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    OzAnnie's Camino de Madrid -- March 2018

    Hi Annie good luck with your walk, I wish you health and strong legs and few blisters! I am very curious what the walking conditions will be in light of all the rain and snow in the area. Especially between Tres Cantos and Matealpino. I would imagine that little streams would have developed...
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    Seven days in France

    Thank you very much to everyone who replied, your comments and suggestions have been very interesting and helpful. There are now excellent alternatives to consider and to further research. Regards, Izak.
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    Seven days in France

    My son and his wife intend to visit France in July 2018 and will have seven days to walk a section of the Camino. Although my wife and I have done several Caminos, these were all in Spain and we do not know the Camino routes in France very well. We know that there are many peregrinos out there...
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    CdM - albergues April 2014

    It is quite possible! We have 7 weeks to walk the Madrid, portion of Frances and then the Invierno. What are your plans?
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    CdM - albergues April 2014

    Hi timr thanks for the info. This time round we will probably give Manzanares a miss and walk from Colmenar Viejo to Mataelpino. I believe there is an albergue now which was not there when we walked in 2014. It is sad about the Poor Clares Convent in Medina, where we previously received a very...
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    CdM - albergues April 2014

    Hi Marianne we posted the above thread four years ago after completing the CdM. At the time we used the 2010 edition of the guidebook published by the UK Confraternity of St James. My wife and I will be walking this camino again starting on 4 April and although some of the information is still...
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    Camino de Madrid March 2018

    Thanks Laurie. We are considering various options and the Korean albergue just might work for us. By the way, we will be walking the Camino Madrid to Sahagun and then continue on the Frances until Ponferrada from where we decided to be brave and do the Invierno! We have done the first two...
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    Camino de Madrid March 2018

    Hi Laurie, we are flying in to Madrid on 4 April and I am thinking about walking from the Church of Santiago to Plaza Castilla on the same day and then to continue to Tres Cantos the following day. I see you mention the Korean albergue near Plaza Castilla, which could be a good option for us to...
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    Cercedilla to La Granja de San Ildefonso

    Thanks for the reply and the useful information. Your day in the mountains was really cold and tough! Four years ago when my wife and I walked the same route we had lovely weather up there! Apart from sightseeing in San Ildefonso do you think it is worthwhile to stay over there? Why I ask is...
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    Cercedilla to La Granja de San Ildefonso

    Greetings to all. We will be walking the Camino Madrid early in April 2018 and having done it a few years ago, this time we want to avoid walking the whole distance from Cercedilla to Segovia in one day. Is the walk from Cercedilla to La Granja and then the next day La Granja to Zamarramala a...
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    CdM - albergues April 2014

    Hi Susanglori, we started walking on 8 April and arrived in Santiago on 20 May, a total of 43 days. The total distance is 860 km, which gives you an average of 20km per day. We had no time restriction and did not want to walk long daily distances but I am sure that for faster walkers it will be...
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    CdM - albergues April 2014

    Hi K1, you are locked inside the building but have access to the bathrooms. Do not venture into the rest of the building because you will trigger the alarm! You can open the windows in the "albergue" (which is actually just a room on the ground floor) but I can not remember if there is a smoke...
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    Some notes on our Camino del Salvador April 2014

    Greetings to all peregrinos who intend to walk the Camino del Salvador, now or in the future. My wife and I walked this Camino late in April 2014. We used the excellent guide published by the CSJ and written by Laurie Reynolds and Rebekah Scott (2nd edition 2013). We had more than enough time to...
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    CdM - albergues April 2014

    Hola Laurie, I do intend to shortly post more about our experiences on the Salvador and Norte caminos. We found your and Rebekah's guide on the Del Salvador very useful and complete and will send some comments to the email address mentioned on page 29 of your guide. The Del Salvador, in our...
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    CdM - albergues April 2014

    My wife and I walked the Camino de Madrid (Madrid to Sahagún) from 8-22 April 2014 and we would like to share some information iro albergues and distances. Day 1: From Madrid 23 km to Tres Cantos. Albergue in the basement of the Ayuntamiento, in the centre of the town. Sleeps four, double...
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