Not a mistake, but I'd split the two days from San Martín de Valdeiglesias by stopping at San Bartolomé de Pinares (where there is an albergue). The ~40km between Cebreros and Ávila is a long day, going over two significant mountain passes (a...
This Camino is not quite ready yet, still under construction. You'll walk or cycle along the old train tracks from Santander to Valencia. 22 tunnels along the way! One of them is over 6 kms long. Eeh.... 😱
From the website...
Travelling through Spain this last few months, in Oña, I noticed a path ad a board describing the "Camino Natural Santander ¡ Mediterráneo". I recognise it follows old disused railways lines and it looks flatish?
I just wonder if people have...
I enjoyed walking from Sagunto to Calatayub last year, much of it on the Santander-Mediterranean line. Very lovely, about 300km. Especially liked the sections from the spectacular source of the Jíloca (?largest artesian well in Europe?)
to its...
The dying moon was high over the Ulla valley when I set off up the hill. 450m of ascent in 6.3km. I wouldn't want it at the end of a day, but with fresh legs, coffee and toast, it was done in under two hours. And the view from the top was worth...
There are many worse ways to be described and remembered! This is a real pick-me-upper for a very down day. Alan, is it your impression that I met him on the Invierno or when he was walking another camino? (also — “little bit older” is 10 years...
Laurie, I walked in to Santiago today and with a new knee injury walking that never ending downhill into Punte Ulla the day before, I decided not to make matters worse and attempt it. Truthfully I was almost glad anyway to have a good excuse to...
FWIW, for confirmation here is what OSMand does.
The first part looks a tad tricky with plenty of wrong options, but then it's more straightforward.
May the weather and all conditions cooperate!
Here is Laurie's account of walking up to Pico Sacro last Spring, including some pictures.
Too bad for me I messed up my knee a bit walking too fast down the long steep descent to Ponte Ulla the day before.
Thread 'So close to Pico Sacro!'...
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