signage in Sigueiro

[naplesdon]

I think there needs to be some effort put into improving the way markings in and out of Sigueiro on the Camino Ingles. I don't know who does these sort of things.
I am perfectly capable of getting lost and finding my way again but this town is very confusing. I was using the map from the Tourist Information booth in Ferrol which indicates that Oroso appears to be some distance from Sigueiro, which it is not, and the markings totally disappear after the walking in the park past the public swimming pool.
I had copied a few pages of Johnnie Walker's guide but once I crossed the Rio Tambres (at 24km) I realized I had walked a bit too far for finding Albergue del Delia.
The next morning I found the "one" arrow pointing to the right just before the new petrol station and then my Camino turned into a virtual "magical mystery tour." I walked in 3 different directions for at least 30 minutes and could find no markings. I finally started walking on a service road along a national highway, assumed I was headed in more or less the right direction because of all the bus traffic on the highway. About one hour later I found the Camino and a stele marked with 11.18+/-; now I walk about 3 to 4 km/hour and according to the distance posted in the map I had just walked about 6km in a little less than an hour. Have I found a secret short cut or a hole in the space-time continuum? One will never know.

 

[Tia Valeria]

Petrol station???
The signing goes round the swimming pool (L) and later there is one hard to see sign fairly high up on a pole (L), comes out near the old hostal Miras, then over the Ria Tambre. The signing at the end of the bridge is quite clear a left turn to go past the church and uphill to the right of the church. All the directions for leaving Sigueiro are clearly stated in Johnnie's guide.
We don't remember seeing a petrol station at all, but we stayed at the new Hostal Sigueiro near the old Miras and the bridge.
Glad you did find the Camino eventually. I think that the guide from Ferrol is a slightly different route and does go along the main road in places, maybe losing the arrows/shells.

 

[Former member 22438]

I agree with you Tia. No trouble at all finding the waymarkers evn not in the forest between Siguëro and Santiago

 

[naplesdon]

Well, I guess I found a short cut.

 

[IngridF]

Only one section on the way where they clear cut some trees and the marker seems to have been a victim too...but there is a wooden sticks arrow pointing you into the correct direction...just needed to see it..lol

I took a photo but don't know how to add it. Ingrid

 

[Tia Valeria]

Click 'upload file' then in the box click 'browse', find the file on your computer and then click 'open'. It should load. However I just tried to add my photo and nothing happened.....

Edit:-
Success - photo loaded

 

[CW86]

We had trouble as we came into Sigueiro too, our guide was telling us one thing but we were unsure as there weren't any arrows anywhere until just before we turned up a road to go past a church. We asked in a shop and were directed.

 

[Susanjaga]

I agree with you Tia. No trouble at all finding the waymarkers evn not in the forest between Siguëro and Santiago

we got a tiny bit confused after the swimming pool, but after that no trouble. and yes, getting out of Singuiero was really easy from the new Singuiero hostel.