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Thank you!!!Do it! The green route from Lugo is one of the most magical.
Thanks so much! Do you have your fav stops planned for that O to S route?I am walking this mixed Camino in early May. Starting at Oviedo, after Lugo, I plan to turn left, onto the Rita Verde, the Green Route.
It connects Lugo on the Primitivo with Sobrado dos Monxes on the Norte, via Friol. From Friol, one heads on the end of the Norte, joining the end of the Frances at Lavacolla.
Based on my research I am planning two weeks from Oviedo to Santiago.
I look forward to seeing what you decide!I am working on it... very carefully.
@t2andreo make sure you go RIGHT for the Verde!!
Are you walking before or after your volunteer stint in Santiago? I leave from Oviedo like on the 7th after my two weeks in Santiago.I am walking this mixed Camino in early May. Starting at Oviedo, after Lugo, I plan to turn RIGHT, onto the Ruta Verde, the Green Route.
It connects Lugo on the Primitivo with Sobrado dos Monxes on the Norte, via Friol. From Friol, one heads on the end of the Norte, joining the end of the Frances at Lavacolla.
Based on my research I am planning two weeks from Oviedo to Santiago.
Left at the bifurcation will take you up a hill. Right stays nice and flat and takes you alongside the river.Yikes! You are SO right. Left takes you into the river I think. I knew to go RIGHT.
Thanks for the correct. I will edit my post...
Are you walking before or after your volunteer stint in Santiago? I leave from Oviedo like on the 7th after my two weeks in Santiago.
Tom, I know you will be very thorough in your planning! I walked the Primitivo...wished I'd known about the green route, possibly I would have switched over at Lugo...too little, too late for me!I am working on it... very carefully.
So you will be 3 or 4 days ahead of me on the Primitivo. First time on the Primitivo?I leave Oviedo on the 4th May. My volunteer stint is in July & August.
Would love to see it too, please.I am working on it... very carefully.
thank you so much! I've just spend a very enjoyable night 'walking' this route with you!!You could take a look at my blog to see info about my stages from Oviedo via the Verde, starts at stage 21.
Thank you so much. This is very helpful! Added to the planner!I walked the Verde two springs ago. We lost the trail on the way to Friol, ended up hoofing it alongside a busy two-lane road, but we survived. Otherwise it was a wonder!
I recommend writing ahead to the porter at Sobraado and booking a room in their hospederia. It´s clean and quiet, and you are very near the chapel where the brothers sing the hours. Just try not to arrive during their siesta, or you´ll just have to wait outside.
Do you have any information for the part from Sobrado to Lavacolla?, we want to do that part early May.I am walking this mixed Camino in early May. Starting at Oviedo, after Lugo, I plan to turn RIGHT, onto the Ruta Verde, the Green Route.
It connects Lugo on the Primitivo with Sobrado dos Monxes on the Norte, via Friol. From Friol, one heads on the end of the Norte, joining the end of the Frances at Lavacolla.
Based on my research I am planning two weeks from Oviedo to Santiago.
Whew, Tom, my jaw nearly dropped when you mentioned sending your spouse fresh flowers every day from Spain! I was glad to read further and that they were sent virtually! I was ready to bestow upon you "best in show" for "man of the year", but now it's still up for grabs!Yes. I do not plan to leave destruction and devastation in my wake, so you will be safe... I will try to keep pillaging and looting to a minimum... LOL...
Actually the only things I ever take are memories and photos. I have to send my wife 'fresh' flowers from Spain every day while on Camino.
I text them to her so she wakes up to fresh flowers each day. The six-hour time variance helps in that regard. I am usually done walking for the day when she gets up.
It is part of the price I pay for being 'allowed' to do Camino... a more than fair exchange I would say...
I'm going to have to show this post of yours to my hubby!Chris:
Thanks for the kind words. No, I have been in the habit of taking lots of flower photos everytime I walk a Camino. In April and May, there is no shortage of flowers on display.
Then using the six-hour time difference, I compose a 'good morning' text message and send along one photo from the previous 24-hours. Evidently, they make an impression, several have been printed on linen and framed in our home.
I use my iPhone Xr camera... Nothing fancy. But, I do try to compose the shots.
Not walking this year, it will be a challenge to find suitable photo subjects... Oh well, adapt and overcome...
What is almost certain when doing the Camiño Verde is that a wolf is not far from you. But it is very difficult seeing one of them and are not dangerous for people.
Wolves killed a cow in Friol this week.
Adelaida, la última víctima del lobo
Aunque la explotación ecológica de Friol en la que vivía esta vaca había empezado a implementar medidas para defenderse del lobo, no fueron suficienteswww.lavozdegalicia.es
On the Sanabrés, I was taking a “rest stop” behind a bush when my two French companions saw a wolf standing there, kind of majestically yet disdainfully looking at them and then walked way. So I blame my failure to see a wolf on my aging bladder.
And for those who are interested in wolves, though this is not on the Primitivo, I would highly recommend a 1/2 km hike up from the medical center in Lubián (Sanabrés) to see the wolf trap. (Cortello do lobo, I think is the Galego version). A stone circle with the walls slanting inward. They put a baby sacrificial lamb in the middle and when the wolf leapt over to eat it, it found that the angle of the stone wall prohibited its exit.
@Pelegrin, maybe you have more accurate information than what I just wrote but that is what I remember.
Buen camino, Laurie
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