Ascent to Cebreiro

[David Hough]

> If you are a strong
> walker, I would definitely opt for the more
> demanding mountain route.

Definitely!   That's the way I went, very scenic,
at the price of an extra mountain up and down.
If there is
a next time, though, I might try for the
even more scenic Dragonte
route and allow for an extra day.


--- aumm aumm <aumm_aummaYAHOO.CO.UK> wrote:
> As well as the later beauty of the route to El
> Cebreiro I will also never forget the one of the
> most dangerous stretches of walking I have ever done
> alongside the main road from Villafranca.  I
> understand that this is now the subject of a
> controversial plan to place a concrete barrier
> between the road and the crash barrier. This is
> obviously safer but not particularly aesthetically
> pleasing (though walking along the side of the main
> road doesn't have much to recommend it with or
> without a concrete barrier).  If you are a strong
> walker, I would definitely opt for the more
> demanding mountain route.
>
> Gareth
>
> Ana Young <ayoung2001aYAHOO.COM> wrote:
> --- David Hough wrote:
> The ascent to O Cebreiro is
> > essential!
>
> It`s also gorgeous and I wouldn`t have missed it for
> the world. And although it`s not an easy climb, I
> had
> heard about the challenge of it for so long - both
> my
> first time when I didn`t make it there, and the
> second
> when I did - that by the time I did it, it really
> wasn`t all that bad. Most of it is fairly gradual
> except for the one very steep climb of about 4 km.
>
> Buen Camino!
> Ana
>
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