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Hello everyone, Herewith an updated walking guide covering Almeria to Granada. The information here was correct in November 2022.
Buen Camino
Kevin
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Hi Elaine and thanks again for the kind comments. I'm just back in Norway from Australia where I've had a month with the family!! I was thinking about trying all or part of the Camino de Lana in August/September this year and will try to make some sort of guide for the route. I'm trying to...
Thanks so much for the kind comments Laurie. Great to hear from you again. Unfortunately I won't be able to come to Almeria on April the 13th. I've already booked a cycling holiday with some mad cycle freaks in Portugal. I thought I might have a crack at the Lana in late August and then do a...
Hello again everyone! I haven't logged on here for some time and just wanted to say that I will be watching this section again, in case anyone is thinking of walking from Almeria to Granada in 2018. The plan for this year is hopefully to walk the Ruta de la lana and write some sort of...
Nice to see you are under way Alan. Quite right about the dreary suburbs. Also good to see that the ref. at La Rioja is open. It's a long day to Mondujar.
It was completely dry in October last year, but the locals said the Nacimento was generally full in April and May. I can imagine there would be problems between Aboloduy and Abla and also around Hunejas. Still the road is an alternative. Thanks for the notice Carel. LT I see you are out...
Alan, Abloduy to Hueneja would be more than fifty km, so I recommend the Hostal Mirasierra in Abla which is about 27 km from Aboloduy. Last November they charged 18 Euros for a room with breakfast. There is an awful lot of "riverbed bashing" but you are surrounded by beautiful sierra, and...
Nice to hear about the new refugio at Rioja. It's usually a long hot day out of Almeria with a lot of time spent walking in the river bed. Also Rioja seemed to have several restaurants and generally more facilities than Mondujar. ALSO NB. The last Cajero/ATM/minibank before Alba is in Rioja...
Hello Carel5. Well. the first days out of Almeria involve quite a lot of riverbed walking. Obviously if the river is full we have a problem! This is only a wild guess based on a conversation with a local in Alquife, but he said the river is pretty full in January and February but is usually...
Hi Nick and thanks for the questions. Around Christmastime it would be necessary with a reasonably good bag. It can get very cold in the mountains and if something happens you would have to prevent freezing while you wait for assistance. There are very very few pilgrims on the Mozarabe so you...
Great!. Now it's published. Thanks Laurie. It's wonderful to think that my efforts may be of some help to the next person who is wondering whether they should walk this Camino. Pleease dont be put off by the first day. It is a little bit like leaving Valencia on the Levante, at least in the...
Thank you Geoff for your kind comments. I hope the guide will be useful for you, and anyone else who would like to walk this great Camino. Well, mate, I've worked for Statoil (and Hydro) for nearly thirty years so you are more than correct there, BUT, I 've never played golf in my life!! The...
Laurie, Im, just home from having walked from Almeria to Granada. On the last Three days there were lots of discrepencies between the map, the descriptions and the marking. I'm in contact with the Amigos in Almeria. I'll try to get the whole thing to you soon.
Hello Evejen, How did it go? If it sounded a bit TOO lonely and empty then I quite understand. It was hard on the Levante as well, being alone for two weeks. If you have any updates/info I'll be very grateful. I'm starting from Almeria round the 15th of September or so. The idea is to at...
Thanks everyone for your warm wishes! And thanks George for the info on Magwood. Yep, I've been reading her comments. Why Almeria? Well, I'm a bit intrigued by the idea of walking along the lower ridges of the Sierra Nevada, and they say that when you come in to Granada from the East, you...
Hello again everyone, As previously mentioned my wife Kari and I have been planning to walk from Almeria via Granada, Cordoba and Merida to Santiago. We planned to start on or about the 15th of September. Now it appears that Kari may not be able to get enough time free from her employment to...
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