Camino Frances: Etapa 24, Foncebadón to Ponferrada
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- čas přidán 4. 07. 2022
- Stage 24 of the Camino Frances, from Foncebadón to Ponferrada, via the Cruz de Ferro and Molinaseca. We also pass through many lovely mountain villages-I wanted to stay for longer in them!-including Manjarín, El Acebo and Riego de Ambros.
Your so brave scooting down that rocky path!!
Thank you! A thin line between bravery and stupidity of course, but I do enjoy it!
Wales IS a wonderful place. I spent a few days around Bets-y-Coed (sp). I was at Cruz de Ferro on April 1, '09. There was a big bull in the yard across the way and my lady friend had never seen one, up close, unchained, "in the wild". I played a dirty trick on her when she placed her rock at the top of the heap; "Run, Jackie, run, here he comes!!". Took me a few good deeds to get back in her good graces. Thanks for the vids. I love the fog, and the description of the ambiance at the Cruz de Ferro.
We could have heard a pin drop when we were at the Cruz de Ferro. I think it grew a little livelier later in the day; I spoke to people who arrived around 10am and weren’t as struck by the atmosphere. I can’t imagine your bull trick… I’d have gone to pieces!! I walk quite a lot in Wales: great training for the Camino… and indeed Everest, historically. Thanks for commenting!
@@lindseyhollandwalks from what I've read and was told, the Cruz de Ferro is a carry-over from a Roman custom of making cairns of rocks at high points and, if memory serves, there was a shrine to Mithras at that spot.
At 4:49 - The Most Famous (and Highest Point On Camino Frances) - The Cruz de Ferro ( Iron Cross ) - with Literally Millions Of Stones and Momentos Left There (To Unload Peoples Burdens And Issues - Very Cathartic Moment For Many Pilgrims)
here you make a big diversions
from the east around the city stretches.
Then it goes steeply up to the Iglesia de San Andres.
They want to lead the pilgrims there
The turn-off used to be at Castillo de San Blas.
They don't want to lead the pilgrims through the town.
The San Nicolas de Flue hostel has to do with Switzerland
Albergue san Nicolas de Flue
many photos of the Herbergue
here also begins the Camino Invierno!
Buon jacobi
Hi both of you
How heavy is your backpack?
You are wonder walker, looks so light and easy!
I never see you drinking on the road...? only on the bars?
Congratulations to both of you
Buon Camino
Ha, I’m glad I create the illusion that it’s easy! 😀 I think it could be harder, of course: touch wood, nothing is broken yet.
Do you want to know the weight of my backpack when it’s full, eg, including water, or on its own? It’s extremely light on its own: 667g, 23.5 ounces. I have ultralight clothing and generally make a big effort to keep weight down… but then buy books, small wooden chests (El Cid!), etc! I didn’t actually weigh my pack this year but it’s around 7kg, or 15.5lbs, with water. I’ll do a separate video about it.
Re drinking… do you mean alcohol or just anything? If the latter, the answer is that I drink all the time! I use Nuun electrolytes which help to reduce how much I need to drink, but I dehydrate very quickly, even at home. I have Platypus water bottles, one in each side pocket of my backpack, which I can reach easily as I walk, albeit not whilst filming, of course. Re alcohol, I avoid it during the walk because of the above issue with dehydrating quickly. I find it helps stop my muscles from knotting if I have a drink when I finish walking-often beer rather than wine- but not large amounts. Andrew has a water bladder and sips frequently as he walks but nothing like as much as I do. He doesn’t really drink alcohol, but has an occasional glass of wine if it’s with a pilgrim dinner.
I went to REI to get some advice and was told to prepare for winter weather, I hiked in March, so I thought PCT so my pack weighed 45 lbs without food. Silly me, in Europe one is never more than 10 miles away from somewhere. I just kept saying to myself, "that which does not kill us makes us stronger". Later Caminos I kept it down to 10 lbs.
Going back in September. Starting from Sahagun, though. It was a part I missed when I went before. Maybe finish on horseback, I'll let you know.
Please do! I’m already plotting various return trips. I may record a video about this for the end of this section. I hope you enjoy the sections after Sahagún in September. (Did you just miss the stages to León?).
@@lindseyhollandwalks yes, we did miss those areas. We started again after Leon but there is so much I don't remember.
thanks for the great vids, by the way, much different from the normal "stuff"