Day 7: A Pobra do Brollón to Casa Rural da Vila — 25km
My favourite image of today’s stage came barely 10-15 minutes into it after we left A Pobra. I heard the sound of gushing water from the river to the left of the trail and a minuscule detour...
I think it is a donativo meaning no reservations or luggage shipment. I have read about volunteering there. That is often a reason it seems that it is overlooked by some pilgrims.
Thanks for the heads up and recommendation Leonor : I just scrolled through Gronze to find it as it sounded interesting to me.
It is in Corcubión / just after Cee (Gronze has it in their etapa 3F. ).
Link to the albergue in Gronze below...
I’ve been the Albergue San Roque twice and it was amazing. The hospitality, cleanses, community food, donation based…all 12 out of 10, and it’s empty. No one’d like to walk in to check the availability because they don’t accept reservation?
I wonder if anyone here has and would kindly post a picture.
Here is a picture from one of the bathrooms in Albergue Juvenil de Castro on the Primitivo just past Grandas de Salime. This place always has multiple vibrant afternoon 🌈 🌈 🌈 .
This...
I passed through Nájera today. To quote John Lennon, “ I just had to look”.
As you probably know, the red sandstone cliffs run right alongside the houses.
Definitely unusual. These red beds underly the whole area from near Navarette almost all...
Paul,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and photos. Spanning the Nájerilla river Nájera does indeed have a remarkable site beneath/beside those high red sandstone cliffs; According to Wikipedia "place between the rocks" is the Arabic name.
What...
After a passably successful career as a generalist I stand in awe of someone who actually knows what he’s talking about, they are surprisingly few and far between.
Keep the rocks coming.
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