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Yep, and helps to know the elevation changes for the next day.Glancing over the next day's route over an evening drink was usually all the navigation required.
Good for maps, distances, and locations, but its 2010 publication date makes is fairly useless for accommodations! It is lightweight and convenient, so supplements the yellow arrows for the "big picture."
Hi,
I am walking the Camino Frances in April with my wife starting in JPDP. I have learned a lot from looking at the forum so thank you to everyone. The one aspect that I am still puzzled about is map coverage of the route. I have walked in the hills and mountains for years and always carry a map and compass. I am not sure which maps most pilgrims carry or where to get them? I have a guide book with basic maps but nothing 25000/50000 coverage.
Thank you
Harry
Hi,
I am walking the Camino Frances in April with my wife starting in JPDP. I have learned a lot from looking at the forum so thank you to everyone. The one aspect that I am still puzzled about is map coverage of the route. I have walked in the hills and mountains for years and always carry a map and compass. I am not sure which maps most pilgrims carry or where to get them? I have a guide book with basic maps but nothing 25000/50000 coverage.
Thank you
Harry
Did the compass tell upside from down?Yep all you need is a guide book I still carried my compass it came in handy when I had too many cervasa Grandes & walked in the wrong direction.
Did the compass tell upside from down?
Is it a map? Back in 2007 it was a series of sketches of the elevations for each suggested etapas. I still have mine from 2007. It came with another sheet which listed the albergues. If they still have that one it must now be a few pages long. But the OP was hoping for a more typical road map, and that is found in the Rother guides.Dear Anemone del Camino,
In the Pigrims Office in SJDP you will be given the most valuable map with topographic data, very easy, very usefull. This was a very good supporting info for us who did the Camino Frances in 2 years.
upside is the best way to be when looking for a box of grid squaresI did not get to test that as I remained upside
Merry Christmas Mark, I hope your weather is warm & life is good. That goes for all you other Folks as well.upside is the best way to be when looking for a box of grid squares
Thanks and merry Christmas to you tooMerry Christmas Mark, I hope your weather is warm & life is good. That goes for all you other Folks as well.
Keith
Have walked three times now and never needed a map outside of the cities. Started this year from Pamplona and got kind of lost getting from the bus station to the first yellow arrow. Needed a map again when I took a wrong turn leaving Ponferrada in the early morning darkness. Out in the countryside however, never needed a map at all. Used the rough maps at times in the guide book for nothing more than checking distances. On very long days, I tend to break the journey up in my mind to short 3 or 4 km sectionsHi,
I am walking the Camino Frances in April with my wife starting in JPDP. I have learned a lot from looking at the forum so thank you to everyone. The one aspect that I am still puzzled about is map coverage of the route. I have walked in the hills and mountains for years and always carry a map and compass. I am not sure which maps most pilgrims carry or where to get them? I have a guide book with basic maps but nothing 25000/50000 coverage.
Thank you
Harry
Is it a map? Back in 2007 it was a series of sketches of the elevations for each suggested etapas. I still have mine from 2007. It came with another sheet which listed the albergues. If they still have that one it must now be a few pages long. But the OP was hoping for a more typical road map, and that is found in the Rother guides.
Same here. Got mixed up once in Ponferrada too, and once going into Leon. Walked straight when I should have gone right. Took all of ten minutes to find the Camino again.Have walked three times now and never needed a map outside of the cities. Started this year from Pamplona and got kind of lost getting from the bus station to the first yellow arrow. Needed a map again when I took a wrong turn leaving Ponferrada in the early morning darkness. Out in the countryside however, never needed a map at all. Used the rough maps at times in the guide book for nothing more than checking distances. On very long days, I tend to break the journey up in my mind to short 3 or 4 km sections
Hola @falcon269 ; @Jimmy Smith - the edition I have has a 2013/2014 publication date. But I take your point about is specific usefulness in regard to albergue data. For this info I rely on Brierley. But in reality if you download the albergue data on the Forum you could survive with virtually no maps. CheersGood for maps, distances, and locations, but its 2010 publication date makes is fairly useless for accommodations! It is lightweight and convenient, so supplements the yellow arrows for the "big picture."
I think most people simply follow the yellow arrows and the outline maps printed in their guidebooks. Technophiles can also use one of the many Camino apps with their phone's GPS and mapping. I walked from St Jean to Santiago in September and October this year and the only times I found a map was needed were when going off-route in the larger towns. Glancing over the next day's route over an evening drink was usually all the navigation required. Signposting along the CF is not only adequate - it is excessive. Combine that with the huge number of walkers and you will find it quite difficult to lose the trail for long.
Try the Michelinguidebook
Camino de Santiago, Michelin Zoom 160 (Michelin Zoom, nr. 160)
You just follow your shadow in the morning and you are heading west. Then follow the sun and the signs in the afternoon. You can't go wrong.Hi,
I am walking the Camino Frances in April with my wife starting in JPDP. I have learned a lot from looking at the forum so thank you to everyone. The one aspect that I am still puzzled about is map coverage of the route. I have walked in the hills and mountains for years and always carry a map and compass. I am not sure which maps most pilgrims carry or where to get them? I have a guide book with basic maps but nothing 25000/50000 coverage.
Thank you
Harry
Hi,
I am walking the Camino Frances in April with my wife starting in JPDP. I have learned a lot from looking at the forum so thank you to everyone. The one aspect that I am still puzzled about is map coverage of the route. I have walked in the hills and mountains for years and always carry a map and compass. I am not sure which maps most pilgrims carry or where to get them? I have a guide book with basic maps but nothing 25000/50000 coverage.
Thank you
Harry
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