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I don't think I could cope with the heat - maximum temperature where I live so far this year is 26C. One year I hope to arrange my lambing so I can leave Seville as the almonds start to flower - apparently spring moves north at roughly walking pace, so I would have a whole month of the first day of spring, en principe.Well, I swore I wasn't going to walk another one of these long and solitary caminos, but if you're going to go for it, I am tempted to follow once again in your footsteps. I know you'll be going in autumn, do you think mid May is too late to start?
How many days do you estimate, Almeria to Santiago?I don't think I could cope with the heat - maximum temperature where I live so far this year is 26C. One year I hope to arrange my lambing so I can leave Seville as the almonds start to flower - apparently spring moves north at roughly walking pace, so I would have a whole month of the first day of spring, en principe.
If all goes well, I hoped I could do Cabo de Gata to Fisterra (c1600km) in 60 days, detouring via Guadalupe.How many days do you estimate, Almeria to Santiago?
It took me 27 days from Almeria to Merida, and there you are not yet halfway.How many days do you estimate, Almeria to Santiago?
There will be three new albergues open on the camino from Almería over the next few weeks. A municipal one opens in Abla this weekend
https://www.facebook.com/Caminomoza...267891324163/1054258381325114/?type=3&theater
Then there's another new one just opened in Alcaracejos
http://caminomozarabe.es/inaugurada-la-casa-del-peregrino-albergue-municipal-en-alcaracejos/
And a (donativo) private one is due to open in Alcaudete próximamente (preferably before I pass by in October)
http://jaenjacobea.es/alcaudete-tendra-casa-acogida-peregrinos-proximamente/
I'd better get myself out there before the bed race starts.
I don't think I could cope with the heat - maximum temperature where I live so far this year is 26C. One year I hope to arrange my lambing so I can leave Seville as the almonds start to flower - apparently spring moves north at roughly walking pace, so I would have a whole month of the first day of spring, en principe.
I would say the best time to leave Almería would probably be end of March, you have to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains and reach altitudes over 1000 meter above sea level, you might even get snow. Once you leave Alcalá la Real and enter the Guadalquivir river valley, temperatures go a lot milder, but up to then, you have a lot of mountain, I am afraid....
Laurie, mid may would be too late in my opinion, it will be quite hot, mid may is ideal for high mountain caminos like Salvador or Vadiniense, because snow is gone by then and spring is all over the place. For the Via de la Plata, starting in Seville, I find beginning of April is just ideal, and even so you will still have cold days once you come to the meseta in Calzada de Béjar.
haha! that is a weird theory... there are not so many almond trees in the Seville area. I live in the mountains in Granada and the almond blossoming time is beginning of February (a lot earlier than that near the coast), that would be too cold and wet to go anywhere in my opinion. I would say the best time to leave Almería would probably be end of March, you have to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains and reach altitudes over 1000 meter above sea level, you might even get snow. Once you leave Alcalá la Real and enter the Guadalquivir river valley, temperatures go a lot milder, but up to then, you have a lot of mountain, I am afraid....
Laurie, mid may would be too late in my opinion, it will be quite hot, mid may is ideal for high mountain caminos like Salvador or Vadiniense, because snow is gone by then and spring is all over the place. For the Via de la Plata, starting in Seville, I find beginning of April is just ideal, and even so you will still have cold days once you come to the meseta in Calzada de Béjar.
If you come around Granada, give us a shout, will be very happy to be of any assistance (or have a beer with you)
Hi, Laurie, well, Ender is your man, he is always around for anything you need!
They are starting to promote the Olvidado, and I think it would be ideal for that time of the year.
OTherwise, you can always go North and try to combine different caminos, like
Hi, Amancio,Laurie, I did imagine you would have already visited all those caminos! Even the olvidado?
if you leave Granada or Málaga by the 8th of may, you would have hot days for about three weeks, then once you are in the meseta you should be ok, the passage through Extremadura will be hot, but it should be bearable, I guess. It is always hard to find the right dates, I myself am currently trying to find a week off to go the camino in a couple of weeks, considering Salvador or Primitivo... Buen camino, compañera!
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