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It's definitely on the list.I hope more forum members will strike out and soak up the beauty here.
This is an issue with the Salvador guide as well. I will broach the subject, but there is a lot of pride of authorship here.This looks great, thank you.
Having skimmed a couple of pages, I see there are a lot of photos in the guide. If there is a ‘market’ for it, would it be possible to create a text-only version (perhaps excepting cases where photos might help with way-marking)? That would be helpful for people who want to print the guide, and for people like me who prefer not to see photos of places before I visit them.
Thanks, understood.I will broach the subject, but there is a lot of pride of authorship here.
I did not ask for a bespoke version that meets my individual specs. I made one request and specifically said if there is a market for it (i.e. if enough other people also request it). Of course I will find a way around it myself if the author prefers not to offer a text-only version, but I don’t think it’s an unreasonable request.If you don't want the photos, far better for you to find a way around that yourself, than to ask the author to make a bespoke version that meets your individual specs.
I'd like to do this Camino but I don't want to do the Frances. Is there anyway to detour and do San Salvador, Primitivo or something else to get to SantiagoHere is a link to the English version of the Olvidado guide. Sorry for the delay, but I was walking when I should have been cleaning up some of the language. But since I was walking the Olvidado, all was forgiven.
I hope more forum members will strike out and soak up the beauty here.
There are some stretches where the municipalities have still not actually installed the Olvidado mojones (which are kind of a rusty metal with “camino olvidado” cut out), so there are places where a GPS, IMO is still essential. At least if you have my cartographic skills rather than VN’s!
As always, updates and suggestions are welcome and much appreciated.
Buen camino, Laurie
I'd like to do this Camino but I don't want to do the Frances. Is there anyway to detour and do San Salvador, Primitivo or something else to get to Santiago
Many thanks for this. Looks lovely! I do not own a mobile phone, nor have anything with GPS, so are you saying it would be impossible for a luddite to travel this route?Here is a link to the English version of the Olvidado guide. Sorry for the delay, but I was walking when I should have been cleaning up some of the language. But since I was walking the Olvidado, all was forgiven.
I hope more forum members will strike out and soak up the beauty here.
There are some stretches where the municipalities have still not actually installed the Olvidado mojones (which are kind of a rusty metal with “camino olvidado” cut out), so there are places where a GPS, IMO is still essential. At least if you have my cartographic skills rather than VN’s!
As always, updates and suggestions are welcome and much appreciated.
Buen camino, Laurie
It is lovely, very very lovely. I would not walk this route alone without a GPS. But if I were with someone, and if I were armed with a good guideMany thanks for this. Looks lovely! I do not own a mobile phone, nor have anything with GPS, so are you saying it would be impossible for a luddite to travel this route?
Thanks so much. Sounds good. I wanted to do the San Salvador and Primitivo anyway. I think the Frances is boring and overrated.The easiest “untraveled camino” combo is to walk the Olvidado from Bilbao to Ponferrada and then the Invierno (another camino with a core bunch of forum fanatical fans) to Santiago.
You could also walk the Olvidado from Bilbao to Buiza and then continue on the Salvador to Pajares - Bendueños - Pola de Lena - Mieres - Oviedo. From there the Primitivo.
If I had to choose between those two options it would be a VERY hard decision.
Yeah. There are no volcanoes.I think the Frances is boring and overrated.
You are absolutely rightYeah. There are no volcanoes.
(A friend said that to me after her first visit to Europe with her father, to see where he had come from. She was kidding. Sort of. When you grow up on a volcano and eruptions are your work...everything else seems a little bland by comparison.)
Many thanks. I think at this point in my life I need to be wise, so your advice is appreciated.It is lovely, very very lovely. I would not walk this route alone without a GPS. But if I were with someone, and if I were armed with a good guideI think it would be possible, and certainly safer than going alone without a GPS. The “problem” is that there are routes that take you up in the mountains, real mountains, far from towns. The day after Pola de Gordón, for instance, you could really get stuck in nowhere, with no people or towns for many kms in any direction. And the day to Vegacervera, with its incredible ascent to a ring of peaks, though there are many trails, I was glad to have my GPS to point me onto the right one. But I know there are forum members who have and will walk this route with no GPS. It just depends on your skill set. Mine obviously has a few big defecits.
Thank you very much, we are planning the Olvidado and Invierno in 2020.Here is a link to the English version of the Olvidado guide. Sorry for the delay, but I was walking when I should have been cleaning up some of the language. But since I was walking the Olvidado, all was forgiven.
I hope more forum members will strike out and soak up the beauty here.
There are some stretches where the municipalities have still not actually installed the Olvidado mojones (which are kind of a rusty metal with “camino olvidado” cut out), so there are places where a GPS, IMO is still essential. At least if you have my cartographic skills rather than VN’s!
As always, updates and suggestions are welcome and much appreciated.
Buen camino, Laurie
Oh, E du P B,Thank you very much, we are planning the Olvidado and Invierno in 2020.
Oh, E du P B,
You will absolutely not regret this choice. What month are you planning to go, if I may ask?
Buen camino, Laurie
And while this thread is on the topic of when folks are going, I'm thinking of starting from Bilbao late March or early April. What are your thoughts on snow, impassable trails, etc. starting so early in the spring?
Hi Laurie, we are planning two caminos this year, so it will be April May or September October depending on weather conditions. Most likely sept oct for the Olvidado/Invierno, looking forward to it we love the mountain routes.Oh, E du P B,
You will absolutely not regret this choice. What month are you planning to go, if I may ask?
Buen camino, Laurie
Thanks, Mike, I had somehow forgotten to make your post a sticky, so it is now in a deservedly more prominent place in the Olvidado forum list.Just a reminder that I did the Olvidado from Bilbao to the San Salvador at Buixa in Sept/Oct 19 (with much help from Laurie) - details here https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/starting-the-olvidado-on-sept-18-2019.64505/ and https://mikesroaming.blogspot.com
Planning to leave Bilbao Aug. 29. Plans could change if the delta variant surges in Spain.This is the only version of the guide, but I have posted new info as it comes in on the forum. The caminoolvidado.com website and app are also good sources of information. If you are thinking about walking now, I would check the Ray y Rosa’s facebook page, where you can get some current information. And you could also ask questions there, because I have been told that they are very prompt in their responses.
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I posted some updates in late May on the forum and have not gotten more from Ender.
@Fred Gaudet, when are you thinking about walking?
Just one correction — I translated Ender’s guide into English, I didn’t write it! There is a lot of excellent Olvidado info here on the forum, @High Endeavours, and a very passionate group that loves to answer questions and give opinions. Buen camino, LaurieNow I find that Laurie has put together a guide (thanks for the link) and this has increased my interest even more.
Bongiorno Peregrina Laurie, sono un camminante di 70 anni, mi chiamo Paolo e sono Italiano di Chiavari Provincia di Genova. Ho fatto 10 Cammini di Santiago negli ultimi 10 anni, sempre diversi con arrivo sempre a Santiago.Ecco un link alla versione inglese della guida di Olvidado. Scusate il ritardo, ma stavo camminando quando avrei dovuto ripulire un po' la lingua. Ma siccome percorrevo l'Olvidado, tutto mi fu perdonato.
Spero che più membri del forum colpiscano e assorbano la bellezza qui.
Ci sono alcuni tratti in cui i comuni non hanno ancora effettivamente installato gli Olvidado mojones (che sono una specie di metallo arrugginito con il "camino olvidado" ritagliato), quindi ci sono luoghi in cui un GPS, IMO è ancora essenziale. Almeno se hai le mie capacità cartografiche piuttosto che quelle di VN!
Come sempre aggiornamenti e suggerimenti sono ben accetti e molto apprezzati.
Buen Camino, Laurie
Grazie, ma mi piacerebbeCiao, Paolo!
Non sono Laurie. Ma forse questo aiuta?
C'è anche un PDF.
Buon cammino!
Grazie, ma mi piacerebbe
Grazie, ma mi piacerebbe
Here is a link to the English version of the Olvidado guide. Sorry for the delay, but I was walking when I should have been cleaning up some of the language. But since I was walking the Olvidado, all was forgiven.
I hope more forum members will strike out and soak up the beauty here.
There are some stretches where the municipalities have still not actually installed the Olvidado mojones (which are kind of a rusty metal with “camino olvidado” cut out), so there are places where a GPS, IMO is still essential. At least if you have my cartographic skills rather than VN’s!
As always, updates and suggestions are welcome and much appreciated.
Buen camino, Laurie
This is mostly a Laurie question, but maybe others know the answer. I am confused. If this link is to the original Ender's guide, is there a different link to the updated April 2022 Ender's guide in Spanish? I start early next week from Bilbao, and currently am feeling overwhelmed by the immense but scattered great information on the Olvidado. Of course, I know it will sort itself out, day by day....Hola (or G'Day), Laurie - thanks for the link. Is the guide only available as a "download"/ soft copy or is there a printed version?? I would prefer a printed one. Alternatively can we make a donation for downloading the soft copy??
Regards
Mike
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