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Any advise?
I haven't done the Camino Norte yet but planning to do it this year. I am positive that it's quite ok for you to walk alone, and concerning your age - as long as you can walk, you can walk the Camino! Whether 5 km a day or 25, that is not important. The important is to be there and move along!For some years the Picos de Europa has been in my interest and these years I have studied this route reading what all of you have written about it. I would like to walk from Santander, where I ended my camino Norte some years ago, to Funte De and spend som nights there as an end.
See that I can walk shorter days than most of you do, but still wondering whether this is something for a 71 year old woman walking alone. Some of you wrote about being attacked by wild dogs as well¡ Any advise?
We were told, that the road from Hortigal to Cades only goes on asphalt and we were advised to take the path along the Rio Nansa. And it was like the Garden Eden.
Thanks,Michael, for your advice! I have not decided yet the route for the first day. I am an old woman walking alone and some streches along the river Nansa looks a bit difficult after reading some posts here in the forum. Like before all caminos I have to build up my soul for what I can manage or not, so time will show.Hallo ranthr,
We walked the Camino Lebaniego/Vadiniense in June 2017 and it was great. We started on the Camino Norte to get in the mood and then we changed to the Lebaniego. For the beginning of the Lebaniego I have a recommendation for you. We were told, that the road from Hortigal to Cades only goes on asphalt and we were advised to take the path along the Rio Nansa. And it was like the Garden Eden.
We walked from San Vicente to Serdio on the same way than the Camino del Norte. We slept there in the Albergue. Maybe 1 km behind Serdio the Lebaniego splitted from the Norte and after one hour we arrived near Munorrodero at the Rio Nansa. There was the beginning of paradies.
For 10 km you can walk along the riverside, sometimes on wooden galleries which are build directly on the rocks. When you leave the river you have to walk 4 for kilometers to Cades. From there it´s one a"little step" to Puente el Arrudo.
May be it´s an idea to think about.
I think you know this: www.gronze.com
Here you can see the map and get a few information of this alternative route.
All the best for you
Michael
P.S. Sorry for my bad english, I´m German and I don´t use it, except on the Camino
finally remembered this post. here is the file with the off routes from lebaniego and vadiniense. the first is a day out of potes, the second a multi-day hike (no climbing) through picos. from november 2017, so check the relevant information on accommodation and other things accordingly, please.if you haven't seen them already, here are guides for lebaniego and vadiniense, with suggestions for shorter days: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/guides-to-lebaniego-and-vadiniense.51676/. note: albergues in san vicente and at the monastery of santo toribio are closed!
somewhere on my pc I also have a ramble across picos, I'll take a look.
Thanks Tom! My husband is recovering and I just had an eyeoperation, going tomorrow for a 800 km trip for a control in the next hospital city nearby. I quess not going to Spain this autumn gives me an opportunity to enjoy autumn at home for once, since we often spend some weeks in Spain in autumn. We have lots of free space where we live and daily trips on small hills is possible.Hi ranthr
Sorry to hear that. I wish you well with the family and their health.
You know sometimes a year away from the camino can be a good thing. You'll come back all the more excited and savour every step...
Best wishes, tom
Hi, @ranthr, I have just seen your note. I feel your pain. I was almost unable to have a camino this year, but everything worked out. Next year, who knows, hope springs eternal. But we both should have a pretty huge reservoir of wonderful memories and gratitude for all the walking we have been able to do -- hope that gets you to next year and another Camino! Buen camino, LaurieI am not happy to say that today I have cancelled my camino in September due to different health problems within my family.
First year for years without some sort of camino or other walkingtours.
My luck is that I live in a place where I can walk out of my house and walk for hours if I want out in nature,
so I am one of the lucky ones in that way.
Hope to be back in spring.
"I can see for miles". Good nutrition for the human spirit.Thanks Tom! My husband is recovering and I just had an eyeoperation, going tomorrow for a 800 km trip for a control in the next hospital city nearby. I quess not going to Spain this autumn gives me an opportunity to enjoy autumn at home for once, since we often spend some weeks in Spain in autumn. We have lots of free space where we live and daily trips on small hills is possible.
God bedring!Thanks Tom! My husband is recovering and I just had an eyeoperation, going tomorrow for a 800 km trip for a control in the next hospital city nearby. I quess not going to Spain this autumn gives me an opportunity to enjoy autumn at home for once, since we often spend some weeks in Spain in autumn. We have lots of free space where we live and daily trips on small hills is possible.
Takk, Ivar, bare normale grå stær skifte av linser for oss gamlinger. Du som har vært her i nord vet at jeg har nok av natur for daglige caminoer, så ingen nød å bli hjemme.God bedring!
Thanks, soon back again I suppose!I had missed this, @ranthr , and am sorry to hear your news.
May your health problems and those of your husband resolve very soon - the camino is not going anywhere so it will be there for you when you are ready to walk again.
Buen camino de la vida, peregrina!
Thanks, would have been great to meet you once on a camino in the future, but I would never been able to follow your long stages.Hi, @ranthr, I have just seen your note. I feel your pain. I was almost unable to have a camino this year, but everything worked out. Next year, who knows, hope springs eternal. But we both should have a pretty huge reservoir of wonderful memories and gratitude for all the walking we have been able to do -- hope that gets you to next year and another Camino! Buen camino, Laurie
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