I used to fly all night to Madrid (MAD) from the USA. Get a connecting flight from MAD to EAS (San Sebastian) the same day... then try to crash for the night in Irun, overwhelmed by the time zone change and being amped for walking the camino...
Hello, again, fellow Pilgrims!
Sorry I needed to take a break from these boards, it’s complicated but I have a lot to share.
For the newbies here, I did my Camino Frances between August and September, and chronicled it extensively until I got...
I'll be covering both these routes in this post, because I walked them both recently (except for the last stage of the Torres). There are a number of similarities between the two, but there are differences. You can certainly walk either one...
For those who have walked the Torres Geira, just as much as for those who haven’t, this was a wonderful reprise along a beautiful route. I would not be surprised to see that the ranks of forum members who walk this route will swell because of...
Wednesday 13 November 2024 Beira Valente to Lamego
It was a long day today, 27.5 km over 8.5 hours (which did, to be fair, include a stop for lunch). I left at about 7:15 and arrived at about 3:45. There were plenty of climbs and descents (more...
Hi all,
doing the Camino Francés was one of my childhood dreams. I grew up hearing epic stories about it, and wanted to be a part of it.
Like everyone, however, I have my quirks, and wanted to do a number of things that many would consider at...
Preamble
This report is ‘after the fact’ so now I’m back home, it’s time to write up my notes and pass on a personal account of the Camino Geira e Dos Arrieiros, the final part of the ‘triple’ a term coined by @jungleboy when he completed this...
attached is a work in progress version of my camino torres file, with distances between towns and all the services I could come up with with google maps. hope you find it useful, @David Tallan. any comments, especially about water availability...
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