backwardscamino
New Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- June
Hello everyone!
I cycled the camino frances roughly thirty years ago, with my dad, and I am hoping to now do some of the camino portugues, from Porto, with my wife on our tandem bicycle this June
This seems relatively straight forward, and we are looking forward to it, however the next part of the plan is trickier. From Santiago we are planning to do most of the Norte route backwards on our way home via Donostia/San Sebastian.
As the signs will generally, i imagine, be unhelpful, my plan is to find a good route map, like the Michelin one, or a gps route and edit it if need be for simplicity's sake, avoiding the trickyest off road sections, and do this backwards.
To that end, if any veterans of the Norte know any pleasant shortcuts, any parts to avoid on a bike (I hear there are already dedicated bike sections but these won't be obvious going backwards), or any ugly sections where a train might be an option please let me know. I know this in some people's view might not be in the spirit of a pilgrimage but in my defence we will be returning from a pilgrimage, and return legs were, traditionally, part of the journey.
Thank you for your help and comments!
I cycled the camino frances roughly thirty years ago, with my dad, and I am hoping to now do some of the camino portugues, from Porto, with my wife on our tandem bicycle this June
This seems relatively straight forward, and we are looking forward to it, however the next part of the plan is trickier. From Santiago we are planning to do most of the Norte route backwards on our way home via Donostia/San Sebastian.
As the signs will generally, i imagine, be unhelpful, my plan is to find a good route map, like the Michelin one, or a gps route and edit it if need be for simplicity's sake, avoiding the trickyest off road sections, and do this backwards.
To that end, if any veterans of the Norte know any pleasant shortcuts, any parts to avoid on a bike (I hear there are already dedicated bike sections but these won't be obvious going backwards), or any ugly sections where a train might be an option please let me know. I know this in some people's view might not be in the spirit of a pilgrimage but in my defence we will be returning from a pilgrimage, and return legs were, traditionally, part of the journey.
Thank you for your help and comments!