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I can relate to this Annie. We are planning to walk the VdelP, finally, starting first half of April. We may start in Seville or, if we have time constraints, in Zafra or Merida, picking up where we finished the Mozarabe.have tried several times to walk the VDLP and always, something happens.
Thanks Laurie. We can leave whenever we want but just need to be in Pamplona by the 27/28 April to pick up my group. I'll check out the Mozárabe again as well. Would like to walk at least 2 weeks, but am open to more.Vdlp in April is perfect. But so is the Mozárabe from Almería. How long would you be walking? I think that trains and buses are so good in Spain that you can get almost anywhere in a day, and surely anywhere in two days.
Hi Annie - I haven't walked from Almeria, but can vouch for the Mozarabe from Granada to Merida - or from Cordoba if you have less time. We loved it. We walked in May 2015 and it was already getting a bit hot. April would be great I imagine.Thanks Laurie. We can leave whenever we want but just need to be in Pamplona by the 27/28 April to pick up my group. I'll check out the Mozárabe again as well. Would like to walk at least 2 weeks, but am open to more.
Thanks mods, for moving the post. Sorry I'm still not too computer/forum literate.
And what a pleasure to visit Cordoba againThat would also be an option. I've walked from Malaga to Cordoba and that's another one I'd like to finish. Thanks!
No running at the train station this time though...I am "thinking" of either the VdLP or the Madrid in the spring, but prefer to be gone only 3-4 weeks. If doing the VdLP I would be taking some busses or trains to skip certain sections. Oh dear!...no purist or compostela for me.
If my broken arm improves enough I'd love to consider something as early as mid-October into November, but have no idea "what" it would be, and my wheels are only beginning to turn now.
Hola Chrissy. Always fun to be thinking of your next camino and beyond. Hope your arm will be right again soon. I understand your thinking about the vddlP - not that I am a purist but we have put it off in previous years when we didn’t have 6 weeks available. Also loved the Madrid Way. That was less than two weeks for us but you arrive in Sahagun so lots of options from there to extend your walking.I am "thinking" of either the VdLP or the Madrid in the spring, but prefer to be gone only 3-4 weeks. If doing the VdLP I would be taking some busses or trains to skip certain sections. Oh dear!...no purist or compostela for me.
If my broken arm improves enough I'd love to consider something as early as mid-October into November, but have no idea "what" it would be, and my wheels are only beginning to turn now.
I don’t recall any riverbed walking from Granada. But lots of olive grovesNo running at the train station this time though...
I also think Granada to Merida would be good. I have heard that walking from Almeria involves a lot of river bed walking. If you start in Granada do you avoid that?
My running days with a back pack are over; I'd rather miss a train or bus...so be it!No running at the train station this time though...
I walked the Vdlp from Seville mid March through mid April 2023. Weather was great... never too hot, never too cold. I didn't get rained on until the day I crossed into Galicia! It definitely wasn't busy, except for Holy Week which was a blast. Distances between towns can be longer than other routes I've walked before... a mature walking contingent...Joe and I have tried several times to walk the VDLP and always, something happens. The last time, the COVID pandemic hit and we were forced to return to the USA in a rush.
We're trying to figure out WHERE we want to walk this coming year before picking up our group in Pamplona.
We've walked two of my favorites, the Aragones and the Madrid, several times already, and were thinking maybe we'd try finishing the VDLP again??? But it does end far from Pamplona and this would be April (Need to be in Pamplona by April 27/28)
Also considered the Ignaciano - but that first section in the mountains may not be smart in April. Maybe head out on the 2nd part from Logroño early April?
I don't know.
Anyone have any ideas?
Has anyone here walked the VDLP in April?
Oh, my FAVORITE is the Madrid route. Segovia! The church at Wamba! Gorgeous walking. I've done it several times and would love to do it again. And so easy to fly into Madrid then just walk.Anyone have a favorite...the VdLP or Madrid?
Anytime someone here says "favorite" my ears perk up. Like for a mid Nov to mid Dec trip?Oh, my FAVORITE is the Madrid route. Segovia! The church at Wamba! Gorgeous walking. I've done it several times and would love to do it again. And so easy to fly into Madrid then just walk.
It sounds great, Annie. Thanks for your opinion based on your own experience and you have walked many Caminos. I will spend time researching the Madrid camino more seriously!Oh, my FAVORITE is the Madrid route. Segovia! The church at Wamba! Gorgeous walking. I've done it several times and would love to do it again. And so easy to fly into Madrid then just walk.
I've never walked in winter and would worry about lodging on that route (during winter.)Anytime someone here says "favorite" my ears perk up. Like for a mid Nov to mid Dec trip?
Also hoping to do the VDLP in AprilJoe and I have tried several times to walk the VDLP and always, something happens. The last time, the COVID pandemic hit and we were forced to return to the USA in a rush.
We're trying to figure out WHERE we want to walk this coming year before picking up our group in Pamplona.
We've walked two of my favorites, the Aragones and the Madrid, several times already, and were thinking maybe we'd try finishing the VDLP again??? But it does end far from Pamplona and this would be April (Need to be in Pamplona by April 27/28)
Also considered the Ignaciano - but that first section in the mountains may not be smart in April. Maybe head out on the 2nd part from Logroño early April?
I don't know.
Anyone have any ideas?
Has anyone here walked the VDLP in April?
From what I've read in the past on this forum, if you finish up in May...it will definitely be hot!Also hoping to do the VDLP in April. Will watch thread with interest!
Joe and I have tried several times to walk the VDLP and always, something happens. The last time, the COVID pandemic hit and we were forced to return to the USA in a rush.
We're trying to figure out WHERE we want to walk this coming year before picking up our group in Pamplona.
We've walked two of my favorites, the Aragones and the Madrid, several times already, and were thinking maybe we'd try finishing the VDLP again??? But it does end far from Pamplona and this would be April (Need to be in Pamplona by April 27/28)
Also considered the Ignaciano - but that first section in the mountains may not be smart in April. Maybe head out on the 2nd part from Logroño early April?
I don't know.
Anyone have any ideas?
Has anyone here walked the VDLP in April?
Yes it’s quite a hard one to plan from a weather standpoint… trying to avoid the rain in North and not too much heat in South. Just remembered I did the ‘first stage’ Seville to Guillena at end of April this year when I was there for someone’s birthday weekend! Will redo it tho!From what I've read in the past on this forum, if you finish up in May...it will definitely be hot!
I don’t think so. You are heading north. If you begin in early April you would be arriving in Galicia by end of May, I think the weather is usually still quite mild.From what I've read in the past on this forum, if you finish up in May...it will definitely be hot!
Yes. From a glance at my photo album, the tiresome river bed walking is over by Alquife.I have heard that walking from Almeria involves a lot of river bed walking. If you start in Granada do you avoid that?
I've walked to Caceres twice, so would pick up there, or nearbyYes, walked the VdlP this April. Really enjoyed it and the weather was great.
Warm in the late afternoons, but OK.
What would you like to know?
I have a daily blog that might help you get a sense of what it's like.
What kind of daily distance are you comfortable with?
And you would need to pick a start point, as you might not have time to walk Seville to Astorga.
That would be about 690 kms.
Yes, but then you also miss the fabulous hospitality and albergues of the Almería Association. They take care of you from Almería to Granada, and after that there is really no group coordination or any albergue system to speak of. Almería to Granada has association albergues (built and maintained by them) throughout that stretch. The few days of river bed walking are totally compensated, imho, by some great scenery and great people from the amigos.I also think Granada to Merida would be good. I have heard that walking from Almeria involves a lot of river bed walking. If you start in Granada do you avoid that?
I've walked to Caceres twice, so would pick up there, or nearby
Thanks for the blog - I'll check it out!
Yes, starting from Malaga on the Mozarabe and finishing on the Sanabres.Has anyone here walked the VDLP in April?
I loved the Madrid and have walked it several times. Don't miss Wamba church, the Semana Santa Museum, or Segovia. Love that stretch!I walked the VdlP this spring, selectively, as it was my second time through and I did not have enough time left to complete the route again after serving as a hospitalera through Easter. This fall I am walking the Madrid, to the Frances, to the Invierno for the second time. I am looking forward to it, although there are some challenges with closed albergues on the Madrid and higher prices almost everywhere. And I seem to have forgotten most of my Spanish, which could be a challenge on the Madrid.
I walked this year starting in Sevilla April 19. The first couple of weeks were HOT, then it got cold and windy. The terrain isn't difficult by and large, but the stages are long without stops for water or food and no way to make them shorter.Joe and I have tried several times to walk the VDLP and always, something happens. The last time, the COVID pandemic hit and we were forced to return to the USA in a rush.
We're trying to figure out WHERE we want to walk this coming year before picking up our group in Pamplona.
We've walked two of my favorites, the Aragones and the Madrid, several times already, and were thinking maybe we'd try finishing the VDLP again??? But it does end far from Pamplona and this would be April (Need to be in Pamplona by April 27/28)
Also considered the Ignaciano - but that first section in the mountains may not be smart in April. Maybe head out on the 2nd part from Logroño early April?
I don't know.
Anyone have any ideas?
Has anyone here walked the VDLP in April?
It does. A bit difficult couple of days.I have heard that walking from Almeria involves a lot of river bed walking.
I found it getting hot in 2018 in April. Peak times about 2-3pm start earlyJoe and I have tried several times to walk the VDLP and always, something happens. The last time, the COVID pandemic hit and we were forced to return to the USA in a rush.
We're trying to figure out WHERE we want to walk this coming year before picking up our group in Pamplona.
We've walked two of my favorites, the Aragones and the Madrid, several times already, and were thinking maybe we'd try finishing the VDLP again??? But it does end far from Pamplona and this would be April (Need to be in Pamplona by April 27/28)
Also considered the Ignaciano - but that first section in the mountains may not be smart in April. Maybe head out on the 2nd part from Logroño early April?
I don't know.
Anyone have any ideas?
Has anyone here walked the VDLP in April?
Yes, I started in mid April and it is beautiful. Spring creeps north at the same pace as you walk, the birds are migrating from Africa, flowers blooming. Outside of Sevilla the land is warming and that spring pheromone kicks joy into gear. I walked the 1,000km at times seeing only 1or two others for days at other times spontaneous dinners of 20 would ignite.Joe and I have tried several times to walk the VDLP and always, something happens. The last time, the COVID pandemic hit and we were forced to return to the USA in a rush.
We're trying to figure out WHERE we want to walk this coming year before picking up our group in Pamplona.
We've walked two of my favorites, the Aragones and the Madrid, several times already, and were thinking maybe we'd try finishing the VDLP again??? But it does end far from Pamplona and this would be April (Need to be in Pamplona by April 27/28)
Also considered the Ignaciano - but that first section in the mountains may not be smart in April. Maybe head out on the 2nd part from Logroño early April?
I don't know.
Anyone have any ideas?
Has anyone here walked the VDLP in April?
I walked the VdlP in April and May 2023. I left Sevilla Easter Sunday 9th April. Absolutely no problems. A little warm for for 1st week or 2 leaving Sevilla then very pleasant temperatures and no rain. No problems with accomodationJoe and I have tried several times to walk the VDLP and always, something happens. The last time, the COVID pandemic hit and we were forced to return to the USA in a rush.
We're trying to figure out WHERE we want to walk this coming year before picking up our group in Pamplona.
We've walked two of my favorites, the Aragones and the Madrid, several times already, and were thinking maybe we'd try finishing the VDLP again??? But it does end far from Pamplona and this would be April (Need to be in Pamplona by April 27/28)
Also considered the Ignaciano - but that first section in the mountains may not be smart in April. Maybe head out on the 2nd part from Logroño early April?
I don't know.
Anyone have any ideas?
Has anyone here walked the VDLP in April?
Just start thinking about Camino Madrid for next April. Is there a backpack transport service there? 10 years ago we could carry our backpacks, now, unfortunately, no longer.Oh, my FAVORITE is the Madrid route. Segovia! The church at Wamba! Gorgeous walking. I've done it several times and would love to do it again. And so easy to fly into Madrid then just walk.
No backpack transport on the Madrid route as far as I know. We are toggling beween the VDLP and the Madrid route in April 2024. Still have not decided.Just start thinking about Camino Madrid for next April. Is there a backpack transport service there? 10 years ago we could carry our backpacks, now, unfortunately, no longer.
Me too, Annie! I have read a lot about La Plata, but don't know so much about the Madrid route.No backpack transport on the Madrid route as far as I know. We are toggling beween the VDLP and the Madrid route in April 2024. Still have not decided.
I ended up deciding not to do either. Covid kicked my butt last year and I have lost all stamina so I'm simply going to walk the CF for a month, taking my time and working up from short days. I think Joe is doing the Ignaciano.Me too, Annie! I have read a lot about La Plata, but don't know so much about the Madrid route.
Hi Jill. If Annie doesn’t, or in any case, I’m happy to send you the link to mine, if you’d likeI will look into the Madrid then. Do you have a blog of your walk?
I have a couple that might help, Jill. I've walked it and portions of it several times over the years, but I usually don't blog it. Things not to miss, in my opinion, are the church at Wamba (call the night before to schedule a visit) and the Semana Santa museum in Medina de Rioseca. Also take a rest day in Segovia. Here are some links:I will look into the Madrid then. Do you have a blog of your walk?
Pelerina, I'd love a link to your blog. It's been a few years since I walked the Madrid route.Hi Jill. If Annie doesn’t, or in any case, I’m happy to send you the link to mine, if you’d like
Hi AnniePelerina, I'd love a link to your blog. It's been a few years since I walked the Madrid route.
Camino Chrissy sent me her plan but I'd love to see how you did.
When did you walk it?
Thanks. I think I walked it the year before so probably not a lot changed, but I'll enjoy reading your blog.Hi Annie
We walked the Madrid Way in September 2018, followed by the Salvador. I'll send you a link to my blog by PM.
Hi Pelerina,Hi Annie
We walked the Madrid Way in September 2018, followed by the Salvador. I'll send you a link to my blog by PM.
Some comments I've read on the forum from people who have walked more recently are at odds with our experience in relation to accommodation and waymarking. I can understand that accommodations may have changed - and it certainly wasn't plentiful, but there weren't many walkers either. From memory, the only place we booked in advance was Segovia. For others we just arrived in the town and went to the local albergue or the bar that held the key.
As to the waymarking, we thought it was generally excellent. We didn't have an app or tracks, but we did have a PDF copy of the CSJ Guide. The only time we went off piste was leaving Tres Cantos. We set off full of energy without a care in the world. Had I taken the time to read the notes in the CSJ Guide, I would have seen an all important sentence and we'd have taken a right not a left. Other than that, we thought the way marking was as good as any and better than most.
We tend to be 'turn up and go' pilgrims - we don’t do a lot of research - which suits us but it did mean we missed a few 'side trips’ that others have taken and recommend. Not that it mattered. The Madrid Way is one of my all time favourites - and my husband agrees. We both loved it.
Happy New Year.
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