Question for Camino de Madrid

[Camino Samoset Santiago]

Hello fellow pilgrims,
I am planning to walk the Camino de Madrid next year in May. I am a minimalist pilgrim, I just carry the necessary or less.

My question is, do I need any electronic navigation devices, or is the way good enough sign poster?

I prefer just to follow the yellow arrows and let the mind flow, than to follow a GPS device.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Ohhh! And if you have some good advice to leave here for me, I would like to read it.
Buen Camino!

 

[KinkyOne]

Hello fellow pilgrims,
I am planning to walk the Camino de Madrid next year in May. I am a minimalist pilgrim, I just carry the necessary or less.

My question is, do I need any electronic navigation devices, or is the way good enough sign poster?

I prefer just to follow the yellow arrows and let the mind flow, than to follow a GPS device.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Ohhh! And if you have some good advice to leave here for me, I would like to read it.
Buen Camino!

Hola, CSS,

No need for GPS navigation although good to have at least some printed guide with you. CdM is well signed and you shouldn't have any problems just following the arrows or mojones.

For the rest re advice try to read some of older as well as ongoing threads in Madrid section. There are some forum members on the way right now and I'll start on April 19th (just to Villeguillo and then transfer to Levante though). There will be plenty of fresh reports until your departure.

Have a nice day!

 

[Camino Samoset Santiago]

Thanks for your answer. I am reading the CdM section since a couple of weeks, a lot of real good informations.
I am happy, I did some of the lonely routes in Spain, luckily this routes were all more or less good sign posted, good to know the CdM too.

 

[KinkyOne]

Thanks for your answer. I am reading the CdM section since a couple of weeks, a lot of real good informations.
I am happy, I did some of the lonely routes in Spain, luckily this routes were all more or less good sign posted, good to know the CdM too.

I walked Ingles two years ago and can easily confirm that CdM is equally well signposted. Actually it was in 2014 when I've walked it

 

[timr]

I walked CdM last year and it is extremely well waymarked. The CSJ guide which you can get in Kindle version is VERY up to date and recommended. And tells you everything you need to know. I hope you will enjoy it as much at I did! As @KinkyOne says reading the threads in this subforum is, I found, particularly helpful - because it is small and full of enthusiasts. Oh and virtually a bedbug free zone

 

[AZgirl]

So it is very well marked. But as someone who is a bit of a nervous nellie, I downloaded wikiloc on my cell and paid the 5 euros for 3 months access once I got to Spain. There are tracks previos people have made. It was a great comfort to me as I'm not the best with directions and i was alone for a couple days without seeing others. It wasn't necessary but I was glad to have it.

 

[timr]

Yes. I tend to use GPS and mapping apps very little, though I record my own trace obsessively every day. But just one day on CdM, actually trying to get back on trail from Tres Cantos, I found maps.me and someone else's trave very useful. I use wikiloc now but very little still. I'm on VF at present and Google maps VERY useful at end of day for finding already booked accommodation.

 

[Kiwi-family]

Excuse me, off topic but loving your blog @timr - added it to my feed this morning and read every post. Really useful info but simultaneously readable. Go well!

 

[timr]

Excuse me, off topic but loving your blog @timr - added it to my feed this morning and read every post. Really useful info but simultaneously readable. Go well!

Thanks so much. I always enjoy your own contributions and recommended them to a friend from UK now living in NZ only yesterday!

 

[KinkyOne]

Thanks so much. I always enjoy your own contributions and recommended them to a friend from UK now living in NZ only yesterday!

Stop answering posts here and get your Day 6 posted on the blog, Tim

 

[timr]

Haha I'm 'keeping the sabbath holy' and also struggling to find wifi, so I'm enjoying mi-cuit thon and magret de canard with St Émilion and an assiette de fromages this evening. Back to the war rations tomorrow.

 

[Camino Samoset Santiago]

Thank you!