I haven't done the Madrid camino, but CaminoWeather says that April-May and September-October are best.
https://caminoweather.com/madrid/best_time_of_year
That's probably just really general, but they have a search thingy at the bottom of the...
I walked it in March of last year. For albergues, I mostly used Gronze:
https://www.gronze.com/camino-mozarabe
But because it's such a rarely-walked route, I also watched Sara Dhooma's vlog about her walk; here's the playlist for the Mozarabe...
You might want to check out the CaminoWeather report for Nov 9th:
https://caminoweather.com/frances/?startLocationId=000&endLocationId=209&lengthType=stages&startDate=2024-11-09
There’s not much in it either way and it partially depends on which connection you can most easily get from your start point.
I’m more puzzled with the fixation with starting in St Jean; a fair number of Spaniards would consider Roncesvalles as...
I haven't done the Le Puy, but CaminoWeather recommends October as one of the better times of year, at least weather-wise.
https://caminoweather.com/le_puy/best_time_of_year
Here's what they have for starting on Oct 2nd...
Those I have stayed in were not 2* unfortunately.
Are you in a position to look on Booking dot com?
I see quite a few with vacancies, for 2 nights.
If you use the cost per night filter to set your budget.
I found a few at Euro100 or less per...
I don't think it's going to be all that cold. Or at least it doesn't look bad on CaminoWeather. (Here's the link for December: https://caminoweather.com/francesco/example/december). Either way, don't worry about your computer, I say this as an...
I too agree with @jungleboy. However the difference for me is that yes I can, and have, removed or disabled notifications on certain apps, but the smartphone and especially WhatsApp was important for my wife and family to keep being reassured...
How about just deleting the apps in bold? Then you remove those distractions but can still take advantage of the other smartphone benefits you mentioned.
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