Kiwi-family
{Rachael, the Mama of the family}
- Time of past OR future Camino
- walking every day for the rest of my life
I've been looking at the Baztan route on a 1:25,000 scale and trying to line it up with written instructions from various sources (Laurie's translation and online guides I have found). Mostly I can make sense of it, but there are spots where I can see myself becoming the latest search and rescue story on national news!
For example, leaving Berroeta, it supposed to be possible to go down through Almandoz - that is easy enough to follow. But it is also supposed to be possible to go straight up over the hills. Indeed, there are quite a number of tracks on the map to choose from, but all of them fizzle off into nothing near the top of a ridge. Are you supposed to just walk with a compass and hope for the best - or is it private land that you really shouldn't be traversing? I would like to stay off roads, but there are places along this route where there do not seem to be marked tracks.
I am happy to take a compass and use a map so long as I know the protocol....but I don't want to end up miles off the "official" Camino trail as I'd like to write up notes for following it in the reverse direction.
For example, leaving Berroeta, it supposed to be possible to go down through Almandoz - that is easy enough to follow. But it is also supposed to be possible to go straight up over the hills. Indeed, there are quite a number of tracks on the map to choose from, but all of them fizzle off into nothing near the top of a ridge. Are you supposed to just walk with a compass and hope for the best - or is it private land that you really shouldn't be traversing? I would like to stay off roads, but there are places along this route where there do not seem to be marked tracks.
I am happy to take a compass and use a map so long as I know the protocol....but I don't want to end up miles off the "official" Camino trail as I'd like to write up notes for following it in the reverse direction.