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Llew said:Hi Johnnie,
Understand the Ingles is well marked and I have a guide for this route.
What I am after is from Ribadeo to Ferrol. Your reply that their is no pilgrim route answers part of my question. The other part is - has anyone walked this route. If so what is accommodation etc like. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
If checking the stages of the Camino del Mar as given by the Lugo Amigos then please note that there are 2 places (at least) called Covas. One is 2kms from Viveiro and has accomodation - hostales hotels etc nearby. The other is the one Mike mentions, 9km north west of Ferrol, and is not on the proposed Camino del Mar, as such, but another walk into Ferrol.mikevasey said:............ The gronze site has a link to the albergue which is situated 9 km north of Ferrol, ........
Hi there,Hi there
I’d like to add some information to this discussion based on my experience this summer of walking a large part of this route (Ribadeo to San Andres de Teixido) My decision was based on enjoying the solitude I was able to get walking the first part of Camino de Norte but the knowledge that as I got closer to Santiago it would get increasingly busy. I was aware of this discussion going on so as I went around I wrote notes and stopped in at accommodation to ask prices etc. I’m happy to put this information (currently on a word document) onto the internet for people to link to but as this is my first ever contribution to a forum I’m at a bit of a loss as to where to do this. So if someone would like to tell me where to post it I will. I had printed off the 9 maps of Camino do Mar and I had the very basic maps that I was able to pick up form tourist information along the way. If I was able to find my way around I can't belive that anyone else couldn't. I saw some yellow arrows pointing the way so it has been waymarked, although no tile markers and I have to say I didn’t follow the arrows for a lot of the sections as I was rather enjoying following the coast and the freedom to find my own way (you can’t get lost if you keep the sea on your right!) on the paths and tracks. If you have Militaty maps with you i'm sure you'd find even better routes than I did. ( I think it's important to remember that before any of us set of on the various Caminos we didn't go for a walk in the countryside by following yellow arrows!) By the time I got to Galicia I was a bit weary of wiggles of the way marked path that would take you to a village, I’m guessing to visit the church, inevitably to find it locked. The Galician coast is so beautiful and always open so I preferred to see that! Having said that I had already walked 500km of “Norte” and had completely made my peace with the National Highways and now enjoy the almost Zen experience of walking on tarmac so also did some sections of main road. I didn't find the traffic unpleasant at the times I was walking at all. Just let me know where I should post my walking notes and details of accommodation and I’ll do it. Should I post it as a blog for example?
That is very interesting Reb. Is there any chance of sending us a PM with the places that have San Andrés along the north coast area - west of Ribadeo?
At least one cathedral (Romanesque on pre-Romanesque foundations) was founded by Anglo-Saxon refugees who had fled from the Vikings.
See Basílica de San Martín de Mondoñedo .
We plan to visit there as we walk next year but it would be good to know something about other churches along the route.
I took this from the website itself, which says 'Anglo-Saxon', however they could have been Britons who came after the Romans left and invaders came to Britain. One difficulty with such names is that 'British' is used to encompass those living in Britain and absorbed over time into the population of Britain. So they could be Britons, or Romano-Britons, fleeing from the Anglo-Saxons, with a later wave of Anglo-Saxons fleeing the Vikings and arriving in an already established community.They were not Anglo-Saxon. They were Britons.
After the invasion of Britania by the Anglo-Saxon in V century, most of Britons fled to Wales, Cornwall, and Bretagne, but some of them arrived in nothern Galicia. There, they founded the Briton Churh with capital in Mondoñedo, where a church still remains. There is also a village near Mondoñedo called BRETOÑA with a meaningful name.
There are documents from the Council of Braga (Portugal), year 561, which show the attendance of Bishop Maeloc from the Briton Church of Mondoñedo.
550-559 Catholicism conversion of the Suabian Kingdom by King Karriaric
Welcome to the forum Mark.
We intend, as you will have seen, to make our Camino along this route next year, hence the interest in its history. Before we get off onto religious discussion can I point you to this blog about Priscillian. The discussion could continue there or by PM here on the forum.
If you have any information about the route as given by the Lugo Amigos, apart from what is given on their website, it would be helpful.
Feliz Navidad
Thank you Mark for this offer. We may be asking for some advice re accomodation, or lack of it, after Ponte Mera. We have only found some very expensive hotels in that area so far but were planning on asking the pension owners about the next stop as we go along. The Lugo Amigos say that there is no accomodation after Ponte Mera and no food either after San Andres de Teixido. If that is so we will probably have to take the FEVE to help us on our way; walking to San Andres and then going back to Ponte Mera and FEVE to Xubia. If there is accomodation, and food, then we can see how we are progressing time wise. Meanwhile our research continues along the earlier sections. So far, so good...........
If you need any specific research, photos or help with regard to this route I would be happy to assist as it close by. It is wonderful to see interest here in these older routes in the NW and Galicia many of which predate the Roman era. Heart warming to see this interest.
All the best, happy holidays.
Mark
Were you able to walk this route successfully?I am planning to walk Camino del Norte next year but instead of going from Ribadeo to Arzua would like to continue on the coast to Ferrol and then walk the Ingles to Santiago.
Has anyone walked this route? If so what is waymarking like, accommodation etc and is it possible to get maps of the route in Ribadeo or elsewhere.
Any help would be appreciated.
Unfortunately I was not able to go this year and now planning for 2015. Have not yet decided if I will go the route I was I looking at as it is difficult to get good information. Will examine more over the coming year but now thinking I will stay on the traditional Norte.Were you able to walk this route successfully?
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