Kiwi-family
{Rachael, the Mama of the family}
- Time of past OR future Camino
- walking every day for the rest of my life
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Tuff stages, Puh. The one from Mataelpino is the one that is really tuff. I wouldn´t do it. And if you walk these stages you miss Medina de Rioseco a town that is really nice. Good luckFirstly, please let me say I am very used to doing 30+km days and usually only find I'm uncomfortable after 35km. Shorter than 25km usually feels too short. (When my husband and I walked from Porto we planned to go slowly and stop in lots of bars and just cover 15km or so a day. We couldn't do it. After sitting in a bar for an hour we would don our packs again and keep walking through the afternoon!) I'll also have been regularly walking 20 and 30km at home before leaving.
I have looked at the elevation profiles and it *seems* to me that these stages are potentially doable (assuming no injuries or dreadful weather) - but would anyone who has walked like to comment? Have I missed something?
Once I hit the ground I will take each day as it comes but I'm just wanting to get a feel for whether or not I am going to be able to walk all the way to Leon in the time I have available or whether I'll need to stop in Sahagun and jump on a bus. If I want to try for Leon I need to make the call fairly early on and do some longish days at that point. Of course I could shorten my time in Segovia too - or walk farther the day I hit the Frances.
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What date do you head off?My husband are starting our Camino de Madrid in a few weeks. I love seeing what everyone has planned, as it helps me know what might be possible. This is our first Camino and we are going from Madrid to Santiago. I am really looking forward to being on the two different routes! Thanks for sharing your plan!
@KSWard I have a shorter plan too, which culminates in Sahagun, where I was planning on catching a bus to Leon (I’m inflexible on start date from Leon as i’m Meeting family there and then heading up the San Salvador and Primitivo)
But I got to thinking about “walking all the way” and wondered what it would look like.
I make “what if” plans so I have a feel for possibilitiesand then see what happens once I start walking.
I can post my shorter plan if you like.
What date do you head off?
@KSWard Here ya go!
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There are still a couple of stages over 30km which
some people might prefer to shorten (and it's totally possible to), but I've just left them in because I'm committed to the first one due to reserving a bed at Mataelpino, La Granja and Segovia. The second one will be shortened if I go on to Los Huertos the day before - but I know I definitely want to stay at Santa Maria la Real de Nieva.
The problem I see with your stages are the things you'll miss in the smaller villages by walking right past them.
Firstly, please let me say I am very used to doing 30+km days and usually only find I'm uncomfortable after 35km. Shorter than 25km usually feels too short. (When my husband and I walked from Porto we planned to go slowly and stop in lots of bars and just cover 15km or so a day. We couldn't do it. After sitting in a bar for an hour we would don our packs again and keep walking through the afternoon!) I'll also have been regularly walking 20 and 30km at home before leaving.
I have looked at the elevation profiles and it *seems* to me that these stages are potentially doable (assuming no injuries or dreadful weather) - but would anyone who has walked like to comment? Have I missed something?
Once I hit the ground I will take each day as it comes but I'm just wanting to get a feel for whether or not I am going to be able to walk all the way to Leon in the time I have available or whether I'll need to stop in Sahagun and jump on a bus. If I want to try for Leon I need to make the call fairly early on and do some longish days at that point. Of course I could shorten my time in Segovia too - or walk farther the day I hit the Frances.
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Thanks Rob (The Slob!) I’m mentally prepared for that one to be a long slog. I’m planning on stopping at Manzanares El Real for a nice long sit outside the castle to do some sketching while I nibble my lunch. By then the bulk of the day is done and it’s just another couple of hours to press on. That’s what I’m telling myself anyway! (Worst case scenario there’s a bus - and I’d bus back in the morning to walk that stretch.)@Kiwi-family, Tres Cantos to Mataelpino might be quite tough: not just the length, but according to my GPS track from when I walked, you're also looking at almost 900 metres ascent.
Thank you Kiwi-family@Deeanne if I were you I would either count back from Bercianos and walk from whatever spot that happens to be (here's a suggestion):
View attachment 41920 or maybe you'd walk on to Sahagun, instead of stopping at Grajal, but I hear it's worth staying there. One day is longer than your stated 20km - but you can see it's flat!
Or if you haven't spent much time in Madrid before, I'd do a couple of days there and a couple in Segovia.
Or I might pick out some more places to bus/train between on the Madrid route. Having not walked it yet, I'm not the best to advise, but I'm particularly looking forward to:
La Granja de San Idelfonso
Segovia
Coca
Simancas
Medina de Rioseco
Grajal de Campos
www.rome2rio.com will give you details on how to connect these places.
Happy planning
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