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Traveler Camino Francés 2022
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- Aug 7, 2022, 8:20am
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 784 m
- Spain Castille and León Revenga de Campos 42.288333, -4.47542°17’18” N 4°28’30” W
Day 16
Route variant
August 7, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Today I started walking with the Germans, and soon we met the Belgians. We walked kind of together for 4k, until we reached a decision point: the standard route went left, and continued beside a main road, passing by 4 or 5 villages and was 18k long in total. The variant went right, going towards and then beside a river, passing by a single village before rejoining the main path for the last part. This was a slightly longer route but still not much more than 20k, flat and easy, with a chance of shade and quietness. I was sold on the variant, and so was Jan. The others opted for the standard route for fear of mosquitoes near the river.
I'm very happy with my choice! As the pics show, the path was nice and shaded for the most part. I was not bothered by a single mosquito.
One reason many people choose the standard route is that they can stop for coffee/toilet breaks at any of the villages on the way. I knew I'd have to carry enough food and water to last for the 20k, because it wasn't certain that the single village on this route would have any facilities. I was thinking, how spoiled I'm becoming... at home I often go hiking for similar distance, in much harder conditions, with certainty of NO facilities anywhere.
Anyway, Jan and I have no doubt that we made the best choice.
At Villavieco there was a cafe, but it was closed when we arrived at 8.40. It had a nice outdoor sitting area, so we sat there for a break and ate some of our snacks.
The cafe opened at 9, so we got a chance to use the toilets, and Jan ordered breakfast. We spent about an hour there.
We then continued the nice and pleasant walk (though the river was dry).Read more
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- Oct 3, 2022, 10:27am
- ☀️ 12 °C
- Altitude: 787 m
- Spain Castille and León Revenga de Campos 42.283333, -4.4842°16’60” N 4°28’48” W
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Day 21
Stage 19: Fromista-Carrion de los Condes
October 3, 2022 in Spain ⋅ ☀️ 12 °C
18.7 km/11.6 miles, 46°-78°, 6.25 hours
Took the Aussie brothers' advice (one worked in IT and has an app for everything) and took the slightly shorter route today that went along the road, rather than the scenic river route. I did the scenic river route into Burgos and sometimes scenic is just too dang long. Good choice for the team today, the path was a nice wide gravel one, without a lot of the large rocks that make me stumbley, the road was not very busy and there were nicely spaced towns with refreshments and bathrooms. Tomorrow starting out is a 17 km/ 10 mile stretch with nothing, so maybe no coffee for me in the morning. I've reserved in the first town at 10 miles, the others I've been chummy with lately are going further so I may not see them for a while. We're all thinking to arrive in Santiago about the same time so maybe we'll meet up again then, and we're on WhatsApp. We pass the halfway point tomorrow, hard to believe.
I went to a get together at the church run donativo Albergue close by, run by some Augustinian nuns. I came in late (getting my clothes from the laundromat) so missed the sharing of our names, where we're from and why we're doing the Camino, but was thinking that how I would have answered is that I'm doing it for gratitude- for this gift of life, for my family and friends and church community, and as a way to focus on prayer. We sang some songs in various languages and the nuns said they would pray for us. Then dinner with some of the usual suspects- the pilgrim menu del dia for 14€ with choice of first and second courses and dessert, wine included. Now to bed in my ultra modern high tech hotel room, alarm set for 6:30 to get on the road by 0800. Buenos noches😴Read more
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- Mar 9, 2024, 1:50pm
- 🌬 5 °C
- Altitude: 789 m
- Spain Castille and León Revenga de Campos 42.285706, -4.48108142°17’9” N 4°28’52” W
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Revenga de Campos, San Lorenzo
March 9 in Spain ⋅ 🌬 5 °C
Weiter geht es Richtung Nordwesten durch ein nicht mehr ganz so einsame Landschaft.
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