intrepidtraveler
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Thanks, Kanga for setting me straight.Yes, @peregrina2000, among others. There is a recent thread started by @Bad Pilgrim. There is a whole section of the forum for it - your thread has been moved there. If you get lost but can see this - here is the area:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/camino-de-la-lana.56/
Thank you @peregrina2000 for the link. It looks like there is an opportunity for me to practice my Spanish as well as learn about the Ruta de Lana.Hi, intrepidtraveler,
I know exactly what you mean, there are way too many caminos. I have walked only a few days on the Lana. It was part of my journey when I walked the Ebro and connected with the Castellano-Aragonés and from there went on the Lana for a few days to get to Santo Domingo. I have a link that lists stages and some good info. I probably have some other bookmarks on my computer, so I'll check it later for you. http://www.caminosantiago.org/cpperegrino/caminos/caminover.asp?CaminoId=9
Definitely high on the list!
@intrepidtraveler I rely on Google translate for websites in Spanish. Weird results, but I can usually figure out what it means.
Has anyone in this group walked the Ruta de Lana within recent (last 5) years? If so, would you be willing to share your experience - accommodation, waymarking, weather, etc? Thanks in advance for any insights into this route.
The list of available Camino options seems to be getting longer by the day. I am starting to feel like the proverbial kid in the candy store....
Hi Intrepidtraveler.
I walked the Lana this year in June-July. Really one of my favourite Caminos. I think I wrote something about it in the Lana section of this Forum. I would definitely do it again. I had some problems with my foot that slowed me down, as well as the weather that was horrible (rain and storm) for several days. I guess it was bad luck. Waymarking was excellent the first weeks but then deteriorated in some regions. Accomodation is quite good but you have to look it up one or two days in advance to be sure to get the cheaper alternatives.
What a coincidence. The other evening I spent time watching some YouTube videos of the Ruta de Lana. The next morning, there in my inbox, is the notification about your post on the Ruta de Lana. Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Just a few more questions if you have a chance to reply....
It looks like you walked some seriously long days - 35-40kms. Was that by choice or was it necessary to find food/lodging? You also made a comment about the alternative routes not being noted in the guidebook which cost you some detours - where can I get this info in advance? Any issues with landowners closing off access to the route? I seem to recall this being an issue in years gone by.
Still trying to decide between the RdL and the Aragones-Frances-Salvador-Primitivo combo....
Thanks for taking the time to reply.
Hi Intrepidtraveler.
I walked the Lana this year in June-July. Really one of my favourite Caminos. I think I wrote something about it in the Lana section of this Forum. I would definitely do it again. I had some problems with my foot that slowed me down, as well as the weather that was horrible (rain and storm) for several days. I guess it was bad luck. Waymarking was excellent the first weeks but then deteriorated in some regions. Accomodation is quite good but you have to look it up one or two days in advance to be sure to get the cheaper alternatives.
/BP
They say good things come in threes. BP is back on after a long absence, and @Dave and @Kevin F. O*brien made a reappearance in the last few days, so there must be something about the end of the year that makes people want to reconnect with their forum friends! So glad to see all of you back here. Buen camino, Laurie
Hi BP I was reading your posts last year and they probably helped me switch from the Sureste to the Lana. Im going to be walking from Alicante on the 9th March, I was going to cut it short at Cuenca and move on to the Madrid but decided to tough it out on the tracks after Cuenca. I know you have said some paths would be impassable after rain because of mud and I have seen it written elsewhere, do you remember which sections they are and what the alternative was?
Mike
Ps the rains not too bad in March historically but if it's been a cold winter who knows?
Okay, so I went back to the maps on the thread
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/guidebook-of-the-lana-advice-needed.47063/
to revive my journey last summer... Have you found the guide for the stages of the Lana there? The maps and directions are excellent, but some of the phone numbers are inaccurate and some albergues/hostels don't exist anymore. I made a choice not to take note of the changes, so unfortunately I cannot publish an update on this.
Anyway, the point where I thought I went wrong was in Mandayona where there is an alternative. The two stages are called Mandayona-Siguenza and Mandayona-Atienza and are perfectly indicated as two different stages in the maps on the thread above (in two separate maps). I thought I was lost but I was actually following one of them... Because of the lack of waymarking I got worried, backtracked and added 2 hours to that day's walk. That is where my foot problem began... Oh well. And it so happens that the stage between Mandayona and Atienza also was the one that was practically impossible to push through because of the mud: rural tracks 100 % for the first few kms. And it was the same stage where I had to climb over a fence because I couldn't figure out how to get the gate open, and then got help from the landowner herself concerning another gate. The last 7 kms into Atienza were also horrible - but beautiful of course - on a muddy path in the woods. My little foot was finito after that... And there was at least one place in between to divide the stage in two.
That said, I think that any stage on the Lana becomes difficult in or after rain since there is a lot of rural tracks. I don't think it had to do with the Mandayona-Atienza stage in particular. And perhaps it was my fault I didn't figure out how to open those gates. I haven't heard about it being a problem for other Laners out there!
/BP
Hi Mike,
Read my response to Intrepidtraveler above, about the mud...
I am glad you will discover the Lana; I prefer this one to the Sureste, if I had to choose!
Will you write about it on the Forum while you are there?
/BP
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