Kiwi-family
{Rachael, the Mama of the family}
- Time of past OR future Camino
- walking every day for the rest of my life
I have looked at the elevations and maps on Gronze and it looks like a mostly flat route (apart from about a week's worth of little climbs). It also would seem that all stages can be kept below 20km except for Castilblanco de los Arroyos to Almaden de la Plata (28.9km), Monesterio to Funete de Cantos (21.2km), Casar de Caceres to Albergue del Embalse de Alcantara (21.8km), Calzada de Valdunciel to El Cubo de Vino (20.6km). On those stretches how easy is it to take a bus if needed or arrange for a taxi pick-up partway?
My concern about strenuousness is because my father-in-law who walked with us in 2012 has been confined to bed for the past couple of months completely unable to move due to a rare serious infection that has been eating away his spine. He had major surgery last week to stabilise his spine and we are talking about/dreaming of doing a camino together when he can walk again. At first we thought the maximum distance might need to be 10km per day and we know that could most easily be achieved on the Frances, but we like the look of this route and also De Levante (although that one seems more demanding). We are hoping he may be able to work up to 20km - right now he cannot even stand unassisted, so it is a big dream. He also has only a 30% chance of beating this nasty bug, but we are praying he will win and trying not to think about the numbers.
How motivating it would be for him to be able to realistically consider what we might manage and so I ask about this route, hoping you'll be brutally honest.
Thanks.
My concern about strenuousness is because my father-in-law who walked with us in 2012 has been confined to bed for the past couple of months completely unable to move due to a rare serious infection that has been eating away his spine. He had major surgery last week to stabilise his spine and we are talking about/dreaming of doing a camino together when he can walk again. At first we thought the maximum distance might need to be 10km per day and we know that could most easily be achieved on the Frances, but we like the look of this route and also De Levante (although that one seems more demanding). We are hoping he may be able to work up to 20km - right now he cannot even stand unassisted, so it is a big dream. He also has only a 30% chance of beating this nasty bug, but we are praying he will win and trying not to think about the numbers.
How motivating it would be for him to be able to realistically consider what we might manage and so I ask about this route, hoping you'll be brutally honest.
Thanks.