Terry Callery
Chi Walker
I will be doing the Oviedo to Lugo section of the Primitivo leaving in just two weeks.
Alas...there is not John Brierley guide book (with his terrific maps) for this Camino route.
I am stuck with the Spanish "Editorial Buen Camino" book that also has the Norte route as well as the English Cicerone guide book "The Northern Caminos" Norte, Primitivo and Ingles.
Sadly the maps in both guidebooks are only useful for planning distance and not very useful for navigating since there is so little detail to use as reference. You simply can't "triangulate" a position (I used to going sailing here on the coast of Maine) because there are no details such as rotary's, intersections or bridges to reference.
On this Camino Forum, I came across an informative blog "The Pilgrimage Traveler" where the author Elle Bieling from Colorado has posted a google map of the Primitivo route with their GPS fixes while walking the route, superimposed so as to chart out the actual route over the map display.
My 2014 iPad would not allow me to download Elle's tracks, as the map is a 10.0 version. I will not be connected to the internet as I walk - just have the Wi-Fi at the hotels and albergues. What to do?
My computer store guy gave me the solution to storing the maps! He showed me how to take a "screenshot". I focused into each Primitivo section of Elle's Google maps until I had maybe just a third of the route, say an 8-10 kilometer section. That had tons of detail for navigation/reference points. On the iPad mini, you simply hold down the power button while at the same time clicking the main home button to take a "screen shot". Now I have 30 sceeen shot maps for the 10 days I will be on the Primitivo from Oviedo to Lugo and I do not need to be connected to the internet to use them!
By the way I really liked reading Elle's blog of her Primitivo pilgrimage. Her writing reminded me of the books I have written about my two Caminos since she is so interested in all the art, architecture, history and culture that can be part of a Camino experience if only one stops at time to take all of that in. Very informative blog.
I would be interested to know just how well the Primitivo is route marked compared to the Route Frances and the Portuguese Route both of which I did during the uncrowded winter months.
Terence Callery
Alas...there is not John Brierley guide book (with his terrific maps) for this Camino route.
I am stuck with the Spanish "Editorial Buen Camino" book that also has the Norte route as well as the English Cicerone guide book "The Northern Caminos" Norte, Primitivo and Ingles.
Sadly the maps in both guidebooks are only useful for planning distance and not very useful for navigating since there is so little detail to use as reference. You simply can't "triangulate" a position (I used to going sailing here on the coast of Maine) because there are no details such as rotary's, intersections or bridges to reference.
On this Camino Forum, I came across an informative blog "The Pilgrimage Traveler" where the author Elle Bieling from Colorado has posted a google map of the Primitivo route with their GPS fixes while walking the route, superimposed so as to chart out the actual route over the map display.
My 2014 iPad would not allow me to download Elle's tracks, as the map is a 10.0 version. I will not be connected to the internet as I walk - just have the Wi-Fi at the hotels and albergues. What to do?
My computer store guy gave me the solution to storing the maps! He showed me how to take a "screenshot". I focused into each Primitivo section of Elle's Google maps until I had maybe just a third of the route, say an 8-10 kilometer section. That had tons of detail for navigation/reference points. On the iPad mini, you simply hold down the power button while at the same time clicking the main home button to take a "screen shot". Now I have 30 sceeen shot maps for the 10 days I will be on the Primitivo from Oviedo to Lugo and I do not need to be connected to the internet to use them!
By the way I really liked reading Elle's blog of her Primitivo pilgrimage. Her writing reminded me of the books I have written about my two Caminos since she is so interested in all the art, architecture, history and culture that can be part of a Camino experience if only one stops at time to take all of that in. Very informative blog.
I would be interested to know just how well the Primitivo is route marked compared to the Route Frances and the Portuguese Route both of which I did during the uncrowded winter months.
Terence Callery