Introduction

[Matt Omo]

What is the CSJ book? and how can I get it?  Do I
really need it?  Can maps of the camino be purchased
along the way?  I have the Pratical Guide for Pilgrams
but that's insanely heavy. Any info would help thank
you.
  Matt Omo

--- Paul Newfield <pcn01aWEBDSI.COM> wrote:
>
> I must admit that the walk from Leon to La Virgen
> del Camino is a bit of a blurr (for me, May 13,
> 1999).  I was walking with a companion from Belgium
> that day, and he had the guide book.
> At La V del C, I know there was a decision point (go
> this way or that way).  Although I do not recall the
> details, I can say that we ended the day at
> Villadangos del Paramo, indicating to me that we
> followed the "traditional" route, which apparently
> goes along the asfalto.  We therefore bypassed
> Villar de Mazarife, which seems to be more rural,
> and without all the asphalt.
>
> I do not have the CSJ book, but I do have El Camino
> de Santiago a Pie (El Pais/Aguilar, 1998, 213 pages
> in 14cm x 23cm format, in Spanish), which promotes
> the V de Mazarife option.
> I also have Millan Bravo Lozano's A Practical Guide
> for Pilgrim  (Everest, 1997, 264 pages in 17cm x
> 28cm format - DON'T EVEN THINK OF HAULING THIS ONE
> WITH YOU ON THE CAMINO!); it promotes the
> Villadangos del Paramo option without even
> mentioning V de Masarife.  For me, one of the
> continuing frustrations that I had, was the lack of
> good maps and guide materials.
>
> Paul Newfield
>
>
> <snip..>  Note that there are two routes between
> Leon and Hospital del Orbigo.  The traditional route
> follows the highway and is somewhat shorter, but
> there is also a "walkers route" slightly to the east
> that follows farm roads and trails through an
> agricultural area.  When the weather is good, the
> "walker's route" is much more pleasant.  The routes
> split at the hideous (in my eyes at least) basilica
> at Virgen del Camino.
>


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