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Camino Frances - 2014

The Practical

This two week walk was intended as a follow up to the earlier Camino walk I did in May, ending in León. My intention was to return to León and to go as far as Santiago de Compostela, but as I have walked the entire Camino before I intended this time to "cherry-pick" parts of the walk that I wanted to do, to have a look at Monforte de Lemos as a potential holiday place in the future, and to have a look at the alternative route, the Camino de Invierno (the "Winter Route" which runs from Ponferada to Santiago de Compostela). I decided to travel as light as I could, staying in small hotels or casa rurals for the main, and to visit areas of interest such as Ourense and Padrón. As per usual, my notes are written in a way which I hope will help anyone else doing a similar walk.

Flight Details:

Date Flight No. From To ETD ETA
Wed 17th Sept EZY3083 London Stansted Asturias 11:30 hrs 14:25 hrs
Wed 1st October FR 8379 Santiago de Compostela London Stansted 15:15 hrs 16:25 hrs
           

 

Packing List:

Item   Sub Total
Lowe Alpine Rucksack 1600 1600
Maps/Books/Paperwork 600 600
Sleeping Bag Liner (No sleeping bag) 300  
Keen Sandals/Sports shoes 700  
Microfibre Towel 180 1180
Toilet Bag/First Aid Kit 700 700
Paine Dark Blue Goretex Jacket 600  
Sprayway Goretex Trousers 390 990
RAB Black fleece for day use 280  
Uniqlo down jacket 260  
Lowe Alpine blue fleece for evening use 300 840
Dry-sac 40  
3 pairs Rohan quick dry pants 180  
2 pairs Bridgedale Outer merino fusion socks 180  
1 pair blue double-liner socks 60  
2 pairs Bridgedale grey liner socks 60  
Pair Rohan gloves 40  
Neck buff 40  
North Face warm beany hat 60  
3 handkerchiefs 40  
Black Nike quick dry undershirt 160 860
Checked Nautica shirt for evening use 220  
Black Patagonia undershirt 180  
Orange/grey quick drying undershirt 130  
Blue North Face quick drying undershirt 100  
Icebreaker merino wool short sleeved undershirt 160  
Dryline sack 180  
Rohan trousers for evening use 430  
Shorts 200 1600

iPhone/Garmin GPS connector lead/spare cards for Canon G15 camera/G15 connector cable/iPhone charger plus cable/Canon G15 charger/Canon G15 spare battery

 500 500
Michelin Guidebook + Notebook 160 160
Grand total   9,030
     

 

 

Schedule

Day From To Hrs Km Cum Km
0 London Stansted

León

(Hotel Parador San Marcos)

      
1 León

Villavante

(Casa Rural Molino Galochas)

 5.5 24.8 24.8
2 Villavante

Astorga

(Hotel Coruña)

 4.5 20.5 45.3
3 Astorga

Rabanal del Camino

(Casa Rural Cruz de Ferro)

 5.0 24.3 69.6
4 Rabanal del Camino

Molinaseca

(Hostal El Horno)

 6.5 25.4 95
5 Molinaseca

Villafranca del Bierzo

(Hotel San Francisco)

 6.33 29.0 124
6 Villafranca del Bierzo

O'Cebreiro

(Hostal Carolo)

 6.8 28.25 152.25
7 O'Cebreiro

Triacastela

(Complexo Xacobeo)

 4.5 21.1 173.35
8 Triacastela

Monforte de Lemos via Rubian

(Parador de Monforte)

 4.2 19 192.35
9 Monforte de Lemos

Belasar

(Parador de Monforte)

 6.66 26.9 219.25
  Ourense

Ourense

(Hotel Puente Romana)

 9.0   228.25
  Santiago de Compostela

Santiago de Compostela

(Hotel Pousada San Clemente)

 9.0   237.25
 

Padrón

Padrón

 8.0   245.25