- Time of past OR future Camino
- Many
Now feels like an opportune time to remind everyone that the crowds on the Caminos travel in great big waves. For every panicked pilgrim riding the crest and worrying about beds, there is another down in the trough wondering what all the huff is about.
They start in certain places, at certain times. Those places are the common starting points, and those times are generally Fridays or Saturdays but can also be long holiday weekends for Spaniards or their neighbors to the West.
To avoid the crest pick a common starting point and start in the middle of the week. Or start on a Friday but 60km away from a common starting point.
The one NEW phenomenon that I found recently is that along the last 100km there is a very large tour company from the South of Spain that brings massive groups to the camino from Sarria. They arrive on a Sunday night in order to arrive in Santiago on a Friday. So keep this in mind when you’re surfing the camino in Galicia, Monday nights in Portomarín will be hit by a big wave.
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. -- some famous surfer who would have made a great pilgrim.
They start in certain places, at certain times. Those places are the common starting points, and those times are generally Fridays or Saturdays but can also be long holiday weekends for Spaniards or their neighbors to the West.
To avoid the crest pick a common starting point and start in the middle of the week. Or start on a Friday but 60km away from a common starting point.
The one NEW phenomenon that I found recently is that along the last 100km there is a very large tour company from the South of Spain that brings massive groups to the camino from Sarria. They arrive on a Sunday night in order to arrive in Santiago on a Friday. So keep this in mind when you’re surfing the camino in Galicia, Monday nights in Portomarín will be hit by a big wave.
You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf. -- some famous surfer who would have made a great pilgrim.