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I never had a problem finding a place to sleep, but several times I passed through villages without bars or stores or drinking fountains, and everything was closed. For me sleeping was never a problem but food and, especially, water were. Who knows now with Covid?
I walked it in June 2019. It was very hot, but wonderful. I had a good hat with a wide brim so I didn’t need an umbrella. I wish, though, that I had brought and used a stronger face cream/sunblock because my lower face became chapped from the sun and wind. A minor problem.
The Madrid doesn’t...
There are two things I regret about my Camino de Madrid (June 2019): the church in Wamba was closed when we arrived so I missed the ossuary, and I wish I had stayed overnight in Grajal instead of pushing on to Sahagún (that last day wasn’t particularly long but for some reason it just drained...
My son and I finished the Madrid mid-June. There were very few peregrinos; in fact, most nights we were alone in the albergues. The stage from Cercedilla to Segovia is hard; I can’t imagine slipping around on the stones in rain or snow.
My son and I hope to walk the Camino de Madrid from Madrid to Sahagún. After two weeks on that Camino we need to return to Sigüenza for a wedding. If all goes well we will start our Camino around 3-5 June.
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