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Hi Annie,
I have checked Jacotran as they are open all year. I have used them in the past and never had an issue. Check out their website..they have many options for payment..hope to see you as we start around Feb 20...we go slow..this our 3rd time...Buen Camino
We will be starting our Camino Frances sometime in January. About the same time you will. There are four of us (family) doing a winter Camino. We've done the Frances multiple times. We're flying into the UK on Dec.25, to "play" for a few weeks first. You should be able to get accommodations...
Maybe I am too late for the link to winter albergues to work but I have clicked on it multiple times from the original poster and subsequent posters and it open to an email contact but no list. Is it necessary to actually contact the original poster to receive the list? 🤔
We each had two shells, hence two Caminos each (2016 : 2017) ... we gave them to specific people in hopes they would trek the Caminos to enrich their lives.
If you take a sleeping bag, use a lightweight one, but .... there is always a but ! The problem, arises even with cool temperatures at night, people want the doors and windows closed, only God knows why. Put 4,6,8,10 or more people into a closed room, that is that many people putting off body...
Having stayed in numerous alburgues during our Camino treks, one thing was almost a constant. People wanted to sleep with the doors and windows closed. I don't care how cold it got (rarely around freezing), the room was stifling from body heat and humidity from breathing. 4, 8,10,12,20, 50...
Having done it twice, once ending in November(Santiago), the other in October ... September was HOT !!! We used mostly silk sleeping bag liners and even they proved to be to hot.
Buen Camino !
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I learned to appreciate the small things in life like 2 cotton sheets on my bed, a long hot shower, a cotton bath towel, a meal WITHOUT french fries :)
I am generally an optimist, but meeting such wonderful people on the Camino reinforced my beliefs in the goodness of people.
Life on the...
A good time to do the Frances and you will, as others have said, will meet a lot of people to walk with. Plan a stay at Orisson for a night then onto Roncevalles the next day ! :-)
ummm ... yep, Roncevalles is the second wakeup call, in two weeks or less you'll be in Camino shape ...hang in there it gets better. Buen Camino :-) btw, we're from Florida and there are not even mounds to train on...lol
There are a few tough parts on the Camino but remember it is not a race. We are in our late 60's and trekked the entire Frances twice in 11 months. We found the second time we stayed in SJJP for a few days and it worked out much better getting over jetlag. Stay at Orisson your first day out of...
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