NomadBoomer
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances ( 2017, 2018,Aug 2023) Vdlp (2018)
Hi
I walked the frances in September 17 from sjdp. I absolutely loved it and now having caught the bug I plan to do a second one in April this year.
I want to walk a different way this time and I like the thought of a quieter route. After a fair bit of reading I am uncertain of which way to go and would appreciate any input.
I have a bit of flexibility but I am looking at 3-4 weeks say 400-500km sometime between late march and mid may. 22-25 km a day is perfect but some 30km+ days are fine.
My ideal walk is a well marked trail, easy underfoot, flat or undulating or steep climbing all OK. I am not very keen on steep downhills on narrow rocky trails. It is nice to have a bit of variety but I enjoyed the meseta too. It would be great to get some of those special Camino places again like the pilgrim masses, volunteer run alburges, open churches and communal meals. I am happy to walk alone or with a few others but it would be good to have other people to talk to in the evenings. My Spanish is terrible unfortunately.
At the moment I am leaning towards the vdlp from salamanca via ourense. Initially I was looking at the Salvador / Primitivo but I now think it might be a little tough alone this time. Any advice or input about these or other options, or timing would be great.
Cheers Paul
I walked the frances in September 17 from sjdp. I absolutely loved it and now having caught the bug I plan to do a second one in April this year.
I want to walk a different way this time and I like the thought of a quieter route. After a fair bit of reading I am uncertain of which way to go and would appreciate any input.
I have a bit of flexibility but I am looking at 3-4 weeks say 400-500km sometime between late march and mid may. 22-25 km a day is perfect but some 30km+ days are fine.
My ideal walk is a well marked trail, easy underfoot, flat or undulating or steep climbing all OK. I am not very keen on steep downhills on narrow rocky trails. It is nice to have a bit of variety but I enjoyed the meseta too. It would be great to get some of those special Camino places again like the pilgrim masses, volunteer run alburges, open churches and communal meals. I am happy to walk alone or with a few others but it would be good to have other people to talk to in the evenings. My Spanish is terrible unfortunately.
At the moment I am leaning towards the vdlp from salamanca via ourense. Initially I was looking at the Salvador / Primitivo but I now think it might be a little tough alone this time. Any advice or input about these or other options, or timing would be great.
Cheers Paul