alansykes
Veteran Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Except the Francés
I got my first sello this evening after mass at Santiago y San Juan Bautista, with its curious altarpiece of Santiago matamoros on what looked like a fine lusitano horse, in Madrid. I'd spent the morning ambling out to Montecarmelo, through unlovely suburbs, and then took the metro back into town, ready for a "proper" start with rucksack etc tomorrow. I've only got 17 days, so not sure how to spend them. At the moment the plan is to stay on the Camino del Madrid until Santa Maria la Real de Nieva, then hope over to join the Levante at Arevalo, on to Zamora and then decide whether the pull of the apostle makes me take the train to Sanabria to ensure I get my third compostela or just carry on, perhaps to Astorga, and not get all the way to Santiago.