Conner Roberts
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino de Santiago de Madrid(2015)
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Hey Everyone. (I've been reading many posts on this forum and I've gotta say this is quite the community.)
I'm setting off on my first Camino in the beginning of June (not sure of the day just yet) from Madrid. As of now I'm planning on completing the Camino de Madrid then connecting up with the CF for the remainder (since it is my first Camino I figured I should get both the solitary and the hectic).
Here are my stages: (are these alright? they are subject to change - much of this is from another thread)
1: Tres Cantos (23km)
2: Manzanares del Real (27km)
3: Cercedilla (19km)
4: Segovia (31km)
5: Segovia (staying with friends/exploring)
6: Santa Maria (26km)
7: Coca (24km-ish) (this part of route I'll probably change)
8: Alcazaren (25km)
9: Puente Duero (25km)
10: Penaflor de... (26km)
11: Medina de... (24km)
12: Villalon de... (24km)
13: Santervas (21km)
14: Sahagun...and beyond
Any advice/tips/stories/people I should meet? Weather expectations for that time of year? Really anything is helpful
I'm very excited! This has been a long culminating project for me in many ways. I'm writing a book of poetry at the moment centered on dialogue and meaning nascence so if I see you on the Camino I'd love to share a few moments and words together.
CDBR
Or just walk to La Granja through ValsainTry to allow some time to make a detour to Valladolid from Puente Duero. And as Al the optimist suggested, try to allow some time too to make a detour to La Granja (aka San Ildefonso, aka La Granja de San Ildefonso, aka Real Sitio de San Ildefonso) from Segovia.
Or just walk to La Granja through Valsain
That's true about marked path to Valladolid. I remember markers when leaving Puente Duero to go straight ahead. Camino de Madrid veers to the left alongside the road. Valladolid shouldn't be very far because after short ascent from Simancas you can see Valladolid suburbs in the valley.Yes, that would be another option. Maybe, an even better one than making it from Segovia.
BTW, you can also walk the detour from Puente Duero to Valladolid. The route is marked with shells (urban areas) and mojones (on the pinar).
Valladolid shouldn't be very far
So this could actually be one-day (same day) detour if hospitalero in PD would allow to stay another nightThe Southern part of Valladolid is something like 7 kms away from Puente Duero while Santiago Church, on the City Center, is something like 12-13 kms away.
P.S.: Puente Duero itself is on the municipality of Valladolid since 1960 (it was a municipality on its own before).
P.S.(2): Santiago Church is where the shells end/start (depending on what direction you are walking).
So this could actually be one-day (same day) detour if hospitalero in PD would allow to stay another night
No busing hereYes. And if the hospitalero or hospitalera in Puente Duero doesn't allow it, you could walk from Valladolid to Ciguñuela (roughly 12-13 kms from Santiago church in Valladolid's city center) and stay on the Albergue in Ciguñuela. The walk from Valladolid to Ciguñuela isn't marked but it isn't (too) difficult.
P.S.: Another option, if to return to Puente Duero isn't an option, is to either walk or take a bus from Valladolid to Simancas and to stay in Simancas on private accommodation.
No busing here
And Valladolid Cigunuela is another option. I didn't mention it becauseI've seen from the guidebook that it isn't marked.
I don't know if it's the easiest way, but one way to go Valladolid to Cigunuela is to walk back to Simancas along the road, where you pick up the Camino again. It wouldn't be terribly scenic at the start, but it works!
Here is the link: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/finally-my-camino-de-madrid-june-2014.25354/Thanks for all the feedback folks. @KinkyOne I'll give your blog a read to get an idea of some of the routes. And for those detours I'll probably play it as it comes but will absolutely mark them on my map so I can see more.
(sorry it took so long for me to respond I've been chained to exams haha)
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