Well, no one asked me, and I am all in favor of alternatives, especially if they go through mountains.
But my own humble opinion is that it would be much better to get one route firmly established before creating all the confusion that comes with too many alternatives. But maybe this will spur Pobra de Brollon into action with their plans for an albergue, if the competition can offer that.
This stge would apparently offer a boat ride to Belesar along the Miño, which would be a fun diversion!
And this is off-topic, but I think the Xunta is wrong to put “The Winter Way” in the vocabulary, as the picture shows. I have only met one person who used that term, a guy from Australia. I met him on the Invierno. He had done many hours of searching on the internet for information about the Winter Way and never came across this forum or the guide! Everyone calls it “the invierno” and I think that’s unlikely to change. So if anyone has the ear of important Camino Invierno officials, will you please pass on those comments?