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Me too re spring! Have been keeping my eye on the long range weather forecast, wondering, as we have had such a mild, warm, wet, windy winter over here if I could actually go earlier than April 10th ... but ... opened my curtains this morning to...
The relative desolation of the Meseta is it’s main allure, IMHO. This is one large stretch of the Camino Frances that you really come to appreciate - in retrospect - once you reach Sarria.
The landscape is beautiful. True it is remote, and can...
I agree completely, 100%, absolutely. I am verging on what cannot be written about on here, but - a pilgrimage is a process, an internal/external process, it isn't something that can be Googled to know the answer, or be done in a hiking holiday...
If I absolutely had to ... then perhaps the entry and exit of Leon.
Like others , I would think you have plenty of time to achieve your goal , assuming getting to Muxia by your birthday is it
With 42 days I don't think that you'll need to skip any sections at all. It's very normal to complete SJPdP to Santiago in 35 days or less. I was 58 when I walked my first Camino and I walked from SJPdP to Finisterre in 35 days.
No. I stop when I feel I need to. Or want to. A bit like scheduled rest days - they sound like a good idea in principle but once on the ground events dictate rather than theory.
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