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WHW is the most popular long distance route in the UK.
I have just come back from a trip to the north of Scotland, including a couple of nights in Fort William, and it was clear that the WHW was very busy indeed. Even in quieter times, booking accommodation in advance is essential as there...
Yes - departures from T4 at 01.15, 09.15, 10.15, 15.15, 17.45, and 19.45,
Journey time 3.45 - 4.15 hours depending on stops.
Look up ALSA, the national bus company. Very comfortable seats, too.
You don't say where you're coming from, so I'm not sure of your port of entry to France, but I'll assume Paris. Starting at Aumont-Aubrac will save 4-6 days, depending on your walking speed - it's 92.4 km from Le Puy, but stiff going in places. Aumont-Aubrac is on a railway line and bus route...
Laurie, you never cease to amaze me - not least because of your technical skills. (This is the person who persuaded me to use WhatsApp and, eventually to buy a smartphone.) The Wikilocs thing is brilliant (old-time map & compass guy here) and looking at your photos, I'm itching to go back. Looks...
I can recommend Manuel Ángel Martínez: used him two years in succession, just WhatsApp (+34 639241939) him with your present and next accommodation and leave the fee (€6 per stage last year) with your pack. Very reliable, goes all the way to SdC.
I bought a Tarjeta Dorada ( €6) at Ponferrada, handing over my Irish passport as proof of age. It gives my nationality as "Eirannach" which is Irish for - Irish.
Examining my Tarjeta Dorada some hours later (and many miles away,) I found that the clerk had recorded my name as Sr Eirannach. Which...
A number of ALSA buses run from Leon to Virgen del Camino and on to different destinations, but all leave from Estacion de Autobuses immediately to the south of the railway station. Is this the new bus station? I was last there in 2019 and it looked fairly new (if basic.)
Too late for the OP, but, if I was you, I wouldn't start from there. There are only two trains westward from Ponferrada each day, one at 06:15, which you have already missed, taking 4h 18m to SdC, including a bus service between Monforte de Lemos and Ourense, and the other at 18:36 (I took it...
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