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Planning First Camino, February: Advice, safety, comfort
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[QUOTE="Bradypus, post: 1212557, member: 42372"] I walked the Camino Frances in January last year. I have also walked it in summer. A very different experience! So many questions.... :) If you intend to walk all the way to Santiago I wouldn't get too hung up on the idea of walking from SJPDP. There are equally impressive landscapes and challenges on the way. The Spanish have historically seen Roncesvalles as the start of the route and it is a good place to begin. Fairly easy to get to and the stages to Pamplona are attractive and worth walking If the Aprinca website suggests reservation I would try to do that the previous day. You have very few alternatives and if by chance somewhere is not available or not responding to messages then it is good to have time to find a Plan B or even Plan C. Albergues may have good coffee, instant coffee, diabolical machine "coffee" or none at all. They are all different. There is no standard pattern. You can be pretty sure that coffee in a bar is going to be superior to coffee in an albergue though. I am over 60 and have crumbling knees - probably from walking far too many km over the years. I am a late convert to walking poles and wouldn't walk without them now. Even when I had fully functional joints I found a single pole handy for balance on dodgy surfaces. Strongly suggest you take at least one - and a pair would be better. Expect crappy slippy surfaces! Ultreia! [/QUOTE]
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