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Stage 30 · Camino del Norte
Vilalba → Baamonde
Before you set off
No drinking water
Between Vilalba and Baamonde. — Leave with 1.7 litres of water.
Rivers and tracks of the Terra Chá
Another flat, short stage across the Terra Chá: 19.8 kilometres with 260 metres of ascent and 280 of descent, easy. You leave Vilalba to the south-west and cross the river Magdalena on a medieval bridge, and from there walk on tarmac and dirt tracks between meadows, oak woods and hamlets of scattered houses, with the motorway close by for a good while.
It is a linking stage, quiet, without hills and without great views, and the best of it is the rivers: the route crosses several of them, with old bridges and shaded stretches beside the water. The hamlets, San Xoán de Alba among them, have hardly any services, so your stop depends on whether you find a bar open or not. You pass under the motorway and the railway line a couple of times.
Baamonde is reached on track and local road, beside the main road. It is a crossroads and a small village, with the church of Santiago, its Romanesque doorway and a centuries-old chestnut tree beside it, and just enough to eat and sleep. It is best to arrive with what you need already bought.
Tips
Buy in Vilalba whatever you are going to need in Baamonde: there is very little there and it keeps short hours.
Carry water for the whole stage and do not count on the village bars, which open when they open.
The track sections beside the motorway are noisy but safe; the local road crossings need attention.
It is short and flat: set off unhurried and arrive for lunch, because there is not much to do in Baamonde in the afternoon.
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What's there today
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Tips from people who walked it
The things that do not expire: where the fountain actually is, which bar opens at six, where not to go in the rain.
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Emergencies
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- Milagros Seoane Yáñez Pharmacy km 0,0 +34 982887774
- Pharmacy Pharmacy km 0,1
- Farmacia España Pharmacy km 0,4
- Farmacia del Camino Pharmacy km 19,2 +34 982398264
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What to see on this stage 7
- Igrexa de Santa María de Vilalba Church km 0,4
- Capela de San Roque Church km 0,5
- Igrexa de San Xoán de Alba Church km 6,1
- Ermida de San Colás Church km 8,1
- Capela do Carme Church km 15,3
- Capela de Santo Adrián Church km 16,4
- Igrexa de Santiago de Baamonde Church km 19,2