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Hi Anemone.
Great news!!! I think this is eminently do-able. You've come up with the perfect walking plan for short-legged pilgrims.
My only tweak would be to say that under no circumstances would I miss Sandra's donativo albergue in Bendueños.
Buen camino. Laurie.
Hi Laurie,Hi, anemone. I'll write Ender and see what's up. I didn't think she had closing dates. No I wouldn't walk up there just for the views it's a pretty little hamlet and the "back porch" of the albergue looks out over lovely green hills but you will have that same beautiful scenery from Pajares to Campomanes
When are you walking?
Could not agree more regarding Laurie's tip about Sta Xtina.I never knew at the time about calling the custodian of Santa Cristina.
Last thing I'd add is I'd have no qualms about skipping the final stage. I found it boring, it is a very industrialised landscape, mining, quarrying, factories. The final walk into Oviedo is nothing special.
Hi Anemone and Salvador VeteransHello Salvador veterans,
I have gone through Gronze and Ersoki in detail to determine where one can sleep, eat and drink on the Salvador to come up with a 7 day plan that makes sense to me. But I may have missed information, so I would like to pick your brains to see if my plan is realistic. Distances are plus or mins 1 km or so. The idea is to break up the super tough mountain days.
Day1: Leon to Cabanillas (or La seca) and call taxi to La Robla. 18km. Albergue. Bring food since there's nowhere to buy food until La Seca. (Not staying in Cabanillas due to lack of heating source)
Day2: Taxi back to where I left off the previous day and walk to La Pola de Godron.
18km. Pensiones
Day3: La Pola to Poladura. 14 km. Albergue or casa rural. Bring food/drink for the hike.
Day4: Poladura to Pajares. 14 km. Albergue or pension. Bar closed on Tuesdays but hospi can cook. Bring food/drink for hike.
Day5arares to Campomano. 17km. Pension. Bring food, fountains available.
Day6: Campomano to Mieres. 20km. Albergue or hostal.
Day7: Mieres to Oviedo. 19km. Lots of options.
How does this sound like to you?
Thank you for your input.
Hi Anemone and Salvador Veterans
So delighted that you posted your Camino Salvador itinerary. I am really interested in walking the Salvador in mid May 2017 if I survived the Camino Portugues in April, 2017. I have not worked out how to go about it yet but I think what you have mapped out is great! If I can't manage the 20km on Day 6: Campomano to Mieres and Day 7: Mieres to Oviedo, can I break this into a 3 day walk and are there albegrues where I can stay? Thanking you in advance for your advice.
Hi Laurie,
So sorry for the delay in getting back you. I have been having problems with the Forum's mechanics for months and did not see you had responded to me, nor that anyone else had.
All I know about the albergue closure is what I saw on the Salvador's FB:
a post from Jose Antonio Cunarro that read: " ¡¡¡ ATENCIÓN !!!! El albergue de Bendueños permanecera cerrado hasta Marzo."...
I would like to go in the next few weeks, early to mid-november. Looking at historical weather reports and longterm forecasts (not that I experct the, to be reliable that far out) and wonder how to adjust my Camino wardrobe. One think I do know is that Gortex shoes and my umbrella are comming.
A big difference will be walking with someone else, because I would not risk those mountain walks on my own at this time of the year. And staying in pensiones due to lack of heating or albergue closures.
When did you walk it?
Hi Anemone and Salvador Veterans
So delighted that you posted your Camino Salvador itinerary. I am really interested in walking the Salvador in mid May 2017 if I survived the Camino Portugues in April, 2017. I have not worked out how to go about it yet but I think what you have mapped out is great! If I can't manage the 20km on Day 6: Campomano to Mieres and Day 7: Mieres to Oviedo, can I break this into a 3 day walk and are there albegrues where I can stay? Thanking you in advance for your advice.
Hi AnemoneHi Ko. Z.,
Laurie gave you a wonderful solution. But here is what I have started doing when planning less developped Caminos: I pull out legal format paper and use it on its longest side. Then I plot each thing that comes up in order and note the distance from one to the other. I plot albergues/ pensiones, fountains,bars/cafes/restaurants, bus stops in case I need to half an etapa amd start the next day where I ended up and took a bus to a bed.
I find this allows me to plot distances that I think will work for me based on paset experience, climbs, and trying to keep plantear fasciitis at bay.
Hi LaurieBetween Campomanes and Mieres is Pola de Gordon where there is an albergue and several hotels/pensiones. But between Mieres and Oviedo there is nothing on the route.
Since those kms are so close to Oviedo, though, I'll bet a little web research will show up places within a couple of kms of the camino. I know, for instance, that there is a nice hotel rural off route somewhere Santa Cristina de Lena. I know that because I once unintentionally took a long scenic detour in that area on my way to visit the church.Hi Laurie
Thank you very much for your advice and recommendation. I just hope that I will make it to Oviedo.
Hi LaurieSince those kms are so close to Oviedo, though, I'll bet a little web research will show up places within a couple of kms of the camino. I know, for instance, that there is a nice hotel rural off route somewhere Santa Cristina de Lena. I know that because I once unintentionally took a long scenic detour in that area on my way to visit the church.
Hi AnemoneNothing technical here, far from it. Legal size paper is longer than a regular sheet of paper, that's it. So more room to plot places on a straight line. Just plot places from the different guides on the net.
You say you have never waled the Camino and that you plan on the Portuguese. Why the Portuguese?
Hi Anemone
I decided to do the Portugues Way in April, 2017 because I intend to attend the Fatima Centenary Celebration.
I would appreciate it very much if you have any tips/suggestions/recommendations on my Camino Portugues, do's and don'ts! I am a bit apprehensive doing the Camino, I am bad with directions and going solo is beyond me! I'm sure, St James will lead the way as in ages past.
Best regards.
Hi Anemone
I decided to do the Portugues Way in April, 2017 because I intend to attend the Fatima Centenary Celebration.
I would appreciate it very much if you have any tips/suggestions/recommendations on my Camino Portugues, do's and don'ts! I am a bit apprehensive doing the Camino, I am bad with directions and going solo is beyond me! I'm sure, St James will lead the way as in ages past.
Best regards.
After you have the "legal sized paper" (14 inches long, yellow)...Hi Anemone
Pardon my ignorance as I am not tech savvy in this day and age LOL!!! How do I pull out this 'legal format paper' and see what establishments are available along the way and their distances? I would love to be able to plan and plot my walk exactly like what you are doing to have an idea of what is ahead of me. I only have been reading informations from this forum and the guide books but that's about it with my preparations. That is why I was so ecstatic to see your itinerary. I have not done any of the Caminos and next year would be my first. So grateful for your advice.
Hi Smallest SparrowAfter you have the "legal sized paper" (14 inches long, yellow)...
here are some websites that have info about the albergues and the distances. You click on a step, and it opens up to give info. You don't have to walk and stop in the set steps...many adjust based on how far they want to walk, or things they want to see.
so here is one: http://www.gronze.com/camino-portugues
here is another: http://caminodesantiago.consumer.es/los-caminos-de-santiago/portugues/
they give not only distances covered, but how much up and down climbing
if you can't read Spanish, first right click on the URL (in the box at the top) and select copy, then go to https://translate.google.com/
in box on the left of that page right click and paste the URL you copied, then click translate, it will translate the entire page
I hope this wasn't too simple, or too complicated
If you don't care much for the digital world, I'd suggest buying a guide book, there are probably some for sale on this site in Ivar's shop, or you can go to the Confraternity of St James webpage and either order a booklet, or down load one onto your computer http://www.csj.org.uk/planning-your-pilgrimage/csj-guides-and-updates/
Buen Camino!
Hi AnemoneThe Portuguese, from Porto at least, is really simple, without huge hills or long distances unprocted from the sun, etc. But of course you will be following the blue arrows to Fatima, I followed the yellow ones to Santiago.
If you plan on heading to Santiago after Fatima, do consider the Variante Espiritual which starts at Pontevedra and joins the regular Camino in Padron. I did not enjoy much of the Portuguese, except for that hour or so through the woods following a small cascading river along which are many ruins of old mills. It makes you feel as if you are in an enchanted forrest in a movie. As a bonus on that route you can visit the Poio Monastery (they have an hospederia, but it's so close to Pontevedra) and then the tiny but oh so beautiful village of Combarro. In Pontevedra, you can stay at the Santiario da Aparicions which may be of particular interest to you since you are going formthe Fatima Festivities. (It's not in the Brierly guide!)
I think those are the key tips for the Portuguese, especially in the Salvador forum ;0)
Thanks, Anemone.If it wasn't for the Fatima anniversary I would tell you not to book as April would be very quiet but in this case, why not? This is theor phone number: 34 986 855 114. They apparently have a website but not up and running at this time.
I got a small room on the top floor with its own bathroom. I beleive the bathrooms on the 2nd had not been renovated het and some had super tiny showers. They give you a keep so you can come and go from a back door and breakfast is incuded: fruit, yogourt and bred.
I was very nervous at the thought of walking alone especially after the hospitalero at Leon tried to put me off getting the Salvador credencial because he said it was far too hard. He was a bit miffed when I insisted. He also said this to a Spanish man I met . Anyway off I went thinking it was a flat day to La Robla,not true! Leaving Cajanes you start climbing up and up. Would have been slippery if the weather was wet but it turned out to be 35degrees by the time I reached la Robla. looked forward to cool drink in Cascantes only to find the Bar closed for 10 days due to vacation. I was ready to get on the bus I saw on entering La Robla when I found that the Albergue was at the other end of town,however a bonus in the morning. We had a great meal together that night in the Plaza which cheered me. there were 9 pilgrims in the Albergue,7 of whom became my "family"
We had excellent weather all the way to Melide apart from one wet evening from lago to Berducedo. I have to admit taking a taxi from there,I was so exhausted after the Hospitales but glad that I walked it mainly alone but also with a lovely French couple who could see I needed some TLC towards the end.
Sorry if I sound negative but looking back I have so many happy memories and met wonderful pilgrims who became my friends .
Hi MagwoodI will be on the Salvador in May. Setting out from Madrid during the last week of April, probably with a German pilgrim I met this year. No firm date yet, but will probably be starting the Salvador during the week beginning 8 May.
Hi AnemoneI completely understand not wanting to walk the Salvador alone, that is also my problem. Even the Hospitales route on my own I would have prefered not to do, but at least I new those departing from Campielo would eventually catch up with me. But when the clouds rolled in amd visibility became nill, I understood why it is not recommended to walk in questionable weather.
Hi Magwood
I will also do the Salvador Way but a week after you have started in May. I will be attending the Fatima Centenary Celebration and will then take the bus to Leon on 15 May.
Hi AnemoneIt is too late in the year for me to walk that route so it will be put off to next Spring, hopefully.
Hi Magwood,A shame we shall miss each other. I hope you enjoy Fatima.
Bom Caminho / Buen Camino
Hi handzondeck2Hi Ko.Z and Magwood
I'm walking the San Salvador around first week in May next year.
Hi Anemone
As you know, it was your post that got me interested to seriously look at the Salvador Way the same time as I was planning my 'Camino Portugues' next year.
Is there anything I can do to convince/persuade you that we walk the Salvador Way together? You can walk in front of me and I will follow, we can walk in silence/meditate and look out for each other.
Hi AnemoneWhat a wonderful offer!
Let's stay in touch and see what the end of winter brings us and we can plan accordingly.
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