to continue their way. The Santiago thought of leaving it. "After the rescue quickly asked to leave for their country, but after a day of rest continued the pilgrimage," confirmed. "He gave me that hug was the best reward," he says. The rescue occurred on the bridge Febres where ill Palermo, named after the neighborhood in Buenos Aires born Aurelio Rodriguez.
When I walked this route last year there was considerable flooding on that same section shown here and also on the new diversion that takes you around the Industrial Estate at O Porrino.
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Be careful crossing rivers, a Canadian pilgrim was rescued by a Guardia Civil officer on this section last year after slipping on a temporary log river crossing.
Original Article in La Voz de Galicia
Good luck my friend and Buen Camino.I am determined to get there on Monday come hell or high water.
Wow. Thanks for your updates.
I will be there next month. (!)
All the best to you...I'll be thinking dry thoughts.
Stubbornness got the better of me and I walked, albeit on the main road. Everything on either side was flooded, and the section where the main road meets the Camino where rios Chain and Barosa meet was just incredible. Might as well have been on a coastal route! I did not stop to take any pics, it was pissing down with the added bonus of heavy winds, so I was more concerned with not getting knocked down by cars or wind. The rio Umia is so swollen that you can't walk under the bridge and it seems to have swallowed a gazebo.CykaUJ, Sounds like a real deluge. Stay safe. I wonder if the Pilgrims Office will make a compostela exception for flooding. Good luck with the rest of your walk, even if you can't get the compostela, no one can take this accomplishment away from you. Buen camino, Laurie
Congratulations! So glad to see that because I'm starting from Porto on Thursday. Really prefer walking to swimming...
Luck of the draw indeed! I remember seeing @Albertinho 's post about how it rained on all of their caminos, but the weather in Porto and Vila do Conde was so gorgeous that I thought 'woohoo, I lucked out, it's gonna be sunny sailing all the way to Santiago!' Oops...Thanks for the advice - much appreciated. Almost impossible to predict winter weather. Last year I walked the Camino Ingles in January with a friend. 5 days with a total of 20 minutes light rain. We actually had slight sunburn! Andy had walked at the same time the two previous years in near-constant rain and gale force winds. The luck of the draw.
Have a drink at Pepe's bar in Padrón. Just opposite the albergue at the other side of the bridge. Everybody knows him. Or have your breakfast there tomorrowLuck of the draw indeed! I remember seeing @Albertinho 's post about how it rained on all of their caminos, but the weather in Porto and Vila do Conde was so gorgeous that I thought 'woohoo, I lucked out, it's gonna be sunny sailing all the way to Santiago!' Oops...
Btw, it's raining in Padrón now. I wish you a very safe journey!
Have a drink at Pepe's bar in Padrón. Just opposite the albergue at the other side of the bridge. Everybody knows him. Or have your breakfast there tomorrow
Give him our regards. The Dutch who wrote on a Tshirt on the wall Pepe es loco ! Pepe is crazy
Watched the news this morning, Pontevedra was totally flooded and had mudslides yesterday. Hard to believe I was just there on Friday!Congratulations! So glad to see that because I'm starting from Porto on Thursday. Really prefer walking to swimming...
I find it ironic, joyfully ironic, that you started this journey apparently seeking the comfort or security an agency claims to provide and have ended up enduring so much more than most on the Camino, and all of it with a wonderful attitude. Good for you! Japan doesn't know what is comming its way!
I find it ironic, joyfully ironic, that you started this journey apparently seeking the comfort or security an agency claims to provide and have ended up enduring so much more than most on the Camino, and all of it with a wonderful attitude. Good for you! Japan doesn't know what is comming its way!
Laurie, I think she will be ready for the Shikoku when she moves to Japan. @CykaUJ , if you walk that route please report back!CykaUJ, This camino may not have been what you were expecting, but it sounds like it may have been exactly what you needed! I have a sneaking suspicion that this will not be your last Camino experience. Wishing you the very best in the next steps in your life, Laurie
Btw, @Bradypus , I've made a post in the Camino Portugues section, getting out of Padron and some crazy new diversions into SdC were heaps of fun. Hopefully you can make sense out of what I wrote!
Thank you - very kind! I hope I get far enough to use the informationI leave home tomorrow and fly to Porto on Thursday morning. The weather forecasts look good at the moment. Itching to get back on the road!
Thank you - very kind! I hope I get far enough to use the informationI leave home tomorrow and fly to Porto on Thursday morning. The weather forecasts look good at the moment. Itching to get back on the road!
Wonderful!!!! May your shadow stay with you the entire journey. Looking forward to hearing more. Bom Caminho!View attachment 24103 On my way. First morning out of Porto. Sun shining and barely a cloud to be seen. A touch of frost and cool air - just right for a brisk walk to get the circulation going
Congrats!! And WOW you are fast!Arrived in Santiago late last night after finding the albergue in Teo was closed. Not pleased! Just wanted to say that although I passed through some wet and muddy sections nowhere on the trail was more than ankle deep. Flooding definitely gone for the moment.
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