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I walked the Salvador last year. Absolutely beautiful scenery, delightful people and hardy Asturias food. A highlight was staying at the albergue Buenduenos near Herias where Sandra gave me a small ceramic pin like the one in this video, starting at 30:22. The speaker seams to be explaining the significance of the pin. I speak very little Spanish so I don’t know what he’s saying. Can any forum Spanish speakers interpret for me? This pin has special meaning to me.
I understand old and creaky and your desire to get there. Soon I hope, soon being relative.I’m old & creaky but I’d walk it tomorrow if I could but get there
@peregrina2000: Ray y Rosa give out small yellow arrow plastic pins to the pilgrims at dinner in their home in Manzanares el Real, on the Madrid. I don't know what happened to the pin, but I retain the memory, as well as the connection with Father Elias Valino.Hi, Jeff,
Ender is explaining the significance of the yellow arrow, how you won’t get lost without it, and how it all started with Father Elías Valiño in O’Cebreiro who started the tradition (I don’t know if it’s true, but the story is that the priest got a bunch of leftover paint from the highway department and used it to paint arrows, and that’s how the tradition started).
I think there are other groups that give out the same papier maché arrow, maybe the Mozárabe group in Alicante if I remember correctly. I agree with you that the personal touch of the small gift makes for a great way to remember a spectacular camino!
We were given yellow arrow pins at Bodenaya on the Primitivo in 2018. A lovely gesture!@peregrina2000: Ray y Rosa give out small yellow arrow plastic pins to the pilgrims at dinner in their home in Manzanares el Real, on the Madrid. I don't know what happened to the pin, but I retain the memory, as well as the connection with Father Elias Valino.
I haven’t found a guidebook for the Salvador.
I did the Salvador in 2019. I used Enders guide, Forwalk, Wise Pilgrim, and @Elle Bieling's blogMy Camino dreaming has me thinking of walking the Salvador starting in Oviedo to Leon, the Frances to Ponferrada, the Invierno, and the Sanabres to Santiago. I like the idea of walking on lots of new, and also some familiar, ground. I haven’t found a guidebook for the Salvador.
I used the Wise Pilgrim app as my guide. I walked north from Leon to Oviedo and that's the way the app is set up.The trail was well marked with yellow arrows in most places, but in a few places they were sparse enough that I got off track. The app helped me get back on track. It's not a heavily traveled Camino, at least in early May. I walked the Salvador in 5 days, 3 of them I was the only pilgrim in sight or in the albergues.My Camino dreaming has me thinking of walking the Salvador starting in Oviedo to Leon, the Frances to Ponferrada, the Invierno, and the Sanabres to Santiago. I like the idea of walking on lots of new, and also some familiar, ground. I haven’t found a guidebook for the Salvador.
I think that’s true most of the year, but Ender has told me that in August it gets really crowded. And the facilities are not sufficient for the numbers. I’ve walked it in October, June and July and never had a problem, though there were always others walking, I wasn’t alone.It's not a heavily traveled Camino, at least in early May.
Where can I get Ender's guide to the San Salvador?I did the Salvador in 2019. I used Enders guide, Forwalk, Wise Pilgrim, and @Elle Bieling's blog
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Just follow the link in @peregrina2000 ’s post aboveWhere can I get Ender's guide to the San Salvador?
GraciasJust follow the link in @peregrina2000 ’s post above
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