Krista Rogman
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances (2016), Camino Portugues (2017)
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There are plenty of signs! With the added help of an up to date guide book, you will not have any problems!Are there enough signs to keep people on the "right path."
I am walking first time in Oct. Porto to SDC but will have a guide book + camino ways app. But I am hoping that I don't have to rely on the phone and the signs + guidebook will be enough though the guidebook doesn't have a ton of advice for re-routes.
Are there enough signs to keep people on the "right path."
I am walking first time in Oct. Porto to SDC but will have a guide book + camino ways app. But I am hoping that I don't have to rely on the phone and the signs + guidebook will be enough though the guidebook doesn't have a ton of advice for re-routes.
That's because people don't download Camino GPS tracks but instead using GPS device as if they would be driving in a car. Dangerous but also stupid thing to do if you want to walk the Camino....
I met some pilgrims who thought that they were clever. Instead of following the camino they followed GPS. While GPS did lead them the shortest routes to the next stopping place, GPS took them mainly on the highways.
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WOW OMG good to know! THank u!Yes, and be especially careful walking on highways if you're wearing a rain poncho. A few years back I was blown completely over and nearly under a big truck. My poncho acted like a sail. I could have blown on the truck wheels they were so close. Never again...
Great advice, thanks!There are plenty of arrows. If you don't see one by the next intersection back track to the last one you saw. Sometimes the arrows are small, in unexpected places and in one spot 1/2 way down the block.
I have done the Camino Frances once and the Camino Portugues out of Porto twice.
If you are going to start walking in the dark, it might be a good idea to walk the route out of what ever town you are in the evening before in the daylight. I found that leaving Tui could be especially challenging.
There are a few sections when you will have to walk along the N-550. Be very alert and take your time.
I've just been using Google Streetview to "travel" the Primitivo from Embalse de Salime all the way to Grandas de Salime. I even waved to a few pilgrims as a moused past them. It looks to me like there are several sections where the hapless traveler is forced onto the road because there is very little shoulder between the guard rail and the rock face. It looks fairly treacherous for pedestrians. The only option (other than take a taxi) seems to be "good luck" and "forge ahead."
It’s never any fun walking on the road, but this is not one of the more terrifying stretches.
...more terrifying stretches?
Terrifying and Terrifying.From Cáceres to Casar de Cáceres on the Vdlp
on the Mozárabe from the bridge on the N-430 after Santa Amalia and into Torrefresnada.
Terrifying and Terrifying.
I've heard that a camino association is trying to get funding to create a pedestrian river crossing for the Mozarabe. My guess is that this would mean stepping stones or raised platform at the ford over the Rio Burdalo to let pilgrims walk in a straight line from Yelbes to San Pedro de Merida - skipping Santa Amalia and Torresfrenada altogether.
If I can get more information, would you be interested in signing a petition or writing a letter to support this initiative? Would be good to put an end to pilgrims walking on the N-430.
Not sure who will lead this. As far as I know, it's still at the nemawashi stage. Sending you a private message.Do you know which Camino Association it is? Maybe we can help publicize their effort.
I'm delighted to report that Badajoz Jacobea (the Camino association for this region) has signposted an alternative route from Medellin to San Pedro de Merida which avoids this section of road entirely.And even more terrifying, on the Mozárabe from the bridge on the N-430 after Santa Amalia and into Torrefresnada.
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