Day 4 - Camino Invierno - Sobradelo to A Rua de Valdeorras - Day 43 Overall
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- Опубликовано: 9 июл 2024
- Day 4 on the Camino Invierno. And 22 kms from Sobradelo to A Rua de Valdeorras. This route is Heavenly!
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TIMESTAMPS (in case you want to skip) 👇
0:00 Intro
0:33 Safety Tip for Pre-Dawn Walk
2:30 Rain at O Barco & Shoe Issue
4:53 River Sill
6:34 A Rua de Valdeorras
9:35 A Couple of Nice Welcomes
10:52 Outro
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Camino Invierno Day 4 (Day 43 Overall)
So today was an interesting day. I set off early from my hostel in Sobradelo. And I’ve set off before dawn, which entailed a little bit of road walking, mainly road walking as far as O Barco. But I used my headlamp and reflectors and was perfectly safe and there wasn’t much traffic on the road and in fact it was dawn within 30 or 40 minutes of me starting.
O Barco was one of these towns that is long and drawn out along the side of the river. So, I have this habit of not going into the first open bar. I don’t know why, but I always think that it’s unfortunate that most pilgrims go into the first bar and the subsequent bars miss out on their custom. However, I walked through most of O Barco before I found another bar, so maybe there was a lesson in that!
But I found a wonderful bar where I had some café con leche and tortilla. The tortilla was so good I had two pieces. The two pieces of tortilla and a cafe con leche cost me all of €4. So, fortified by that breakfast, I was ready for the next part, following along the river to A Rua.
Unfortunately, as I left the cafe, it really started to pour with rain. It rained for most of the walk, which was interesting in a number of ways because all of my gear has been thoroughly tested over a number of Caminos, except my current footwear. I’ve never worn it in wet weather and I soon found my feet absolutely waterlogged, but I didn’t seem to suffer as a consequence.
So, the sun came out for the last hour or so of the walk, which was very pleasant. Again, A Rua is one of these towns that is strung out along the river and from the outskirts to my hostel was about two kilometres. So, I got in by about 1:00 o’clock to the delightful Hostel Niza. The hostel is run by a wonderful lady who treats everybody like her kids, and I’ve got a fantastic private room, private bathroom, and she did my washing for me all for €35 and it’s a really nice room. So, I think that’s excellent value. If you’re staying in A Rua, I can recommend hostel Niza.
It’s going to be early to bed. Tomorrow is going to be the start of, I think 3 days, of fairly strenuous walking over some hills. I want to be refreshed. Also, tomorrow is going to be a day where I have to bring my own food.
Tomorrow I’m staying at Soldon in an apartment and there’s nowhere to buy food there. Again, I’m having to carry my food. So, I spent some time shopping today and trying to work out what I could take that was lightweight and I’ve probably got too much and it’s probably too heavy, but maybe I’ll eat some on my way. Another wonderful day on the Camino Invierno. (I had booked by phone a couple of days earlier and asked the owner to buy me some bread, eggs and oil)
Day 4 - Camino Invierno. And some rain for the first time! But lovely views and some heart felt greetings along the way.
Reflective tape on poles...Definitely worth it.. ¡Buen Camino!
Yes, an easy safety measure. And they really show up bright in headlights!
I have a small device called a Blip. It is the size of a coin and clips on any strap. When you squeeze it to turn it on it flashes. Turns off the same way. About 90 hours use on a battery, which is a standard size and replaceable. I got mine from Alpkit’s in the UK but I am sure it’s available everywhere. Great for early morning road walking.
Sounds very useful.
I don't remember that road you were on. I think I took the alternate route. Looking at this I'm glad I did!
My shoes were falling apart by this stage. Didn't want to be shoeless up a mountain till I tested my new shoe fixing method. 🙂
Awesome video mate, I was wondering what cards you use to pay for things on the VLDP? I'm from Perth, so it makes sense to ask a fellow aussie.
In Europe I use travel money cards. I have some from Westpac and CBA. But I think most banks provide them. They are basically a debit card. It's basically a Euro bank account. I top them up between Caminos. Use them in ATMs and EFTPOS. no exchange fee is applied. I've heard others use a Wise Card. Haven't tried those. Obviously look at the exchange rate they are giving for topping up. That is where they make their cut.
Hope you don’t mind me saying; day 42 and 43 are basically the same video (except for opening postcard). Greetings from 🇧🇪. 🍀
Oops. Better go check that, thanks. Will fix that. How did you see them, they are not published yet 🙂
Many thanks for noticing the error! Took me a while to work it out as there are so many videos, but you are quite right. The correct postcards but the wrong video! We'll fix it in the next couple of days (after Easter) prior to publishing. This is the correct Day 42 video. ruclips.net/video/nWSVHT7rHn4/видео.html
@@robscamino the playlist except day 39, that I viewed on your blog
@@teampopulierkens6782 Ah OK. Better check that!
Thanks again great job very much appreciated it to see this Camino