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  1. 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.
  2. 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...
  3. 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...
  4. 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:
  5. 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...
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. Umwandert

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

    Thanks a lot!
  9. Umwandert

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

    Thanks G for your comment. Of course I will answer your questions: Wet feet: After the 2nd day, I only got a small, elongated blister on the sole of my foot, but it didn't cause any problems and went away quickly. Before my Via Serrana adventure, I had walked two Caminos for 36 days without...
  10. Umwandert

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

    Thank you, yes, in the meantime I have found pictures of the tow bridge online. So my exhausting 9km detour was unnecessary. I should have informed myself better beforehand. Anyway, hopefully others won't make the same mistake.
  11. Umwandert

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

    The day after in Seville & Conclusion I chose this hotel for the city view and was given a room on the 21st floor, but since I chose the cheapest room it faced away from the city. In the evening I saw highways and car lights, but the next morning I saw nothing. The entire upper tower was...
  12. Umwandert

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

    Stage 10: Utrera to Seville (35km, but in my case: 41 km) For the longest, almost completely flat stage of the Via Serrana, I started early at 8 a.m. at sunset. I chose the longer route via Alcalá de Guadaíra simply because this town seemed more interesting to me than Dos Hermanas. After...
  13. Umwandert

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

    Stage 9: El Coronil to Utrera (19 km) Before the long final stage, which is also part of the Via Augusta, there is a short one that I expected to be rather boring. I woke up early and found a bar nearby for breakfast. When I was done, the supermarket opened and I stocked up on supplies. After...
  14. Umwandert

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

    Stage 8: Estacion de Coripe to El Coronil (32 km) Sunday morning. I hadn't booked breakfast and wanted to leave early with dusk. But the hotel owner said he wouldn't be back until 9am. So I had to close all the doors and put the key in a conspiratorial flower box. After climbing more than 2km...
  15. Umwandert

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

    Stage 7: Olvera to Estacion de Coripe (22 km) Finally I was staying in a white village after having passed so many in distance, so I used the next morning for a little sightseeing. As the day’s stage was only 22 km, I went uphill, where there still was some fog and spent some time around the...
  16. Umwandert

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

    Stage 6: Ronda to Olvera (28 km) I felt ready for the second half of the Via Serrana and had booked accommodation for all 5 remaining days. Longer stages, after 3 stages with only small daypack, walking again with a full backpack and hopefully sunny days at last. Well, not yet. This day was the...
  17. Umwandert

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

    Thanks for the information, @islandwalker. I didn't know about the 2018 storm. Without the bridge, people arriving on the camino from Jimera have to make quite a detour to reach the train station (and restaurant). The dam seems to be a good way to shorten the path if the water level allows it...
  18. Umwandert

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

    Stage 6: Jimera de Libar to Ronda (16 km) (Due to circumstances I walked this in reverse order) I had extended my stay in Ronda to 3 nights but by day 3 things were finally looking a little brighter. The heavy rain and wind were gone, but it rained lighter in the morning. I saw a chance to...
  19. Umwandert

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

    Camino stop due to higher forces Finally my luck ran out. The rain and wind had increased during the night and in the morning it was still pouring. And for the first time I felt a bit sick with a headache and a sore throat. Maybe walking in a t-shirt the previous afternoon wasn't all that...
  20. Umwandert

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

    Stage 4: El Colmenar to (Estacion de) Jimera de Libar (23 km) During the night the rain returned. I was a bit apprehensive as this stage is considered to be as beautiful as it is challenging. To climb a wet and muddy gorge away from civilization at a time when nobody else is walking made me...

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