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  1. Umwandert

    Counting pilgrims on the Norte AGAIN

    Hi Luka, are you walking with a full bagpack for training? Then you certainly will be counted! I will try to walk all the coastal alternatives of the Norte in reverse too, which might be challenging. I use Buen Camino App and thankfully some of them are included there. It was an honor and a...
  2. Umwandert

    Counting pilgrims on the Norte AGAIN

    Last May I walked the first part of the Norte in the opposite direction, from Santander to Irun. Since I only had two weeks and couldn't reach Santiago anyway, I wanted to swim against the tide, especially since the most beautiful stages were between Bilbao and Irun, which I enjoyed a lot at the...
  3. Umwandert

    Ruta and Camino de Fray Leopoldo – December 2023

    You're welcome and maybe you're right, I was a bit surprised by the first part myself. But I was able to adapt and I usually like hilly terrain and hiking through remote areas. I wish you a nice Camino de Mozárabe! This Camino is also on my winter list. But this year I won't have much time in...
  4. Umwandert

    Ruta and Camino de Fray Leopoldo – December 2023

    Interesting question. While the Via Serrana only gradually leads to the highlights and difficulties (like the Valley of the Vultures), the Camino de Fray Leopoldo practically hits you straight away with two hours of steep climbing to the highest point of the route and is somewhat less balanced...
  5. Umwandert

    Ruta and Camino de Fray Leopoldo – December 2023

    I walked this brand new camino in December 2023. I discovered this trail, when @islandwalker reported about it here in August last year. As I had walked the Via Serrana in December 2022 and wanted to hike another Andalusian trail it immediately attracted my interest. I researched accommodation...
  6. Umwandert

    Camino del Estrecho (in reverse) - December '23

    I think next will be either the Via Augusta, one part of the Mozarabe or another remote hardly known camino in Andalucia.
  7. Umwandert

    Camino del Estrecho (in reverse) - December '23

    Not at all. After the windpark you cross a gate, then you follow the path around the hill and start the ascent. Its arduous but not overgrown. I met some guys riding mountain bikes. I attach some pics of this stage. On the other side of the ridge the path is wide and accessible by vehicles...
  8. Umwandert

    El Gordo today/ Lottery

    Last year I wanted to buy a lottery ticket, but I waited too long. When I finished the Via Serrana in Seville, it was the last day before the lottery and the queues in front of the sales offices were huge. That's why this year, when I walked the Camino del Estrecho and the Camino de Fray...
  9. Umwandert

    Camino del Estrecho (in reverse) - December '23

    Hello everyone, I have just returned from a three-week hike on Andalusian caminos. I spent a week at the end of November/beginning of December walking the Camino del Estrecho - in reverse. My stages were as follows: 1: Puerto Real - Medina-Sidonia (31,5 km), pictured above 2: Medina-Sidonia -...
  10. Umwandert

    Questions about the Vía Serrana

    I think it might be between 1.5 and 2 km longer. But as I said, I haven't walked the detour myself and can't confirm that it actually works (maybe more gates?). It just seems the most logical solution when you look at the map.
  11. Umwandert

    Questions about the Vía Serrana

    @peregrina2000, sorry, I didn't want to confuse you. Yes, these are indeed different places. Debi describes a place between Jimena and San Pablo. I went through my pictures and don't remember any gate there (just an arroyo and a bushy climb, similar to the day before but much shorter). On her...
  12. Umwandert

    Questions about the Vía Serrana

    I wondered a lot about the video of the pilgrim who was recommended to walk along the railroad. But in fact, there was a part of the camino, which was closed when I came along in December 2022. This is the gate in question. I reached it approximately 30 minutes after leaving San Pablo. This...
  13. Umwandert

    Questions about the Vía Serrana

    I second that. I stuck to the original route and had a terrible experience. It was a 20 minute uphill fight against overgrown thorny bushes in muddy slippery terrain. It looked like this:
  14. Umwandert

    Camino Estrecho Reverse – where should I start?

    Thanks a lot, @islandwalker. This is very tempting. Unfortunately I have limited time and after multiple changes my camino schedule now is finally fixed. After walking the Estrecho in reverse I'll take the train from Algeciras to Jimera de Libar in order to start with the Ruta/Camino de Fray...
  15. Umwandert

    Questions about the Vía Serrana

    Thank you @peregrina2000 for this thread. I think this is the gate in question: It is not really high, I didn't find it difficult to overcome (also I didn't understand why it was locked, there were no animals behind it). On day 3 of the Via Serrana there was a much bigger closed gate to...
  16. Umwandert

    NOVEMBER 2023 Start - Check in here!

    November 29th: Puerto Real – Camino Estrecho (walking in Reverse) ✅
  17. Umwandert

    Camino Estrecho Reverse – where should I start?

    Thanks Madrood, I have read your journal with interest. You walked much longer along the coast. I'll try to stick to the original route (as I'll walk in reverse with the help of wikiloc). So far I am able to find accommodation everywhere, although with limited options and not cheap, mostly...
  18. Umwandert

    LIVE from the Camino Umwandert finds challenges on the Via Serrana - December 2022

    Thank you. Well, the thread was hidden at the end of another thread I had started well before I walked Via Serrana. When I wrote the live journal afterwards one month after I had finished the Via it seemed logical to post it there. But obviously it was only seen by people interested in the...
  19. Umwandert

    LIVE from the Camino Vía Serrana Nov-Dec 2022

    I saw the YouTube video too and wondered why that peregrino went along the tracks for half the stage. Thinking back (I hiked the Via Serrana in December 2022 just 2 weeks after jungle boy) I remembered a gate after San Pablo, which was closed and locked (even with a camera sign). The camino goes...
  20. Umwandert

    Camino Estrecho Reverse – where should I start?

    Last year I asked: “Winter Camino in Andalusia, but which one?” and received many helpful answers from the forum. I decided to walk the Via Serrana in December, and although many things went wrong (unnecessary detours, rainstorms, mean dogs, etc.), I enjoyed a challenging, remote trail...

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