Thank you for the information. I didn't realize the Vadiniense intersected with the Salvador. I've been looking on the Gronze website and thought we would follow the Vadiniense until it intersected with Frances and pick up the Salvador in Leons. I just noticed on the Gronze website that the Vadiniense crosses the Viejo Camino....is this what you are referring to i.e where it intersects with the Salvador? What would you recommend ? Besides Gronze is there somewhere else where I could obtain more information on these Caminos?
It looks like we are going to have to delay our walk until mid September or early October. Any thoughts or comments on these times? I know there are no guarantees about snow but would these be good times to walk these Caminos.
Also we might try and extend our trip and walk the Magna Via Francigena in Sicily. I think I remember you made a comment about this walk awhile ago on another thread Did you walk it your self? Any thoughts/comments about this walk? Did you do any multi-day walks in Sicily that you could recommend?
Thank you again.
Hi, Barry,
Ok, I messed up. The Vadiniense intersects with the Olvidado (that has become the official name — no more Viejo Camino or Camino de la Montaña, according to the associations on the ground) — anyway, the Vadiniense intersects with the Olvidado in Cistierna, not with the Salvador. Your plan to walk down to León and the up again makes a lot of sense. Maybe I am biased because that’s what I did years ago:
http://caminovadiniense.blogspot.com
There is a fair amount of info here on the forum, and I am assuming you have Ender’s guide to the Salvador. The Vadiniense doesn’t seem to be getting a lot of interest, and I have to say that there are long, very long,flat stretches, lots of asphalt, that aren’t glorious. The high points are definitely the first few days in the Picos. After Senda de la Remoña, the mountains are over. But it is interesting and compelling, IMO, just like every other camino in Spain! Are you planning to start the Vadiniense in Potes? If you have the extra days, adding on the Lebañiego and starting in Santander or San Vicente might be attractive.
As far as Sicily, oh I wish. I have spent three weeks on Sicily but only as a tourist, it is one of the most amazing places on the planet! So getting to walk would be a real treat. Good luck with that plan.