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  1. islandwalker

    Is AllTrails useful on the Norte?

    If you are used to using AllTrails, you would probably find it easy to use Wikiloc, a similar Spanish trails app with an incredible number of participants, and thus, an amazing amount of local information.
  2. islandwalker

    How to get QR Code onto Wikiloc App

    On your computer, you can see the numerical trail i.d. at the end of the url.
  3. islandwalker

    LIVE from the Camino A Sketcher's Camino Madrid

    Stephan, after thoroughly enjoying your paintings and drawings in this thread, and knowing that you might have a few minutes of relaxation time in Salamanca, I thought you might be interested in these drawings that I just ran across of traditional buildings in the Alpujarra by the architect...
  4. islandwalker

    Via de la Plata - Recumbent...?

    Here's another (older) thread with some links that might help you...
  5. islandwalker

    Novels Set In Spain, Any Recommendations?

    Tim, is the book you are looking for possibly The Road from Ronda or Sierras of the South, both by Alastair Boyd? They are wonderful books about his travels by horse through the mountains of Andalucia. Or was it Gerald Brenan's classic South from Granada?
  6. islandwalker

    color coded sign on GR-249 (south spain)

    Here are some interesting links if anyone wants more information: GR's in Spain by province PR's in Andalucia Types of signposted trails on the GR 249 Interactive map for the GR 249
  7. islandwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Camino Mozarabe from Almería, started 17/2/24

    Thanks for sharing your journal. Your photos are wonderful!
  8. islandwalker

    LIVE from the Camino Ruta del Argar

    Wow, @p_mci, that is such helpful information! Thank you for taking the time to include all the details. I can just picture what a help that would have been to us.
  9. islandwalker

    GPX File Question

    That's exactly what I thought when I first discovered it. It's good you have a Mac to do this on, because it is finicky on a phone. If it ends up not working properly for you, Gaia GPS also allows you to snip the ends of a track and save the new track. I love Gaia for another reason: it lets me...
  10. islandwalker

    GPX File Question

    @GuyA, I've been happy with using GPX Editor, but it is for a Mac. And GPX Studio is great. You can split a track easily and visually by following their directions: https://gpx.studio/about.html#split-file: Directions from their user manual: There are two options for splitting tracks: Use the...
  11. islandwalker

    La Vuelta 2024 route and the Camino

    Thanks, Bill! This is very interesting to see. It looks like stage 6 of La Vuelta will pass through Ronda on August 8th. Via Serrana walkers may get to see some of the race then.
  12. islandwalker

    What's with the big bulls on the hills?

    Damien, how great to see a posting from you! You may not be seeing very many cows now, but I was just reading this morning how plentiful they used to be in the small villages there. It was traditional to have a single shepherd (called a dulero) who daily took all the villagers' cattle, sheep...
  13. islandwalker

    New resource for Camino Mozárabe

    That is great news, @Damien Reynolds. In addition to taking a bus or taxi from the airport into Almeria, if it interests you, it also possible to walk 9 km directly from the airport into the city along a very nice paseo maritimo. It's even along a camino route - Stage one in reverse of the new...
  14. islandwalker

    New resource for Camino Mozárabe

    The Almeria branch of ADR Alpujarra has recently put up a series of 13 videos (each about 12 minutes long) on the historical and geographical features to be seen while walking the Camino Mozarabe. I found them quite interesting. Topics touched upon include such things as noteworthy rivers...
  15. islandwalker

    Spanish railway map, simplified...

    It opened perfectly for me on my computer the first time I clicked on the link. I bookmarked it because it looked so handy. And then when I tried to show it to someone else a few minutes later, neither my bookmarked link nor the the original link above would open. Strange...
  16. islandwalker

    Looking For a 5-7 Day Easy and Relatively Flat Camino

    You are sure right about the possibility of nice weather! Here's a link to the journal we put on FindPenguins about the Argar. The first stages are especially nice because they go through the protected area of the Parque Natural Cabo de Gata and thus do not have the commercial build-up that...
  17. islandwalker

    Looking For a 5-7 Day Easy and Relatively Flat Camino

    Stephan, another route to consider is the new camino Ruta del Argar that starts in Almeria. Here's how it measures up to your goals: --It's in southern Spain. --The first stages are parallel to the coast and have few elevation changes. --The walking is mostly on dirt and gravel tracks. There is...
  18. islandwalker

    Camino Estrecho Reverse – where should I start?

    That sounds wonderful. I am really looking forward to reading your thoughts on the Fray Leopoldo route. It does look like accommodations will be hard to find in some places after Ronda, so I am wishing you luck! We had the same problem on the Ruta del Argar last year. If there is only one place...
  19. islandwalker

    Camino Estrecho Reverse – where should I start?

    I don't know if this will be useful or not (maybe just info to store away for another winter walk), but there is a route we really enjoyed that would connect Tarifa with Jimera de Libar. It is higher up in the hills than the Via Serrana and gives you beautiful views as well as allowing a stay at...
  20. islandwalker

    I need help retrieving a package in St Jean Pied De Port

    If you don't get a response here from someone local who can help you, another forum with readers who might be able to help would be the TripAdvisor St Jean Pied de Port forum. The TripAdvisor forums often have a steady group of local readers who try to help visitors. Good luck!

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