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Hi all, last year I done the camino portuguese with my two daughters last year but this year I'm doing the camino frances solo. I fly into Bizarrtz on 26th July and plan to start the following day. I'm a bit nervous about walking it solo as my...
Just after 9am this morning I turned the last corner of the Camino Frances and stood in front of the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela!!
It's been 33 days since I left Saint Jean Pied de Port and it felt very surreal to be standing at that end...
Greetings all.
First, I’d like to thank everyone who chimed in on my post. I received a ton of advice and all of it, no matter what it said, was posted with the intent of trying to help me. I’m grateful for that.
So, just checking in to let...
Hi Forum!
Just to reassure those starting now and the next week, but I was in Roncesvalles last night and, though full and busy, I talked to the hospitalero who told me, there were still 27 empty beds, so everyone walking or starting from there...
"Burguete firefighters located the body of the missing pilgrim at about 5.30 pm Monday in a very steep area of difficult access. A Guardia Civil rescue crew retrieved the body from Barranco Ezparrondo."
Not looking for an excuse, just trying to make an informed decision whilst still walking the camino Sanabres. And because I’ve always just assumed I would go to Finisterre I don’t want to abandon the idea too quickly.
I live on the west coast of...
Just have to add that when I try to move the trial there was a Spanish family having a barbecue and I asked them if they could phone a taxi for me!!! Instead, the guy and his son drove me into Pamplona to my hostel and would take nothing for it...
Paul Garland posted a message on FB that there is search that was started Sunday morning near Zubiri for a 45 yo French pilgrim who went missing some time last Friday.
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