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[QUOTE="Felice, post: 1194971, member: 38408"] I walked the Frances in Sept 2014 and loved it so much that I decided against rewalking it straight away in case some of 'the magic' of my first walk went away. So I walked a whole series of other walks, including the Podienses, and thoroughly enjoyed them all. I was finally ready to rewalk the Frances in May 2020, and was going to go all the way from SJPP to Santiago in one go, but those plans came to nothing. In Nov 2022, on the spur of the moment, I took a week and walked from SJPP to Pamplona. It was wonderful, everything that I remembered and valued about my first camino was there. In mid May 2023, I continued my walk for a couple of weeks, from Pamplona to Grañon. Having taken note of all the posts on the forum, I booked in advance as I wanted to stay in the lovely old towns of Puente, Estella, Los Arcos and Viaña. I've no idea if I really needed to book or not. The walk was busy and had it not been for the fantastic wild flowers this spring, I might have decided not to bother to continue. I'm not sure what was different, but I did not get the same buzz that I did in November or 2014. Then in mid Sept 2023, I continued on from Grañon to Leon. No booking ahead this time, I decided to have faith and I was amply rewarded. No problems with beds, and indeed some lovely lodgings that booking.com said were full that night. And I met so many lovely people; every day I had a meaningful conversation with at least one person. The camino did not feel crowded either. Walk the Frances again. It will be different. Go with an open mind. And I'd suggest that you stay off stage unless you want to revisit somewhere in particular. [/QUOTE]
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