Camino Mozárabe
This was to be our next Camino de
Santiago venture. We didn’t intend to walk all the way to Santiago but this is
a variation to the start of the Via de la Plata. This section runs from Granada
to Merida where it joins the main Via de la Plata route. It is 400 km long and
we reckon it will take about 3 weeks to cover the distance. The section of the
Via de la Plata we did previously from Sevilla to Merida is more popular with
plenty of albergue type accommodation. The route from Granada doesn’t have these
cheap hostels and we will have to use hotels, hostals and pensions.
Moira has spent the last month or
so researching the route through guide books, internet and blogs. She has
worked out an itinerary with reasonable distances between breaks and affordable
accommodation at each stop. There is only one section that will be tough; it is
38 km long with no possible ways to reduce it. It will be a case of starting
early and just keep going. We have gained experience with the amount we have to
carry when we did the Camino Norte last autumn. We have steadily managed to reduce
the weight of our packs over the years and now we only have about 6kg on our
backs and this doesn’t slow us down at all. I usually immediately change all
Moira’s plans for the trek as soon as we get started, this time I’ve promised
not to interfere.
The last few days we have been
packing up the ‘van in preparation of leaving. The arrangement is to leave the ‘van
here in the La Rosaleda storage area while we are away. Tonight, Sunday, we will
move to the storage spot and sleep there all ready for a quick getaway in the
morning. We will catch a bus to Sevilla and from there get a connection to
Granada. Moira had booked us into a hotel in central Granada near where we
found the yellow waymarker arrows for the Camino when we were there before
Christmas.
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