SongKhonGair
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- April - June 2024,
Toulouse - SdC
Hello, I was just reading an interesting post in this forum about a walk from Reading to Southampton. Which got me thinking about where one would go from there if the ultimate goal was Santiago de Compostela.
My wife and I are planning to do a Camino Frances in September / October 2024. We are in our early 60s and would go at our own pace, planning 45 but allowing 55 days to complete the CF. Which would still allow us (Schengen zone) time to start from elsewhere in France, possibly from Bordeaux, and walking to Santiago de Compostela via SJPP. Build up the road legs before tackling the Pyrenees.
Reading about, ahem, Reading to Southampton however has me considering other possibilities. Could we take a ferry from Southampton to Spain to continue on the Camino Ingles? We would still have time then to also complete a CF if we subsequently take a week "touristing" across the Spanish Atlantic coast to SJPP.
Or perhaps a ferry from Southampton to somewhere near Bordeaux to hook up with the original plan.
Walk from Southampton to Dover and ferry from there? Bournemouth? Train to somewhere for another interesting walk to a ferry port? Some of the travel shows we see in Australia are from the BBC, and those canals of yours are fascinating. Peaky Blinders was also educational!
I'd be interested to hear route ideas from local pilgrims / hikers. I will have a look at ferry options, but asking here might throw up something I hadn't considered.
Thank you.
My wife and I are planning to do a Camino Frances in September / October 2024. We are in our early 60s and would go at our own pace, planning 45 but allowing 55 days to complete the CF. Which would still allow us (Schengen zone) time to start from elsewhere in France, possibly from Bordeaux, and walking to Santiago de Compostela via SJPP. Build up the road legs before tackling the Pyrenees.
Reading about, ahem, Reading to Southampton however has me considering other possibilities. Could we take a ferry from Southampton to Spain to continue on the Camino Ingles? We would still have time then to also complete a CF if we subsequently take a week "touristing" across the Spanish Atlantic coast to SJPP.
Or perhaps a ferry from Southampton to somewhere near Bordeaux to hook up with the original plan.
Walk from Southampton to Dover and ferry from there? Bournemouth? Train to somewhere for another interesting walk to a ferry port? Some of the travel shows we see in Australia are from the BBC, and those canals of yours are fascinating. Peaky Blinders was also educational!
I'd be interested to hear route ideas from local pilgrims / hikers. I will have a look at ferry options, but asking here might throw up something I hadn't considered.
Thank you.