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Seems to me that you need to explain first of all what YOU are using to GUIDE you all the way across Spain because surely if it is worth its salt it will HAVE the tracking feature as an "add-on".
In other words it is all very well for your...
So for most living in London etc there was a long trip to Dartmouth for starters - and the destination is not clear either, simply Saint James.
Also I wonder just how many they "brought back" - it seems they walked as a group of 100?
Thanks for your reply. I am OK with the Sat Nav directions but yes I agree that the walker needs an internet connection for the family to see where she/he is.
My experience is not in Spain but on Greek Islands and using a sim card purchased...
Thanks for pointing that out - so that means if you share your Sat Nav directions with the family (as well as your location permission) they can "walk" the trail along with you and no internet connection required?
Anybody tried that?
My hobby is to enhance these Street View panos into "virtual tours" along with flyovers, sat nav, elevations etc but it is a big job and I tend to get bored and head off to another trail (or country) and come back later. At present I am doing...
If you are into spending time doing prep then the best way is to actually LOOK at the trails in Google Maps via Street View panos - there are 200 billion of them - you will find a great number of trail "types"
This article explains the confusion here - it's about boat routes old and new and the current ones no longer go to the NW tip of Spain (to the Inglis route) but to Santander - so may as well walk the Norte from there
“The alternate is still pretty steep going down.”
That’s the trouble with climbing totally unnecessary hills - once you’ve got up ‘em you’ve got to get down’em again 😉
I remain astonished by the numbers of people determined to b*gger their...
By the time you reach the CF there is a lot more pilgrim infrastructure and accomodation. Past Pamplona pilgrims begin to spread out more and more. The busiest time in the last 100 km will be in the late summer when Spaniards go on holiday.
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