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This may help put things into a balance for those who are faced with condensation and wet clothing caused by rain gear. Wet clothing can be unpleasant, but it is a temporary thing. When faced with a potential of hypothermia in cold rains, it is...
After having 5 + days in rain and sometime wind, I HATED my Altus poncho. Even though 55 degrees my sweat for all my clothes under the poncho was worse. Ended up soaked anyway and HOT. So too off the poncho and just got drenched. Next time I will...
The espiritual variant walking does not count. That is why that starting points of Tui and Vigo are just over 100km. But enjoy it anyway. It is very challenging especially with a injured ankle. But beautiful.
I did. I hope they don’t close it, it we’ll find out that morning.
I like jungleboy’s tip about walking some of it the afternoon we get there. It will be a short but challenging 10k to get there from combarro, so I might have enough energy in...
A general tip for the Stone and Water route that could also be relevant regarding weather is this: the route starts practically right next to the albergue in Armenteira and is wonderful right from the start. If you arrive in non-rainy weather but...
Did you see Steve’s comment about lots of rain on the espiritual last year? Was told in Armenteria that the path of stone and water was closed due to flooding and they had to take the hard surface road. May happen to us too😣
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