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What site did you find this on?I see now the Camino Frances surface hasn't got to much Road/Asphalt.
● Forested/wild trail 347.2 km
● Path 166.8 km
● Road 107.4 km
● Asphalt 94.2 km
● Dirt road 47.5 km
Hi Trecile,What site did you find this on?
This is interesting, but it’s not clear to me what the differences are between and among some of the categories. Path vs. dirt road? wild trail vs. path? Road vs. asphalt?I see now the Camino Frances surface hasn't got to much Road/Asphalt.
● Forested/wild trail 347.2 km
● Path 166.8 km
● Road 107.4 km
● Asphalt 94.2 km
● Dirt road 47.5 km
I have enough asphalt where I live, I don't need that when I go trekking ;-)I see now the Camino Frances surface hasn't got to much Road/Asphalt.
● Forested/wild trail 347.2 km
● Path 166.8 km
● Road 107.4 km
● Asphalt 94.2 km
● Dirt road 47.5 km
No outdooractive has a description of the road quality in its database. So if you draw a route it will tell you what is in the database for your route.Did you do this analysis, Paul, or are you copying it from somewhere?
as far as I understood, I will explain it.Path vs. dirt road? wild trail vs. path? Road vs. asphalt?
Thats not the point where you live. When you go to other countries like Spain, Frances, Italy and hike there, it is good to know how much you are on roads or may have nice trails to use less shoesole on it.I have enough asphalt where I live, I don't need that when I go trekking ;-)
I was trying to be funny, hence the smiley. My bad.Thats not the point where you live. When you go to other countries like Spain, Frances, Italy and hike there, it is good to know how much you are on roads or may have nice trails to use less shoesole on it.
I was wondering the same thing. Road and asphalt are pretty similar and in my mind and so are forested/wild trail, path, and even dirt road. For the latter three - how much are truly dirt vs rock, vs dirt/rock mix? Some "dirt" roads have lots of rock embedded in them and some are truly dirt. Some wild trails/paths are all dirt, some are very rocky, many are mixed rock and dirt. And how many or those natural paths are slates of stone. Then the quality of surface varies with all the above. Also - many of the road/asphalt areas have a worn dirt path right next to them. I walked on those worn paths many times when I "should have" been walking on a road.This is interesting, but it’s not clear to me what the differences are between and among some of the categories. Path vs. dirt road? wild trail vs. path? Road vs. asphalt?
Yes, I have to agree about the CP from Porto. I found the board walking on the Literal quite exhilarating but otherwise lots of road walking.In defense of the CF: If there is only 94 kms of asphalt on an 800 km walk, as stated earlier, I would call it insignificant. Some of it is between Hontanas and Castrojeriz, which doesn't bother me at all: A beautiful day's walk.
Most of the CF is, IMHO, peaceful walking on natural paths, off traffic and asphalt. Walking out of Leon can be an ordeal, but there is an alternative, peaceful and pleasant route. Same with the entrance to Burgos: The river route is great, while the alternative route is suburban asphalt and a disaster.
The CP (at least from Porto) is much worse, with all the painful cobblestone walking, IMHO (again).
If you really MISS traffic, asphalt and dangerous highway shoulder walking, without much pilgrim support, try starting in Lisbon: A trail for people with a serious death wish... (Again: Just MHO). I endured it for 5 days: Never again.
@Paul-CH, first, thank you for sharing this. Out of curiosity, was this a route that you followed? I can see that you chose variants, like Route Valcarlos at the start, but others later, that might make some small difference to the overall result. I hope others don't lose the thrust of how much geospatial information is available to us today to help us with our planning in mealy-mouthing things like the whether you went into Burgos along the river route or around the airport, or neither.Hi Trecile,
I have an account on outdooractive.com and did the drawing there. Let me know if you are able to look at it. regards Paul
Camino-Frances-Map
Hi Dougfitz, no I didn't do the Frances yet. (its too busy)was this a route that you followed?
Yikes, I previously broke my back. Forested/grass is the best, then a dirt road, for me. Road/asphalt/cement kill my back (pain). So I prefer the grass/forested areas.I see now the Camino Frances surface hasn't got to much Road/Asphalt.
● Forested/wild trail 347.2 km
● Path 166.8 km
● Road 107.4 km
● Asphalt 94.2 km
● Dirt road 47.5 km
And from that you concluded?I see now the Camino Frances surface hasn't got to much Road/Asphalt.
● Forested/wild trail 347.2 km
● Path 166.8 km
● Road 107.4 km
● Asphalt 94.2 km
● Dirt road 47.5 km
What shoes I need to the finish line.And from that you concluded?
This is sure true. But the main thing is approximately 500km not on hard surface only about 200km for asphalt fans. But the can easily find more when taking a road instead follow the path over a hill.Several K difference, not just 1K or less ..
I'm not much of a book person, but I'm more into computer science and do everything on the iPhone with apps and websites. So far, I have reached my planned destination on every one of my journeys. Everyone should do it as they please.Brierley outlines this in his guide for each stage.
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