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[QUOTE="tpmchugh, post: 631261, member: 15001"] Have done both in recent years. May can be nice, not too hot and in my experience, not at all wet. Every morning, the sun comes up a bit earlier so you can be on the road, in daylight, at 7am. You might want earlier or later, that time suited me so that after six hours walking, I could stop early and enjoy a leisurely afternoon. Downside was that on two occasions there was sudden temperature drops and it got very cold. But 3 days out of a camino was nothing. My first September camino was very pleasant as far as temperatures were concerned and only two days when it rained non stop. Downside was that every morning the sun came up later and towards the end of the month, I was walking in the dark until almost 8:30, so a head torch was necessary. My second September camino coincided with a heat wave and the temperatures were higher than in July and August but that was quite unseasonal weather. Pilgrim numbers were not a problem in either month. There were more in early September than in May but when I reached Sarria about third week in May, numbers did increase somewhat. No problem getting a bed but sometimes hard to find a seat in bar/cafés around lunchtime. Same applied for third week in September. Hope this helps but remember, past experiences do not necessarily indicate how things will be next year. Numbers are increasing in what they call 'the shoulder months' and weather is changing all the time. My personal preference is slightly tipped towards May just because of the brighter mornings. Just to throw a spanner in the works, if you can go over Easter, Spain is a marvellous place to be but if it is a late Easter, numbers can be high for the week [/QUOTE]
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