Pieces
Veteran Member
Hi all,
I am planning to walk the primitiovo from mid june to beginning of july. I currently have 18 whole days to do the walk. (arriving on sunday the 19th june and leaving on friday 8th july as the weekend flight connections are really bad) which gives me "only" 15 walkingdays, allowing for a couple of days in Santiago. I am a bit conserned, not being the most experienced walker, thinking i should insist on an additional day off work, which will give me 2 full days more. How does this timeframe sound, thinking i would maybe want a restday or two along the way.
Also, I am greatly fussing about shoes. My main walking shoes will be a pair of well worn Northface made for the purpose, but I dont want to have only one pair, so I am thinking of bringing a pair of sandals. Here I have two options, a pair I know I can be on my feet in without them hurting (i tend to get really sore under my foot soles) these are fine for asfalt but not for muddy uphill ground at they are fairly fladsoled, today i then bought a good pair of Timberland trekking sandals, these are more like tractortires beneath, but i am concerned about my feet hurting. So question is how much of this route is asfalt and how much is dirt ?
Last, weather (well im sure more will come, but last for now) I have found the weather charts online for Oviedo which is very low land compared to parts of the rest of the route. I wonder how cold i gets at night further along the way and also how much it usually rains as well as the day temperatures. I am considering getting only a rainjacket and then walking in shorts if it rains instead of bringing raintrousers, will this usually be too cold and/or will there be stores along the way to buy gear if i run into a 3 week downpour ?
I am planning to walk the primitiovo from mid june to beginning of july. I currently have 18 whole days to do the walk. (arriving on sunday the 19th june and leaving on friday 8th july as the weekend flight connections are really bad) which gives me "only" 15 walkingdays, allowing for a couple of days in Santiago. I am a bit conserned, not being the most experienced walker, thinking i should insist on an additional day off work, which will give me 2 full days more. How does this timeframe sound, thinking i would maybe want a restday or two along the way.
Also, I am greatly fussing about shoes. My main walking shoes will be a pair of well worn Northface made for the purpose, but I dont want to have only one pair, so I am thinking of bringing a pair of sandals. Here I have two options, a pair I know I can be on my feet in without them hurting (i tend to get really sore under my foot soles) these are fine for asfalt but not for muddy uphill ground at they are fairly fladsoled, today i then bought a good pair of Timberland trekking sandals, these are more like tractortires beneath, but i am concerned about my feet hurting. So question is how much of this route is asfalt and how much is dirt ?
Last, weather (well im sure more will come, but last for now) I have found the weather charts online for Oviedo which is very low land compared to parts of the rest of the route. I wonder how cold i gets at night further along the way and also how much it usually rains as well as the day temperatures. I am considering getting only a rainjacket and then walking in shorts if it rains instead of bringing raintrousers, will this usually be too cold and/or will there be stores along the way to buy gear if i run into a 3 week downpour ?