Category Archives: Via de la Plata

Via Serrana, stage 4, Jimena de la Frontera – Jimera de Libar, 26 km 

Posted on 27/04/2025 by magwood

Elevation gain 742 m Elevation loss 469 Total distance 90 km The only traffic we pass on the way out of town are two mules ridden by a guy leading his young son.  We are very soon on a narrow … Continue reading →

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Via Serrana, stage 3, Jimena de la Frontera – El Colmenar, 22.5 km

Posted on 25/04/2025 by magwood

Elevation gain 548 m Elevation loss 444 m Total distance 64 km Soon after leaving town, we are directed onto a grassy track, which soon becomes another mostly dried mud trail that has been passed over by many hooves and … Continue reading →

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Via Serrana, stage 2, San Martín del Tessorillo – Jimena de la Frontera, 21.29 km

Posted on 25/04/2025 by magwood

Elevation gain 439 m Elevation loss 308 m Total distance 41.5 km On leaving town we’re on the road for only a short while before being directed onto an agricultural track. First there are citrus orchards and then general farmland, … Continue reading →

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Via Serrana & VdlP – stage 1, San Roque to San Martin de Tesorillo, 20 km

Posted on 24/04/2025 by magwood

So we took the bus from Málaga to La Linea that departed at 06:30 with a full complement of passengers. We arrived at our destination a bit late. Starting our first day at gone 09:00 with 27 km to walk … Continue reading →

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Once more into the unknown…

Posted on 20/04/2025 by magwood

The next camino adventure is about to begin.  This year I shall be walking with my Danish camiga Nina.  We met walking the Mozárabe from Almería in 2018 and joined forces again on the Ruta de la Lana in 2019.  … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe VdlP, stage 34 Pedrosillo de los Aires to Salamanca 31 km

Posted on 18/05/2018 by magwood

Today’s distance 31 km Elevation gain 260 m Elevation loss 443m Total distance from Almería 840 km I didn’t make many notes today so this post will be a bit sketchy. But firstly, I’d like to say that I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe VdlP, stage 33 Valverde de Valdelacasa to Pedrosillo de los Aires 31 km

Posted on 17/05/2018 by magwood

Today’s distance 31 km Elevation gain 487 m Elevation loss 320 m Total distance from Almería 809 km We slept well and woke quite late this morning but still managed to leave by 07:30. There is a bitter, biting, gusty … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe VdlP, stage 32 Aldeanueva del Camino to Valverde de Valdelacasa 31.5 km

Posted on 15/05/2018 by magwood

Today’s distance 31.5 km Elevation gain 591 m Elevation loss 303 m Total distance from Almería 778 km There won’t be many words today. This is a stage I have already covered back in 2015 when I walked from Málaga. … Continue reading →

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Carry on caminoing

Posted on 22/02/2018 by magwood

It must be about time I shared my plans for my next camino. What started as a vague commitment to walk in 2018 with a member of the camino forum, has snowballed into a multinational group of anything between 6 … Continue reading →

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Journey’s end

Posted on 06/06/2015 by magwood

And so I have really come to the end of this journey. There have been so many highlights, so many people I will remember and not very many that I want to forget. Firstly there was George – we spent … Continue reading →

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…..and then there was one

Posted on 31/05/2015 by magwood

Well, that very odd feeling of being alone in a bustling city is here again. Very strange after being in the company of new but much appreciated friends for so long. Yesterday morning (Saturday) Olivier and I stowed our backpacks … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe (Camino Fisterra) – day 52 – Olveiroa to Finisterre 35 km

Posted on 30/05/2015 by magwood

Sorry folks for the delay of my post for my final stage. I spent my blogging time soaking up the sun on the beach…it seemed the right thing to do. I left the bustling albergue yesterday well before 07:00 and … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe (Camino Fisterra) – day 51 – Negreira to Olveiroa 35.5 km

Posted on 28/05/2015 by magwood

I met two English speaking women on arrival yesterday, one from the U.S. And one from Australia. It was nice to speak to them, but it transpired this morning that they are light shiners and bag rustlers, the scourge of … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe (Camino Fisterra) – day 50 – Santiago de Compostela to Negreira 21.6 km

Posted on 27/05/2015 by magwood

Life was just too exciting yesterday to spend my precious time waiting in line at the pilgrims’ office for my Compostela. So here I am at 07:40 waiting for the office to open at 08:00 so that I can pick … Continue reading →

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Camino Mozárabe (Camino Sanabrés) – day 49 – Outeiro to Santiago de Compostela 17.7 km

Posted on 26/05/2015 by magwood

As mentioned in yesterday’s post Paul and I decided to take a walk to see if there was actually a village here or just a few houses. I saw a large building in the distance that could have been a … Continue reading →

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