caminka

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- caminka reacted to Flog's post in the thread DETOUR: bridge out near Canfranc with Like.
  
  I posted about this just a week or so ago. No big deal getting across, just stow your poles away so you have two free hands for getting over the bar and down the steps, or pass your stuff to another pilgrim if you're with one. It's a lovely...
  
  Yesterday at 2:43 PM
- caminka reacted to Urdos653Eric's post in the thread DETOUR: bridge out near Canfranc with Like.
  
  Hello, A temporary staircase has been installed to cross the river in Canfranc until the construction of the permanent footbridge is completed. It will be sturdier than the previously placed plank. However, please be cautious during heavy rains...
  
  Yesterday at 2:41 PM
- caminka reacted to Joe.Iozzi's post in the thread Camino Aragonês notes and observations April '24 with Like.
  
  The bridge over the Rio Aragon A little south Canfranc Estacion has been repaired. We used it this morning. the river is eating into the trail in several places but the trail was easy to hike. Beautiful rainy day in the mountains.
  
  Yesterday at 2:38 PM
- caminka reacted to Flog's post in the thread Camino Aragonês notes and observations April '24 with Like.
  
  I wrote this long-winded post to address some of the recent concerns, comments and questions regarding this route, and I hope some might find it useful. I flew from Dublin to Lourdes on the 18th of April, took the train to Pau and started walking...
  
  Yesterday at 2:37 PM
- caminka reacted to Urdos653Eric's post in the thread Alert: Route blocked between Borce and Urdos with Like.
  
  Hello, The construction site between Borce and Urdos is back until … You can either Take the bus at Etsaut to Urdos-Gare (or Urdos-Douane for the village) : Horaire Bus TER 55 Hitchhiking Follow the (narrow) road to the tunnel to avoid the...
  
  Yesterday at 1:05 PM
- caminka reacted to BlackRocker57's post in the thread GR 65 route/trail changes in direction? with Like.
  
  As of earlier this year the path out of Le Puy-en-Velay [at the very start of the Via Podiensis] will also start to change in an effort by the mairie to make the Way safer ... I understand that the first stage of this project is in the process of...
  
  Yesterday at 12:59 PM
- caminka reacted to BlackRocker57's post in the thread GR 65 route/trail changes in direction? with Like.
  
  Very unusual for this to happen [rerouting due to newly-opened gîte] ... the trails and the waymarking is maintained by the local volunteer members of the FFRP [hiking federation of France] and its various divisions ... involvement of the local...
  
  Yesterday at 12:58 PM
- caminka reacted to jouffroy47's post in the thread Post Restante with Like.
  
  Yes the Poste Restante is still available in France https://www.laposte.fr/conseils-pratiques/recevoir-ses-courriers-et-colis-dans-le-bureau-de-poste-de-son-choix
  
  Yesterday at 12:57 PM
- caminka reacted to Michelle G Daoust's post in the thread Accommodation Inquiry with Like.
  
  Hello Osters66. As a few have mentioned above, writing your emails in French will work well. Write them in English then using ‘translate’, have both English and French in your email. And as others have mentioned, Maim Miam Dodo guides (in...
  
  Yesterday at 8:11 AM
- caminka reacted to Anthony Rocco's post in the thread Accommodations and Services on the Le Puy Route with Like.
  
  We started mid-September in 2023. We walked from Le Puy to Moissac and we did take a day off the trail to visit Roccamdour. We also took time to visit St. Cirq Lepopie, if I recall the spelling correctly. (Despite trying so hard to learn French...
  
  Yesterday at 8:06 AM
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