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The mid-day bus is the one most crowded usually. We saw people turned away from it that didn't have tickets last summer. Early morning and late afternoon times, not as much. Most of the early and late riders were local workers the times I have...
Hola @Zara123, I see that you are from Spain, so you might even start your own Camino from your front door. 😍 How lovely is that? Many of your compatriotas walk one week at the time and return the next year to pick up where they left. That is a...
If it’s the Pilgrim’s Office who are recommending Valcarlos, I would strongly urge you to follow their advice. Rescues on the Napoleon route in bad weather are not uncommon.
They are expecting snow at altitude. Talking to other pilgrims, some are going Napoleon anyway. Thoughts? I was hoping to go Napoleon myself.
I might add, lots of communication barriers at the pilgrims office. Most volunteers didn’t speak...
I have written previously about my literally hair-rising near demise atop the "Sierra Cuchillo"/Busdongo part of the San Salvador. We were standing in a notch atop a mountain, fully exposed, and when the entire world lit up and roared at once, I...
Having left very early, I was right n the middle of that Sept 2nd storm up in the hills and it was very scary - so much water and rushing "rivers" with no place to shelter. There was no choice but to keep moving.
I experienced a storm with my daughters on the Salvador with lighting all around and the rain pelting down. We were in the middle of a meadow and applied what I had learned from a discussion on French tv after there had been a terrible accident...
I was caught out in a storm this past June on the Camino Viejo. There were storm warnings issued that day for later in the afternoon. I left early and my goal was to get to my destination before the storms set in. I wasn't fast enough!
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