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Hey Mo!
So glad to hear that there are other 'crazy people' like myself interested in doing the Te Araroa, and someone based in Europe no less!
I intend to hike SOBO from Cape Reinga starting late October or early November 2023 too (W43/44). I will likely have a bit more time than you do but...
Hey Howzer,
You've gotten plenty of good advice above but some stages are more easily combinable than others so I wanted to mention that I would also say it is 100% possible to do Irun to Bilbao in 6 days (I actually walked from Hendaye and managed it)
Here are the stages and distances I did. A...
Hey all,
I finished my 4th Camino a couple of weeks back and am flying out of Málaga tomorrow after a bit of holiday - and packing this morning I suspect my bag is too heavy. I bought a pair of cheap Decathlon poles in Vigo as replacements and would be willing to donate them to any pilgrim who...
Slightly off topic but I fly out of Málaga tomorrow after completing my Camino and I have a pair of decathlon walking poles to donate. Does anyone starting today/tomorrow want them?
Hi all,
I've spontaneously decided I need to do a Camino this year and since time is short (and I'm not Primitivo fit) the Portugues looks like the ideal option. I'm only interested in the Coastal (at least until Baiona, at which point I'm told it gets urban).
I have 12.3 days and would like to...
Please, please don't remove the Norte from the list. It's unlike any of the other Caminos in the very best way and if anyone ever said to me they could only choose one Camino to do for a lifetime, I would always recommend the CdN.
There are plenty of ways to cut a few days here and there on the...
I wanted to quickly follow up my earlier post with this video which was filmed around the same time I walked my CdN and Aurimas/Patriot's Day 1 starts exactly where mine did. It is the best video I've seen yet in terms of capturing the feeling of walking the CdN (but in Autumn/Fall rather than...
Please start in Irun. I walked the Norte in 31 days in 2017. The Basque country (Irun-Bilbao) was my favourite section, even though yes, there are lovely 2-3 stage sections in the rest of the walk. It's the only part I would absolutely not skip if I did the CdN again.
If you're willing to walk a...
The bike route on the Norte tends to run parallel rather than on the walking trail. You'll see signs regularly that lead the bici pilgrims one way and the pied pilgrims in another. Particularly in the Basque country, the walking route is not suitable for bikes and, generally, the Norte is very...
It's so interesting to hear you say that because I also walked in April and I found it so... brown. Very little had sprouted and the wheat was barely 5cm high, so between dusty roads, a few dark and rainy days, some recently-tilled fields and stark, neverending roads, walking the meseta after...
Hi all,
Does anyone know if one is still technically eligible for a distance certificate if one mixes modes?
I started walking the 'real' camino from my front door last year and would like to walk the rest of Jakobsweg through to France next spring. I'm seriously considering switching to my...
I wanted to update this quickly for any pilgrims who are asking themselves the same question.
To be honest, I didn't like the meseta. But I think I didn't like it because I started there, not because it is in-and-of-itself hard, boring, dry, ugly, or any of the other ways I've heard it...
Go, Kitz, go! This is a really cool project. I've walked the Jakobsweg from Berlin to Naumburg via Leipzig and found it expensive, hard to navigate, lonely and beautiful. I totally understand what you mean and I hope your project is a roaring success!
Grüße aus Berlin!
On my CdN in summer 2017 I had a 1.5L bladder and on my CF this year I had a aluminium bottle with a 'straw head' such that I could sip as I went, as one does with a bladder. I'll never walk a Camino without the ability to sip as I walk, regardless of the time of year, plus unless your pack...
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