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Tomorrow should Medina del Campo.
Don't have my guide book with me at the moment so don't know. However, my guide book was updated in 2015 so we will see! Whatever happens, if I feel ok I will not take the road way and use my own directions.Okay,
There are two options to enter Medina del Campo. I wonder if both are mentioned in your guide? I don't remember if we have the same guide. It is just after having left San Vicente de Palacios.
The walk next to the highway is a real slog but it is the only one I know of. I have never seen the arrows that point to the other way that continues on the farm tracks until it reaches Medina del Campo. The latter one must be a little bit longer, but looks more peaceful than the highway. I am talking out of memory here, but I think the latter track was included in the Sureste guidebook that I used. Choose wisely! :O)
/BP
Don't have my guide book with me at the moment so don't know. However, my guide book was updated in 2015 so we will see! Whatever happens, if I feel ok I will not take the road way and use my own directions.
BP The route I walked from San Vincente del Palacio was well away from the road until the outskirts of MdC. In SVdP there are a variety of routes with arrows but by luck I ended up at the NNW edge of the village where there was a signpost to MdC. Photo attached. Ignore the distance show as that is too the outskirts. It is not the route in my guide ( which is the latest version from Alicante) but seems to be about the same distance to the centre which is about 12kms.All right,
It's not that much of a difference cause the highway is still near, but anyway. My guidebook was from 2010 so there could be some differences. It will be interesting to hear how you got there tomorrow - especially where the arrows take you after San Vicente de Palacios.
/BP
I may be wrong or "misremembering", but I think the albergue there was above the funeral parlour. When I was there the hospitalera was the alcadesa, and very charming and helpful. It's a lovely walk the next day over the highlands to Ávila.
Unfortunately, I've no idea where the funeral parlour is.
Arevalo to Medina del Campo 34kms.
Left just before 0700 and arrived at 1330.
Rained very heavily overnight but it had stopped by 0700. However, it remained very threatening and within the hour it was pouring down - complete with strong winds and all in 8 degs! Lucky I stopped after about an hour and then there was just heavy occasional showers. Route is simple and relatively flat but nowhere on route was open on the way as I expected! Arrived in Arevalo without any dramas and headed to the Tourist info office. Went there as I plan a long day tomorrow, if the weather and everything thing else is ok, and I wanted to check something details about the albergue. I didn't want to arrive after more than 45kms to have trouble getting into the Albergue! So now I am assured that if I phone Rebecca when I arrive she will come and open up.
BP - I could see that Ataquines would have bars but didn't fancy the detour. Interesting to see there is at least one hotel there.
Tomorrow, if the weather is ok I'm planning to go to Moto de Marques. At the end of the Sureste I plan to head up the Via de la Plata then along the Frances to Ponferrada to take the Camino Invierno to Santiago.
I intend to keep this thread going for my complete trip. What guide?Hope you will post from the Invierno, Mike. Would love to hear how you find it (and selfishly, would also love to hear if you have critiques of the guide that can help us in doing the 2018 edition!). Buen camino, Laurie
I intend to keep this thread going for my complete trip. What guide?
OK. Had a look bit for me a guide without a map is not ideal. I can't be reading a guide as I go along. However, I'm sure it will be useful to read before each stage.Oh, yay, another chance for shameless advertising and self-promotion. It's the forum invierno guide, made by a little band of peregrinos who love the Invierno and can't understand why there are so few who choose it.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/camino-de-invierno-2017-edition.535/
People send me updates and then every January, we have a lot of fun trying to combine our knowledge to straighten out the difficulties in order to produce the new updated version. Hope you find it useful. Buen camino, Laurie
Route today was straight forward and well marked but a little dull.
OK. Had a look bit for me a guide without a map is not ideal. I can't be reading a guide as I go along. However, I'm sure it will be useful to read before each stage.
P2000 - Don't apologise, I'm happy to hear from any! I agree there are plenty of sources for maps elsewhere. I will be interested to see how much of a problem dogs are given the paragraph in the guide about them. Normally, I worry more about bulls and bed bugs!
So I walk to here without seeing another peregrino while walking and only 5 at the AdP in la Roda plus the Norwegian in Gotarrendura!
Fairly straightforward route to Astorga although about 12kms out the track crosses a road. The road has been newly tarmaced and the track has been regarded so all but one sign has been obliterated. The remaining sign neither pointed along the road of along the track - so I chose the track - wrong choice! No great drama as it was easy to get back on track just had to cross some scrub land and a few fields!
Camino Sureste
34 days to Santiago de Compestela via Camino Sureste, Via dela Plata, Frances and Camino Invierno. This is a challenging Camino if only because you may be the only one on it! I like walking by myself and a didn't see another peregrino between Alicante and Benavente and only saw 2 until I got to Astorga. Lots on the Frances obviously but again only me on the Invierno. In fact I saw more peregrinos while I ate a roll in Astorga than I had seen all of the previous days. Accommodation is fine using a mixture of albergues, Hostals, Booking.com and Airbnb. On some places I either could not find the albergue or could not contact the person who should have the key. Food can also be a challenge as even if there was somewhere to eat the food was not available until 2130 so I had many la Dia 'picnics '! So if you like ling walks by yourself the Sureste is ideal.
Sorry about that. My OCD makes me clean up everything so I deleted it. IN part because the guide provided in Alicante was more comprehensive.Hey @MikeJS I would love to download the spreadsheet you uploaded on Dropbox, but it says Error link not found ;(
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