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Don't plan all your options now. Decide when the time comes!
When you get to the cross roads, say eeny-meeny-miny-mo and be surprised!
There are several spots along the Camino Frances where you can either go left or right and still considered to be on the Camino. There are specifically four (4) places that I would like to get advice from experienced pilgrims (meaning they may have done both or know reliable information about them...) as to which way to turn. These are:
1. Leaving Virgen del Camino-- L or R?
2. Leaving Hospital de Orbigo-- L or R?
3. Leaving Villafranca del Bierzo-- L or R?
4. Leaving Triacastela-- L or R?
Help!
Not my type of trekking at all. A huge part of the joy I get of this experience is the learning ahead of time, reading about the towns, going over maps, taking online courses on medieval architecture. Blame the engineer in me which would kick myself if I miss a notable example of a Roman calzada or a Romanesque church.When you get to the cross roads, say eeny-meeny-miny-mo and be surprised!
2. Leaving Hospital de Orbigo-- L or R?- Definitely Right. The countryside you go through is beautiful - with areas of cultivation, red soil, trees. Then you get an amazing view down towards Astorga before you descend. The countryside on this route was one of my favourite bits on the whole Camino Frances. ....
Hi Cherry!!-- I have been meaning to reply to your prior post and completely lost track! Sorry about that-- My husband is an RPI Grad; I went to the School of Engineering in Puerto Rico (Mayaguez campus). We have to get together and share stories-- maybe at Saratoga when the weather gets better? thanks for the kind advice!Definitely right after Villafranca. I thoroughly enjoyed that day and loved being up high in the mountains. I would have liked to have seen Samos, but time was a factor, so once again, went right, and a very pleasant walk it was. Next time I'll go to Samos, though. Engineer you say? RPI by any chance??
Did you meant a RIGHT after Calzada del Coto in the direction of Calzadilla de los Hermanillos? It does appear you have to turn LEFT after Calzadilla de los Hermanillos to get on to El Burgo Ranero.After Sahagun I would recommend the L route towards Calzada and Hermanillos, the walk on the Via Romana is wonderful, but a warning after leaving Hermaillos bear left after leaving the town, I left early in the morning in fog and rain and it was not well marked and I walked entire morning going the wrong way, it took me nearly 8 hours to get to Reliegios.
I am so glad I turned left - the monastery in Samos is incredible. I walked that part of the Camino in October and only encountered 3 other pilgrims between Triacastela and Sarria. I was told that it was 6 km further via Samos to Sarria, but worth the extra hour plus of walking. Buen Camino!on my camino in 2011 I turned:
1. Leaving Virgen del Camino-- L - it was a peaceful walk through the countryside away from the road.
2. Leaving Hospital de Orbigo-- R - I think if you go left you would miss the lovely David and his stall(?)
3. Leaving Villafranca del Bierzo-- there are actually 3 options. I missed the turn I wanted to take that morning but had the nicest day walking with a pilgrim from Greenland along the route that follows the valley. We had so much in common but lived on such opposite sides of the globe. That day was a highlight that I couldn't have planned for.
4. Leaving Tricastela-- R - I stood at the intersection with an American pilgrim and we were deliberating at length about which direction to take when this beautiful Polish pilgrim we had had dinner with the night before breezed by, happily turning R without a second thought. We called her the 'decision girl' and saw this as a sign. Again, a lovely day. I leave for my 2nd camino in a weekand will be turning L at this intersection so I can see the monastery at Samos……well, that's the plan…..who knows what may happen on the day!
buen camino!
So sorry I meant Right, my bad!Did you meant a RIGHT after Calzada del Coto in the direction of Calzadilla de los Hermanillos? It does appear you have to turn LEFT after Calzadilla de los Hermanillos to get on to El Burgo Ranero.
Hi - De nada. I am so sick of this weather - drove home on icy roads from Berne late last night. It's St. Patrick's Day for goodness sake, can"t we have slightly warmer temperatures? Would love to get together with you - I'm getting tired of talking to myself about my time on the camino! (Not that my family isn't interested, but they couldn't do it with me, and somewhere in there there is a big difference between having "been there" and not.)Hi Cherry!!-- I have been meaning to reply to your prior post and completely lost track! Sorry about that-- My husband is an RPI Grad; I went to the School of Engineering in Puerto Rico (Mayaguez campus). We have to get together and share stories-- maybe at Saratoga when the weather gets better? thanks for the kind advice!
From memory, this was a very confusing one for me and the lady I was walking with on that morning.....and, it was raining, raining, raining. as well which made things worse.....smiles.And don't forget the decision on what direction to take after Sahagun
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