Hi there, have been on Finisterre route this week & amazed at how incredibly quiet it is! Usually go in month of May, but had to wait til now, but was worried it would be overcrowded & too hot On the contrary, apart from the odd passer-by...
Today Alexander Campbell starts his epic 40,000km, 30 country, 4 continent walk to circumnavigate the world, starting and finishing in Sydney. His planned route is here, and as can be seen, along the way he will walk the Camino Francés.
He is...
While it was true that I had, in a sense, completed Ohio back when I wrote this, I wasn't entirely finished with Ohio yet. That's because the American Discovery Trail's northern route between Cincinnati and Denver follows a different trajectory...
I do the same. Or I take it and leave it unwrapped. I think that I read that albergues (at least in some regions) are required to provide some kind of sheet, so if they don't want to wash cloth sheets they use the disposable ones.
It certainly isn’t terrible. The river portion is nice. I used Mapy.cz and I was happy to have it as the initial markings are very sparse. The Mapy.cz app is free. It has an outdoor layer, which shows the entire Camino. Download the Portugal and...
There are several ways to walk there. The one I did, you turn right and walk east along the river as soon as you cross the bridge into Vila do Conde. It is well marked. There are certainly parts along the road but I didn't feel too unsafe. It...
I did the "aqueduct" route out of Vila do Conde in June 2023. I downloaded the gpx coordinates from the Dutch camino website and followed the route in the OSMand app. Compared to other days walking on roads, I didn't find the route especially bad...
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