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Thanks Laurie. We will keep an eye on this forum for more information. Still 7 weeks to go from now. alternative is to Fisterre and Muxia or a part of the caminho Portuges da Costa from Viana do Castela to Caminho or Vigo. We will see we are flexible and have our caravan house with us. Preparing now all the odd things and training some miles almost every day.More bad news from the Spanish forum about the impact of the winter storms on the caminos in the north.
A Spanish pilgrim who just got back from the Ingles described hundreds (maybe thousands, he said) of huge trees yanked out of the ground, with roots exposed to the air. He described a sense that the whole thing was unreal, as if a giant had marched through hell bent on destruction.
The camino is apparently still passable, but the pilgrim warns of huge amounts of mud caused by the tractors and other machines that are pushing through to try to clean up the damage. Maybe this isn't the year to walk the Ingles, hey, Susanna?
Buen camino, Laurie
You may well be right!but is there not also something very special in a pilgrimage through such conditions?
but is there not also something very special in a pilgrimage through such conditions?
I'm surprised you haven't said, "maybe it's a blessing in disguise".....Ok that doesn't sound fun. Let's save that to next year. I'm sure we will be busy anyway.
I walked with Andy through the damage-causing storms in early February. I think the trees went down along the Ferrol - Bruma section. I know we faced some wild wild weather, and saw a lot of branches down, and heard some scary noises from the trees above, but I don´t remember seeing any uprooted ones between Coruña and Santiago... But then the view was not so good from beneath my hood...
Sounds like Santiago was watching out for us Mad Dogs and Englishmen!
Where in the UK are you Tia?Maybe not being able to walk this year will not be such a bad thing after all.There must be damage along the coast too, there is here in the UK. I am sure it will be OK later in the year as things dry up etc.
Well I know you are not English , so that makes you ... ...? BTW I enjoyed your blog about the trip, sounds like a great time despite the weather.. The Ingles in summer is lovely, especially as it has the beach at Pontedueme to enjoy!I walked with Andy through the damage-causing storms in early February. I think the trees went down along the Ferrol - Bruma section. I know we faced some wild wild weather, and saw a lot of branches down, and heard some scary noises from the trees above, but I don´t remember seeing any uprooted ones between Coruña and Santiago... But then the view was not so good from beneath my hood...
Sounds like Santiago was watching out for us Mad Dogs and Englishmen!
Way back we lived very near where the railway was washed away. We used to walk along that sea wall. Still in the south after a brief time northward.Where in the UK are you Tia?
Well I know you are not English , so that makes you ... ...? BTW I enjoyed your blog about the trip, sounds like a great time despite the weather.. The Ingles in summer is lovely, especially as it has the beach at Pontedueme to enjoy!
This message had to do with heavy storms in the last wintertime hope not you are in the middle of such a storm !Currently walking the Ingles and we have not seen any damage yet.
Go for it
Just got back from my Camino Ingles saw no damage due to the last winters storms.
Only damage I saw was produced by an identical one like this one -
Ondo Ibili !
Those trees are the "unpopular" eucaliptus. Difficult to eradicate because in 2013, 1 out of 10 Galegos got money from their eucaliptus crop.
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