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    Albergue / hostel with a Piano (on Primitivo in Galicia)

    No sé alguien piano en el Primitivo. When you join the Frances at Melide, or before in Lugo? Possiblemente, pero no sé.
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    Primitivo in late october-early november?

    https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/camino-primitivo-in-early-october-seeking-advice.88626/post-1288636 Search on Primitivo and October, and you will find several threads like this one. You may want to PM the writers.
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    Baggage transfer on the Primitivo

    I'm doing snapshots from my WhatsApp...I started with an envelope at my first destination (Grado). They handed me off to Javier Mochilla Express when i got to Boente. They're on Facebook as well, but i don't use that.
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    Baggage transfer on the Primitivo

    TaxiCamino served me all the way through the Primitivo. Available through WhatsApp and had envelopes in most places. They handed me off to JacoTrans at Boente
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    Camino Primitivo in Early October - Seeking Advice

    What they all said. I walked 15-28 September last year, and did not take the Verde. No dog issues at all, but you'd best be comfortable with cows if you go over Hospitales. I prebooked 1-2 nights ahead. Lucky thing...Berducedo filled up. And I had a little trouble after Boente on the...
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    Numbers and Demographics on the Primitivo right now

    ::🤷::Ok. Thanks, all. That station was a lifesaver for me, checking my FindPenguins log against my memory. My stomach had been upset, so I wasn't carrying or eating enough to get me the 30kms from O Cadavo to Lugo. The gentleman running the stand had apples and pears from his own orchard...
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    Numbers and Demographics on the Primitivo right now

    Since I don't use most social media, care to summarize? And where is this stand? Gondar?
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    Is this the right Camino for me? - Planning September 2024

    Given your current history and current training, I would *not* recommend the early Primitivo. There are a few stretches of longer than 10km without services. And I gotta tell you truthfully, until I got to O Cadavo, I walked uphill every night to get to my accommodations, and uphill again...
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    Okay, which one of you did this?

    Just to confirm, I do not recall that bench from Sept 19th, 2023. I do recall the marker, and I believe I took a picture of the marker. So, even as tired as I was, I think I would have noticed it.
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    Making Plans Primitivo

    Hi there! Depending on your budget, all the options above can work. For me, coming from eastern US, flying to Madrid through Lisbon (Tap Portugal) and taking a fast train from Madrid Chamartin to Oviedo was very easy. You'll meet other pilgrims on the train, heading to León, Oviedo, or...
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    Primitivo accommodation advice

    I see a 2022 review of it on Wise Pilgrim, but I don't see that name listed on the current Wise Pilgrim app, nor on Gronze. My FindPenguins entry from Sep 2023 says I stayed at the Albergue Camino Primitivo, a private albergue that is listed on both. Last year, base price was the usual 15€...
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    Primitivo accommodation advice

    ...Cruce in La Espina is a private donativo, and if your stages and budget permit, I would highly recommend. I donated 20€ that night. Berducedo is *the* choke point, and I watched several late arrivals without reservations (Sep 20th or 21st, 2023, if memory serves) take a taxi to La Mesa...
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    Primitivo stages & accommodation.

    I can speak well of Albergues El Cruce, Casa Herminia, and Ponte Ferreira from last September. ;)
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    Difficulty/ dangerousness/ albergues on the Primitivo?

    One note of caution. The Primitivo in the first week has more elevation changes per day than most of the Frances, all of the route to Finisterre, and some of the second half of the Norte. Your comfort with 20-25 km/ day as you experienced on the route to Finisterre will not likely work as well...
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    LIVE from the Camino K's Primitivo 24

    :::chuckle::: That's a bit more limiting on the Primitivo in the early stages than on the Frances. Strongly recommend Gronze plus Wise Pilgrim or Buen Camino to see all your possibilities. The potential is that the bubble poor Kari is stuck in will dissipate soon, as the May 1 holiday ends...
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    LIVE from the Camino K's Primitivo 24

    Depending on your plan, you may want to wander up to the churches about when they open, and then hopefully follow a GPS track to the Primitivo. Consider stopping in Escamplero as a shorter stage. (I toured the churches the day before I started, so didn't go that way).
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    Good snack for the Hospitales

    ...Although I'd prepare for an angry farmer if you choose to glean from his herds, and fires are generally frowned upon... 😉 The one thing you * won't* find on the Primitivo within 5km of Hospitales is a panderia/ bakery. There is a pretty well equipped shop in Campiello. I have heard...
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    Food on the Primitivo

    Let us know, please ;)
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    Looking for advice for Camino Primitivo

    And OP is not the first to make that assumption about Tincatinker. ;)
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    Looking for advice for Camino Primitivo

    I am *so* stealing this for when/if a redo of the Primitivo makes it back onto my ever expanding bucket list ;-)

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