Spanish tiendas and supermercados DO have plastic bags. I believe they charge €0.05 per bag.
To avoid this, and to use as a "possibles" bag, I have used a near-identical item for the past decade...
I well remember walking behind people with pack covers in the very wet spring of 2014. Often there was a cup or more of water sloshing in the bottom of the pack cover. I always use a poncho that covers all. I had read somewhere that the reason...
Hello, I am researching the Sanabrés and have discovered that since the AVE construction is complete, this section from Requejo to Padornelo has a new route available along the Requejo River. Our last time here we were forced to walk on the N-525...
I am sorry to hear about your injury but you can be confident that you picked the absolute best route to have this happen on. There are buses that virtually track the Camino Francés, town to town.
Here’s a schematic map showing Alsa routes on...
My current hospitality has just explained Jacotrsns and given me an envelope for future reference so that is sorted. Now I just need to find the extremely local bus schedules..
It gets easier after Estella.
Honestly, if carrying your pack really is that hard for incompressible physical reasons, then transport it -- though I would certainly suggest rest days if needed.
However, distances between Albergues will now be...
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