I applaud recently-posted challenges to the arrogant legion of "aquatheists" who never tire of dictating water requirements, often with warnings about dire consequences of not guzzling the stuff. People ARE different. I, for instance, am a camel: I have done the CF twice, every step from St...
My wife and I started at SJPP Apri18 in 2009 and March 18 in 2012. We walked 46 days the first time and 59 the second, so we had more overnights than most. We never even considered sleeping bags; too heavy, too bulky. We did have silk liners for purposes of separation from the well-used...
We walked March 19 through May 2012. Had three snows (Pyrenees, Burgos and O'Cebreiro). Ordinary layers were sufficient. We had fleeces inside silk sacks instead of sleeping bags and, combined with albergue blankets, they were also sufficient. Our biggest obstacle was the ceaseless...
Good for you! The wife and I, aged 70 and 67, did St Jean to Santiago
In 59 days, finishing May 15. On days that we actually walked we averaged 8.7 miles That's the way to do it for sure!
Don't count on Logrono either. Waited there until 4 PM today only to be met by an unpologetic guy who told us to go away. Nor Villamayor de Monjardin, where the "open all year" is decidedly
not (doors locked Tuesday; no phone Number posted. The CR there is also closed, as was
The bar st 4 PM...
Hey colinPeter, I too stayed at Orisson in April '09 - April 25, to be precise. It was raining there, snowing on top and sleeting on the Roncesvalles side. Jean-Jacques put our packs in his pickup, waited a few hours and then drove to meet us at the point where the trail leaves the road. He...
It is never clear to me, on this forum, who is posting a reply to whom. This is to Falcon269.
I posted an itinerary for ATL to BIZ which did not include the return leg from Madrid. We chose Madrid because it's easily accessible from Santiago via train.
At first we tried to book one way...
We booked Atlanta to Biarritz via Paris for the same frequent flyer miles as Atlanta to Paris alone. The flight combination (AF 681, then AF 7498) gets you to Biarritz at 2:15 PM in plenty of time to reach the Bayonne train station to catch the last train to St Jean (leaving at 6:10 PM). We...
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