I would say being a continuous path and having arrows, for a start. The Wise Pilgrim map below is slightly confusing as the SL seems to start out as blue and then later becomes red. But you can see that there are not two continuous paths. The SL...
I have walked the entire Senda Litoral just last fall, and while I am not one to say whether or not it is "official" in the eyes of the cathedral, I can definitely say that in my experience there are arrows. Along the boardwalks on the Senda...
Day 5: A Rúa to Quiroga — 29 (?) km
Well, that was a pretty epic day! How far was it? Gronze says 26km, Wise Pilgrim 27, the mojones indicated 29-30, Wendy’s phone said 36 but it’s notorious for significantly overestimating distances (mine said...
Pilgrim update: we saw one today (Spanish) towards the end of the stage and we were the first pilgrims he’d seen on the Invierno, having left Ponferrada yesterday morning. Our count is 4 pilgrims seen in 3 days, so I think it’s safe to say the...
Day 3: Puente de Domingo Flórez to O Barco de Valdeorras — 18km
Today’s stage took us into Galicia, above the Sil river and into the wine country of O Barco. It didn’t reach the heights of yesterday, but it was still a pleasant day featuring...
Day 2: Villavieja to Puente de Domingo Flórez — 23km (with some alternative routes and a missed turn)
A fabulous stage today with some wonderful scenery, the Médulas lookout/tunnels, cherries (obvs) and better weather than we expected.
In...
I know a pilgrim who lives in my apartment and I'm pretty sure he's attracted to me, as he proposed years ago and we've since married and done three caminos together :D
But in terms of random encounters, not really... In hiking gear shops and...
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