2016 Version of Invierno Guide now posted in Resources

peregrina2000 · Jan 2, 2016

Well, this version is a huge improvement over last year's, thanks to the contributions of so many, including Peregrino Tom, Kinky One, Charrito, Luka, Bad Pilgrim, LauraK, and MyDestinationGalicia. Have I forgotten anyone? If so, please send me a PM and I'll add your name to the list of thanks.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...e-to-the-camino-de-invierno-2016-edition.442/

People were willing to spend a lot of time helping me with the fuzzy parts, the inaccurate parts, the inelegant parts, and I really appreciate it. It was a great group effort.

My only plea now is that if you use this guide you will pay it forward. I will be happy to coordinate the revisions again for the 2017 version, but I will need your comments to do it!

Wishing everyone a lovely Camino de Invierno, go now before the crowds get there. You will not regret it.

Buen camino, Laurie

Edited to provide link to newest version.

wayfarer · Jan 2, 2016

Thank you Laurie.

VNwalking · Jan 3, 2016

Thank you, Laurie!! Fantastic.
We'll see how the weather pans out in March/April. If it looks like it will be relatively good I may change my Ebro plans from SDdS at the last minute...and if I do, paying it forward will certainly happen!

Nitka · Jan 3, 2016

peregrina2000 said:
Well, this version is a huge improvement over last year's, thanks to the contributions of so many, including
Peregrino Tom, Kinky One, Charrito, Luka, Bad Pilgrim, LauraK, and MyDestinationGalicia. Have I forgotten anyone? If so, please send me a PM and I'll add your name to the list of thanks.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/forum-guide-to-the-invierno.438/

People were willing to spend a lot of time helping me with the fuzzy parts, the inaccurate parts, the inelegant parts, and I really appreciate it. It was a great group effort.

My only plea now is that if you use this guide you will pay it forward. I will be happy to coordinate the revisions again for the 2017 version, but I will need your comments to do it!

Wishing everyone a lovely Camino de Invierno, go now before the crowds get there. You will not regret it.

Buen camino, Laurie

Thank you very much, Laurie. I intend to walk this camino this year. Andreja from Slovenia

peregrina2000 · Jan 3, 2016

Hi,, Andreja,
Welcome to the forum. I think you will love this camino, when will you be walking? Buen camino, Laurie

peregrina2000 · Jan 4, 2016

JohnnieWalker's list of statistics shows that 222 people who got a compostela walked the Invierno in 2015. That's a crying shame, because it is a beautiful walk. The guide is all you need (and a bit more cash, since there are so few albergues), but if you want to be a pioneer, here's your chance. Great signage, lots of excellent wine. I am going to be a shameless promoter of the Camino de Invierno -- grab a bunch of people in Ponferrada and take off! You will not regret it. Buen camino, Laurie

KinkyOne · Jan 4, 2016

Maybe not all of the people that walked Invierno actually went to the office in SdC. For 2014 stats I wasn't in there, just for example

Last year I picked up Compostela for a very sick friend of mine otherwise there would be one less pilgrim that walked Levante & Sanabres. As many posters already said here these statistics don't show real picture/number. I don't think situation on Invierno is all that bad. Or at least I hope

Happy New Camino Year!

Bad Pilgrim · Jan 5, 2016

peregrina2000 said:
JohnnieWalker's list of statistics shows that 222 people who got a compostela walked the Invierno in 2015. That's a crying shame, because it is a beautiful walk. The guide is all you need (and a bit more cash, since there are so few albergues), but if you want to be a pioneer, here's your chance. Great signage, lots of excellent wine. I am going to be a shameless promoter of the Camino de Invierno -- grab a bunch of people in Ponferrada and take off! You will not regret it. Buen camino, Laurie

Oh, I didn't get my Compostela after the Invierno either. Last time I got one was... in 2009, first Camino. After that I don't care about them. Sometimes I wonder how many pilgrims the statistics would show if everyone would be included. Perhaps those 250.000-something pilgrims in total are much more...!

/BP

mlhhome · Jan 6, 2016

peregrina2000 said:
Well, this version is a huge improvement over last year's, thanks to the contributions of so many, including
Peregrino Tom, Kinky One, Charrito, Luka, Bad Pilgrim, LauraK, and MyDestinationGalicia. Have I forgotten anyone? If so, please send me a PM and I'll add your name to the list of thanks.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/forum-guide-to-the-invierno.438/

People were willing to spend a lot of time helping me with the fuzzy parts, the inaccurate parts, the inelegant parts, and I really appreciate it. It was a great group effort.

My only plea now is that if you use this guide you will pay it forward. I will be happy to coordinate the revisions again for the 2017 version, but I will need your comments to do it!

Wishing everyone a lovely Camino de Invierno, go now before the crowds get there. You will not regret it.

Buen camino, Laurie

Thanks!

Deleted member 3000 · Jan 11, 2016

A hospitalero in Hospital de Órbigo suggested the route in this weather. The tourist offices in Astorga and Ponferrada have junta guides. Ponferrada has a commercial guide with a new edition for walkers and bicyclists at about 15€.

Charrito · Jan 11, 2016

Excellent work, Laurie. I'm sure that all of us who contributed just a tiny bit really appreciate the time and effort that you have put into this work.

Thank you!

As you have said above, I fully agree that it is a most beautiful walk. I will also be plugging/promoting it as much as I can (before the dreaded crowds turn up!).

If all goes well, I'll be setting off on the Invierno from Ponferrada again in the first week of June.

Buen camino to you all (and hope to see one or two more people this summer).

peregrina2000 · Jan 12, 2016

Charrito said:
Excellent work, Laurie. I'm sure that all of us who contributed just a tiny bit really appreciate the time and effort that you have put into this work.

Thank you!

As you have said above, I fully agree that it is a most beautiful walk. I will also be plugging/promoting it as much as I can (before the dreaded crowds turn up!).

If all goes well, I'll be setting off on the Invierno from Ponferrada again in the first week of June.

Buen camino to you all (and hope to see one or two more people this summer).

Hi, Charrito,
Thanks much for your help with the new version. I'm sure you'll have more updates if you walk it again this summer!!!

Are you going to stay in Escairon again? If not, and if by chance you or anyone else stays in Torre Vilarino, would you report back on the feasibility of walking from the Casa Rural to that lovely overlook at Coba?

Charrito · Jan 13, 2016

peregrina2000 said:
Hi, Charrito,
Thanks much for your help with the new version. I'm sure you'll have more updates if you walk it again this summer!!!

Are you going to stay in Escairon again? If not, and if by chance you or anyone else stays in Torre Vilarino, would you report back on the feasibility of walking from the Casa Rural to that lovely overlook at Coba?

Good Morning (from Spain), Laurie.

I still haven't started to think about the stages for this year's Invierno, but I will almost certainly NOT attempt to walk all the way from Ponferrada to Puente de Domingo Flórez on the same day (as I did last June)!

Regarding the Monforte de Lemos stage, I might possibly stay there this year, instead of just starting from A Pobra do Brollón in the morning, stopping off in Monforte for a cold beer and carrying on to Escairón. I was toying with the idea of walking towards either Torre Vilarino or to the small town of Ferreira de Pantón, from where you should be able to get to Coba (the mirador and the beach), and then continue along the river bank on the LU-P-5819. There's another bridge before you get to Belesar, and you can climb up the other side and eventually end up in Chantada. It all seems a real detour from the Camino, though. I've travelled around the area by car, as I told you, and I really think that walking would not be my preferred option.

peregrina2000 · Jan 13, 2016

Hi, Charrito,
I was actually thinking that many people who stay in Torre Vilariño are likely to arrive with much of the afternoon before them. There is a swimming pool, so that´s one option, but I saw on the map that it's only about 1.1 km to the mirador. And it would be about a 6 km roundtrip to the mirador and then on to the church and back to the hotel. The church also seems to have beautiful views down to the river. My knee was hurting when I was there this past summer so unfortunately I missed out. Looks like it would be a very pleasant way to spend the tarde.

peregrina2000 · Jan 14, 2016

For the sticklers amongst us, I should say that I have just posted a very slightly revised version of the guide. A very hardworking couple of pilgrims spent many hours recalculating the distances to the tenth of a km! So I inputted the changes, all extremely minor.

This is the last iteration of the 2016 version. I now eagerly await comments from everyone who uses it this year. I look forward to the 2017 edition!!!

Enjoy the Invierno, peregrinos.

Buen camino, Laurie

bimblingalong · Feb 16, 2016

peregrina2000 said:
Well, this version is a huge improvement over last year's, thanks to the contributions of so many, including Peregrino Tom, Kinky One, Charrito, Luka, Bad Pilgrim, LauraK, and MyDestinationGalicia. Have I forgotten anyone? If so, please send me a PM and I'll add your name to the list of thanks.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...e-to-the-camino-de-invierno-2016-edition.442/

People were willing to spend a lot of time helping me with the fuzzy parts, the inaccurate parts, the inelegant parts, and I really appreciate it. It was a great group effort.

My only plea now is that if you use this guide you will pay it forward. I will be happy to coordinate the revisions again for the 2017 version, but I will need your comments to do it!

Wishing everyone a lovely Camino de Invierno, go now before the crowds get there. You will not regret it.

Buen camino, Laurie

Edited to provide link to newest version.

Thank you, thank you, thank you...everyone soooo much for the latest info....I am heading this Way again in June/July & will be using the latest guide ( of course making notes as I go...)

...can't wait to walk along this peaceful path again..maybe I will meet some other walkers this time?

Charrito · Feb 16, 2016

bimblingalong said:
Thank you, thank you, thank you...everyone soooo much for the latest info....I am heading this Way again in June/July & will be using the latest guide ( of course making notes as I go...)...can't wait to walk along this peaceful path again..maybe I will meet some other walkers this time?

I'll be around on the Invierno from the beginning of June! Depending on work commitments, however, I may have to do it in two different 'blocks', probably divided up something like this: