Random question on a lazy afternoon

[jungleboy]

If you walked the Viejo from Pamplona to Aguilar de Campoo to join the Olvidado, and then later joined the Salvador at Buiza, that would only give you about 172km / 7 stages on the Olvidado itself. Would that be 'enough' Olvidado or would it be a shame to miss out on the stages before Aguilar and after Buiza? I have the impression that this middle section is the best of the Olvidado's mountain stages anyway, so maybe it is enough. Thoughts?

Or maybe a better way to put it: to reach Aguilar de Campoo, is the 'better route' (in the eye of the beholder, obviously!) the Olvidado from Bilbao or the Viejo from Pamplona?

 

[davejsy]

I would guess the Olvidado purely because the mountains and landscape between are simply beautiful.