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But I am now in Leon and ready to start the Salvador tomorrow. Yesterday Kinky recognized me (I was in the room next to his in the Hostal España) and we will both be starting off tomorrow. As will @koilife, so I'm thinking that tomorrow in La Robla there will be a big forum party. And Ender will be coming by as well!!!
Well, at some point I will write up some notes about the San Olav from Covarrubias to Burgos. Bottom line--if you have s GPS and an urge to get off the Francés for a few days, this is a beautiful challenge. Dinosaur prints (114 million years old if you can get your head around that) and one of the three visigothic churches still standing in Spain--it was amazing.
But I am now in Leon and ready to start the Salvador tomorrow. Yesterday Kinky recognized me (I was in the room next to his in the Hostal España) and we will both be starting off tomorrow. As will @koilife, so I'm thinking that tomorrow in La Robla there will be a big forum party. And Ender will be coming by as well!!!
Anyone else on the Salvador now?
Buen camino, Laurie.
How hot is it?
Well, at some point I will write up some notes about the San Olav from Covarrubias to Burgos. Bottom line--if you have s GPS and an urge to get off the Francés for a few days, this is a beautiful challenge. Dinosaur prints (114 million years old if you can get your head around that) and one of the three visigothic churches still standing in Spain--it was amazing.
But I am now in Leon and ready to start the Salvador tomorrow. Yesterday Kinky recognized me (I was in the room next to his in the Hostal España) and we will both be starting off tomorrow. As will @koilife, so I'm thinking that tomorrow in La Robla there will be a big forum party. And Ender will be coming by as well!!!
Anyone else on the Salvador now?
Buen camino, Laurie.
Keep safe Lurie and have a wonderful Camino.Well, at some point I will write up some notes about the San Olav from Covarrubias to Burgos. Bottom line--if you have s GPS and an urge to get off the Francés for a few days, this is a beautiful challenge. Dinosaur prints (114 million years old if you can get your head around that) and one of the three visigothic churches still standing in Spain--it was amazing.
But I am now in Leon and ready to start the Salvador tomorrow. Yesterday Kinky recognized me (I was in the room next to his in the Hostal España) and we will both be starting off tomorrow. As will @koilife, so I'm thinking that tomorrow in La Robla there will be a big forum party. And Ender will be coming by as well!!!
Anyone else on the Salvador now?
Buen camino, Laurie.
Well, at some point I will write up some notes about the San Olav from Covarrubias to Burgos. Bottom line--if you have s GPS and an urge to get off the Francés for a few days, this is a beautiful challenge. Dinosaur prints (114 million years old if you can get your head around that) and one of the three visigothic churches still standing in Spain--it was amazing.
But I am now in Leon and ready to start the Salvador tomorrow. Yesterday Kinky recognized me (I was in the room next to his in the Hostal España) and we will both be starting off tomorrow. As will @koilife, so I'm thinking that tomorrow in La Robla there will be a big forum party. And Ender will be coming by as well!!!
Anyone else on the Salvador now?
Buen camino, Laurie.
Well, at some point I will write up some notes about the San Olav from Covarrubias to Burgos. Bottom line--if you have s GPS and an urge to get off the Francés for a few days, this is a beautiful challenge. Dinosaur prints (114 million years old if you can get your head around that) and one of the three visigothic churches still standing in Spain--it was amazing.
But I am now in Leon and ready to start the Salvador tomorrow. Yesterday Kinky recognized me (I was in the room next to his in the Hostal España) and we will both be starting off tomorrow. As will @koilife, so I'm thinking that tomorrow in La Robla there will be a big forum party. And Ender will be coming by as well!!!
Anyone else on the Salvador now?
Buen camino, Laurie.
Well, at some point I will write up some notes about the San Olav from Covarrubias to Burgos. Bottom line--if you have s GPS and an urge to get off the Francés for a few days, this is a beautiful challenge. Dinosaur prints (114 million years old if you can get your head around that) and one of the three visigothic churches still standing in Spain--it was amazing.
But I am now in Leon and ready to start the Salvador tomorrow. Yesterday Kinky recognized me (I was in the room next to his in the Hostal España) and we will both be starting off tomorrow. As will @koilife, so I'm thinking that tomorrow in La Robla there will be a big forum party. And Ender will be coming by as well!!!
Anyone else on the Salvador now?
Buen camino, Laurie.
Oh that's right, I also wanted to know how many stops you're planning to do? Looks like it's a 5-stage-camino, but do you Think it's possible to do in 4? I'm a bit short of time this year!
/BP
Ps. Hi BP. I have done the Salvador twice in four days. Leon -Pola de Gordon(pension)-Pajares-Pola de Lena-Oviedo. Very possible but I am liking this more relaxed way as well.
One more thing: echoing Madidi's question above: I always use tennis/running shoes - will this be a problem for me on Salvador and Primitivo this time of year??
I used my running shoes, there is one stretch that's quite marshy and you'll likely get wet feet walking through it (I did) but change of socks and you'll be good to go. Other than that trainers were fine
Hi Laurie, Sounds like you are having a great time: enjoy the rest of your camino.
Can I ask please, are you walking in boots or shoes and how was Hostal Espana in Leon: I am hoping to follow you on the Salvador in late August.
Kind Regards,
S.
Hi al, just saw your Message. I hope to be in Santisgo on July 4 or 5. Hope to see you. L.I had to reschedule due to problems else I would have been there now as well. Obviously just not meant to be! I am sauntering along the Norte instead. When you guys expect to be in Santiago?
It's a bit more than just mud . . . Just saying . . .I'm glad to hear that. Wet shoes don't bother me because they dry and I never get blisters anyway. It's just if there's mud, things are more complicated because the dirt stays in the shoes when they dry...
It's a bit more than just mud . . . Just saying . . .
My son and I are in trail runners (not water proof) and doing just fine. Water pours in, then pumps back out with normal walking action. We only change socks at the albergue because 5 min later the new ones will be just as soaked as the old ones.
Everyone has been slipping and sliding in the mud, whether boots or shoes. The key thing is good tread with a trail runner or boot. Simple road running shoes probably have insufficient tread.
Once in Oviedo, we'll do a good cleaning of the shoes to get those mud (and other) particles out.
Hi Laurie,
I stayed in La Robla last year, was it Ender checked me into albergue? I don't think so from photo on other thread. Is he full time hospitalero?
Buen Camino.
Actually, Laurie accomplishes far more with charm and kindness than any broom or mop ever could. It's quite extraordinary to see.Taxiing on this route? I hope you have them a dirty look and a cold shoulder. I would have wanted to run them out with the albergue broom or mop, if broom and mop were on hand! 0
Xisto (I may be spelling that wrong)
Hi Madidi, I am wearing low hiking runners. I think that's what they are called.
In Mieres. The albergue only opens at 5 but to tell you the truth I would have gone to a pensión anyway. I am kind of dragging with a cold and almost no voice.
Left Bendueños late (for me) because for the first time on the camino I slept till after 7. That should give you an idea of how peaceful it is.
Santa Cristina de Lena was of course the day's highlight. The señora with the keys will open for pilgrims at any reasonable time if she is home. So I didn't have to wait till 11.
Tomorrow Oviedo!! I'm spending two nights there so that LT, Helena and I can have some quality time. That means maybe Kinky will show up !
All my favorite cheap pensiones in Oviedo are full so I have a hunch the Primitivo will be crowded. Starting on Tuesday. Buen camino, Laurie.
Just wanted to add a point about running shoes. I am on the Norte (picked up where I left off in October) and today went off Camino where I took an amazing coastal senda actually hugging the coastline up into the mountains, through two passes and down into Laredo. This was NOT the Camino - I was fed up with all the asphalt and saw another route - and I was alone which was dumb. Anyway luckily I met a senderismo group on my way up cause it started to pour, turned windy and the downhill was dangerously slippery for everyone and I was the only one in running shoes. Many fell, me too, and it was pretty scary as I have almost no tread on my new running shoes.
Conclusion for me is that I look forward to meeting Laurie but I may not do the Primitivo as planned. Today shook me up and do not want to chance this happening again with running shoes along the Primitivo.
A friend of mine did the Hospitales route today and pictures look very dark. He has had 2 days of steady rain and there has been lots of mud and falling.
Not to scare anyone but to advise boots or trail runners with better thread than normal running shoes which is what my friend and I wear.
A slip and fall can cause real physical damage, up to camino ending or life threatening. If the footwear makes slipping far more likely because it isn't well suited to the conditions, then due caution should apply.But I see that many of you write that a lot of people slip and fall, regardless of boots or running shoes. So why don't you want to continue - because you are afraid to hurt your feet? I reckon if I just look where I put me feet I should be fine?
In sunny lovely Oviedo, where I have enjoyed sampling lots of artisanal cheeses during a special fiesta. Totally delicious. Got to enjoy some traditional dancing as well.
I will be here onMonday and can't wait to see LT. I will see Helena in a couple of hours.
The worst part from the Puerto de Pajares to Pajares pueblo is the part that goes through what is in nice weather a lovely forest. Ender knows it's really bad in the rain and is looking for an alternative, which I think he may have found but had not yet marked.
I think that the only potentially treacherous part of the Primitivo is the descent from the pass through Montefurado to Lago. That awaits those who go through Pola de Allande as well as those who go Hospitales. But there is a carretera alternative if things are really bad. The walk up to Hospitales and the pass would be hard but I don't think dangerous in rain.
The Naranco church and palace, I am delighted to learn, are open on Monday morning!!!!!
Well, at some point I will write up some notes about the San Olav from Covarrubias to Burgos. Bottom line--if you have s GPS and an urge to get off the Francés for a few days, this is a beautiful challenge. Dinosaur prints (114 million years old if you can get your head around that) and one of the three visigothic churches still standing in Spain--it was amazing.
But I am now in Leon and ready to start the Salvador tomorrow. Yesterday Kinky recognized me (I was in the room next to his in the Hostal España) and we will both be starting off tomorrow. As will @koilife, so I'm thinking that tomorrow in La Robla there will be a big forum party. And Ender will be coming by as well!!!
Anyone else on the Salvador now?
Buen camino, Laurie.
Hello peregrina Laurie,
I'll be doing el Salvador and el Primitivo in 2 wks. Weather-wise especially evenings do you have any info, e.g can I get by with a fleece and raingear for cooler/wetter hikes? Do I need a sleeping bag or are hostels equipped with blankets? (in which case I'd just bring the silk sleeping-bag liner). I'm going solo and am trying to keep rucksack as light as possible. Thanks for any tips!
Buen camino, Nora
Ha Laurie, I'm so so glad you had time to stop at Buenduenos. I was sure you would love it there.Taking it slow on the Salvador. i was worried about my knee, which so far has been fine, but I have no complaints.
Yesterday from Poladura to Pajares were probably the hardest 14 km I ever walked. Up to the cross was beautiful and exhilarating but when we crossed over the ridge, the rain started and it was hard walking. The descent to Puerto Pajares was rough but the descent from there to the albergue was downright treacherous. Mud like you've never seen. But still beautiful in so many ways.
I'm in Bendueños tonight (another short day). Kevin had told me this was a must- stop place and he is so right. I'll post more later but my bottom line is that if you are walking the Salvador, take the 2 km detour up to Bendueños. You will absolutely not regret it.
Hi Laurie, Sounds like you are having a great time: enjoy the rest of your camino.
Can I ask please, are you walking in boots or shoes and how was Hostal Espana in Leon: I am hoping to follow you on the Salvador in late August.
Kind Regards,
S.
Ha Laurie, I'm so so glad you had time to stop at Buenduenos. I was sure you would love it there.
Well, at some point I will write up some notes about the San Olav from Covarrubias to Burgos. Bottom line--if you have s GPS and an urge to get off the Francés for a few days, this is a beautiful challenge. Dinosaur prints (114 million years old if you can get your head around that) and one of the three visigothic churches still standing in Spain--it was amazing.
But I am now in Leon and ready to start the Salvador tomorrow. Yesterday Kinky recognized me (I was in the room next to his in the Hostal España) and we will both be starting off tomorrow. As will @koilife, so I'm thinking that tomorrow in La Robla there will be a big forum party. And Ender will be coming by as well!!!
Anyone else on the Salvador now?
Buen camino, Laurie.
Just to make slight correction to Laurie's 2kms to Benduenos if someone would be put away because of that. I recorded it with Wikiloc and it shows 1,5km. And well worth of stopping there!Taking it slow on the Salvador. i was worried about my knee, which so far has been fine, but I have no complaints.
Yesterday from Poladura to Pajares were probably the hardest 14 km I ever walked. Up to the cross was beautiful and exhilarating but when we crossed over the ridge, the rain started and it was hard walking. The descent to Puerto Pajares was rough but the descent from there to the albergue was downright treacherous. Mud like you've never seen. But still beautiful in so many ways.
I'm in Bendueños tonight (another short day). Kevin had told me this was a must- stop place and he is so right. I'll post more later but my bottom line is that if you are walking the Salvador, take the 2 km detour up to Bendueños. You will absolutely not regret it.
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