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New off-road route into A Rúa - highly recommended!

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I pulled this out of a more general Invierno discussion, because it is a recent and hugely improved way to walk into A Rúa.

You will have two choices — the roadside or the route that is shown in BP’s pictures above. Since the mojón indicates that the off-road route is the “alternativo”, I think we should give a general heads up that it is a far superior alternative. In fact, I can’t think of any reason to leave the mojones and arrows along the side of the road into A Rúa, but there must be some rationale that someone is applying somewhere.
 
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I walked this very pleasant new route in May 2022.

At the point where the Camino reaches the road just after the dam, there was a large noticeboard that showed some options and said the road route was hazardous. I found the board to be confusing, and the only mojón I saw was still pointing down the road. However, I decided to go for the new one.

You have to cross the road to go under the highway overpass, and then you will see a new mojón pointing leftward to the new path on the north side of the highway. The first part of the path was a bit overgrown when I was there, so I initially had some doubts, but it soon became a nice new path with great views. After initially diverging, it continued closely paralleling the highway but up high above it.

This Wikiloc track shows the new route.

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peregrina2000 said:
I think we should give a general heads up that it is a far superior alternative.
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Absolutely. And far safer.
This is wonderful news!
C clearly said:
road route was hazardous.
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Scary as can be. You walk on the edge of a road with no shoulder - just a retaining wall above a drop-off (photo is looking back the way I'd come):

Fast local traffic sspeeds around a blind curve, and clearly are not expecting pilgrims when we appear in front of them.

After threading that needle, it's unpleasant on the straightaway into town, too. Not a lot of room for error. Finally closer to town, there's an Invierno signboard followed by a sidewalk.

[Edit - messing around with Googlemaps, I see that since I took this photo the Camino Invierno sign has been removed.]
 
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I walked this "alternativa" today and it was very well marked. Very pleasant walk. I found the info board ok and once you understand that you need to go under the underpass, there is a mojón there that shows the way.
 
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