Just read through this thread, having been away from internet access for the past couple of weeks. Nice one and interesting to compare experiences.
I completed the Ingles from Ferrol in Mid April and it was much tougher than I thought. All those hills after Pontedeume, mentioned above, take quite some doing. The weather was a little unkind too , being much colder than I had imagined with temperatures down to 5 degrees sometimes and a couple of really cold, wet days to test the spirit. But it was a great Camino on the whole. I think it is much harder compared to the last 100 kms of the Frances from Sarria, with a greater proportion of walking on concrete and more ups and downs (along with a long section with no bars).
I'll add a couple of my thoughts here too.
Day 0 - Asturias Airport to Ferrol (San Xoan station, near the Silva). I had been wanting to take this FEVE train for years and the journey didn't disappoint. Stunning scenery and a magnificent feat in engineering to construct that line.
Day 1 - Ferrol to Neda. Easy stage but not that interesting. The start is great though and I loved the English bus there as well as some fab early coffee bars. I had stayed in the hotel Silva and this was a superb choice as it was cheap, very friendly and upon check-in the lady there gave me a map of Ferrol with the Camino highlighted, a brochure on the Camino Ingles and they have passports there too! Curiously, the Camino does not go right by the cathedral, but it's a short detour and marked on the map. In Neda I stayed at the Hotel Kensington. Excellent hotel with a super bar / restaurant and great staff again. For me, this stage had a good start and finish, but quite a lot of road walking and industry.
Day 2 - Neda to Pontedueme. A lovely stage. Lots of interesting places to see and visit on the way and plenty of coffee stops. The hill in the later part climbs to 180 metres, which is a good indication of what's to come. Shame the churches are shut (as in the case of almost all of them on this Camino). Pontedeume is a lovely town with a beautiful church and tower and the beach area just before it was very relaxing too. I stayed in the Hotel Eumesa, which looks Stalinist from the outside, but the room was lovely. Be careful if using credit cards here though as I was charged 3 times for a meal and drinks and have just got the refund this week after contacting them twice. At least they were honest enough to refund me.
Day 3 - Pontedeume to Betanzos. A varied stage and getting tougher. Lots of ups and downs, but not so far at about 21 kms. Mino is a lovely place for early brunch / lunch and it is after here that the Camino really starts to get more challenging. The church a couple of kilometres before Betanzos is in a fabulous setting with lovely benches to rest on. Shame it was raining so much though. At this point a lot of soldiers came up the hill, one by one carrying big rifles and all wished me a Buen Camino - again one by one.! Betanzos is absolutely magnificent and aside from SDC, it was my favourite stop. Beautiful churches and all open (!) and an atmospheric, compact old quarter. I stayed in the Palacete and it is a nice building but it wasn't heated well and a bit noisy.
Day 4 - Betanzos to O Meson Do Vento. Penance for sins! Penance for sins! This was a really really tough stage and it felt harder than any stage I had walked on the Frances (and some of them were over 40 kms). Leaving Betanzos is a climb and then it's up, down, up down all day. It started raining very heavily after about 16 kms and I sheltered in a great covered area for about 2 hours. My backpack was heavy too today as I was carrying lots of food. I was desperately craving a coffee by the time I got to Bar Julia but it was closed!. After that it was head down in the rain and then hail, and plod plod plod all the way to the Pension. Phew what a day! Well worth thinking about that taxi to break up this stage, but when I start a Camino, being very pig-headed, I refuse to set foot in a motorised vehicle, even just to break a stage. I stayed at the Pension O Meson Novo and it really is a fabulous choice. Lovely people who run it and a very comfy room and decent bar. Much needed after this stage.
Day 5 - O Meson Do Vento to Hotel San Vicente. On paper a moderate stage but the day I walked it, it turned out to be very tough. Nice easy walking for the most part and direct. Siguero looked an interesting little town with a relaxing park. The weather was wet all day but after Siguero it turned very cold with driving rain. This was also the muddiest part of the Camino. By the time I got to San Vicente I was totally bushed. Great food at the hotel, very friendly staff and a nice enough room but no heating at all when the temperature outside was just 9 degrees. So at 50 Euros a night, I couldn't recommend it on a cold day. I couldn't get warm and was shivering for hours before finally realising I had a bath and hot water (I'm used to just showers) so filled it right up and spent 2 hours in there. Best to stop at Siguero methinks.
Day 6 - Hotel San Vicente to SDC. Easy rambling. Still quite a few ups and downs, but a short distance and knowing that SDC is so near makes the spirit soar. Waymarking seemed to disappear in the middle of the industrial estate, but the route is pretty obvious anyway.