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[QUOTE="anne a, post: 1154861, member: 76356"] Lots of good advice already! I wanted to add that perhaps most important to me when deciding how long I need is to include a solid buffer (a week if possible) to account for extra rest/weather/tourist/injury days, slowing down to stay with your camino family, and simply not to feel like you have to stick to a demanding schedule. I managed this nicely on my first Camino and ended up having extra time to walk to Finnistere and visit Lisbon/Porto on my way home. But on my second Camino on the Norte, I walked more slowly up front to hang out with a group of people I enjoyed walking with – but then had to decide whether I was going to finish the Camino and catch my plane on time or continue walking with them and bus the last stretch to Santiago. This was a heartbreaking decision and as I left them behind, I never met up with the right group of people again. I wish I had given myself an extra week beyond what I expected to need… But our schedules and budgets don’t always allow for this flexibility… The other comment I wanted to add is that your pace will vary over time. On the Frances, I average 22km/day for the first 2 weeks but 30km/day on the last 3 weeks (excluding days off). This variation is due to fitness, injury, terrain but also the people you walk with. It’s hard to predict how this might play out – so again back to having a nice buffer… [/QUOTE]
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