[Gocamino] trip summary - Camino Mozárabe

[Ralph Alcorn]

We didn't ask the locals that, but our experience was that after about two
days of sun the trails were quite passable. We had a day or two where the
sun was intense, so it doesn't take long. We had full rain gear on for most
days, umbrellas for sun protection the others. The rivers however, stayed
high for several days longer. Don't know if you saw any of the news reports
on flooding in southern Spain.

If you cherish the fellowship of other hikers, this is not the trail to
take, but otherwise it is a memorable (good) experience. The distances are
not extreme, with a couple of exceptions. If you can comfortably do a 25km
day, you will be ok. A place or two a taxi can give you a head start, or you
will have to detour over to the highway to find accommodations, and then
road walk a bit. We haven't done after Cordoba, but that section has one
38km day. We took a tent to deal with that.

The towns were large enough to hold our interest, and Granada, Cordoba and
off route - Sevilla were fascinating cities - worth several days.



On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Kathy Gower <kathygower at hotmail.com>wrote:

>  absolutely wonderful photos, thank you...so different from the northern
> routes....when do the locals say the mud abates?
>
> Would you recommend this route?
>
> > Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 17:35:21 -0700
> > From: rbalcorn at gmail.com
> > To: Santiagobis at yahoogroups.com; gocamino at oakapple.net
> > Subject: [Gocamino] trip summary - Camino Mozárabe
>
> >
> > The Granada to Mérida route is described as walking through olive groves.
> > That is true for many parts of that, but by no means think that this is a
> > bad thing. There is more variety in the olive orchards than in your
> average
> > conifer forest. In many areas the spaces between the trees were carpeted
> > with wildflowers. The distant hilltops sometimes have crumbling towers.
> In
> > one area you walk for at least 6 km on an old roman road. In this case it
> > was covered with 6 inches of Spanish mud.
> >
>
>


-- 
Ralph Alcorn
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Shepherd Canyon books, Publisher of
We're in the Mountains, Not Over the Hill: Tales and Tips from Seasoned
Women Backpackers
and
Camino Chronicle: Walking to Santiago