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Avoid the complementario into Pontevedra

Paul392

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May 2024
If you’re walking the Camino Portugues right now I’d recommend you avoid the complementario route into Pontevedra. While it is quiet and green and follows the river, it’s also a muddy mess. I slipped several times on the route and would have ended up on my backside at least once if it wasn’t for my trekking poles.
 
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
I walked this after rain last year, and agree about it being muddy and needs to be taken with a little more care if it is like that. But I walked the 'normal' route the year before, and I would only do that if the complementary route was closed, eg due to flooding.
 
If you’re walking the Camino Portugues right now I’d recommend you avoid the complementario route into Pontevedra. While it is quiet and green and follows the river, it’s also a muddy mess. I slipped several times on the route and would have ended up on my backside at least once if it wasn’t for my trekking poles.
Woohoo! Mud slides 😍
 
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
Totally agree. We did it yesterday and wished we hadn't. So much mud and slush. Will take weeks to dry out if the weather ever fines up!
 

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