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The original business matter raised by this thread has been appropriately taken to email and PM.
The relevant side topic of fiestas or holidays is covered by other threads with the tag fiestas/holidays/markets, which includes a very recent...
The thread is getting long and the weather on the passes of the Napoleon route will have improved within a short time. But there is something I'd like to point out. While it may have snowed in other parts of the Camino Francés at higher altitude...
Correct. That's exactly why I wrote that pilgrims who are not able to do an individual assessment of their own abilities and capabilities and knowledge and prior experience should heed the general advice from the Pilgrim Office and not expect to...
You know nothing about the person to whom you give this advice on this internet forum or about the persons who read this advice.
I maintain what I wrote earlier: If someone cannot assess such a situation (detailed weather forecast for a very...
This is a common misconception among pilgrims: That the pass of the Napoleon route gets closed and opened by some unknown authority throughout the year.
This is not the case.
From November to March, the higher altitude section is closed by law...
Frankly, how much is there to understand: Weather bad tomorrow, walk Valcarlos route.
I don't mean to sound unkind but if pilgrims go to the local Pilgrims Office, get the advice to not walk the Napoleon route because of the weather conditions...
As a newbie who just returned from walking my first Camino, CP, mostly on Senda Littoral, Coastal and Spiritual Variente, I thought it was so beautiful. I was very lucky, both in weather and number of people walking. There were enough to share...
I love arriving in Santiago and would like nothing better than to always be arriving! It is a very selfish thing, but I think your right - the pilgrimage has been fulfilled.
Janice
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