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Hi Sue-Sheila
I would like to share my experience with you, for what it's worth. Since I am from South Africa, I only had this one opportunity to do the pilgrimage, and had fixed dates because of living so far away. I walked solo the exact same dates last year that you are planning to do this...
I walked alone as a woman from SJdP to Santiago de Compostela from middle August to end of September last year. I usually saw people in front of me and behind me, and especially over weekends and after Sarria there were many. I made a point of taking photos in which other pilgrims were visible...
When I got at the place where two options were apparent, there were many pilgrims around and we were standing around and wondering which option to choose. Then some people said the road to the left is for bicycles, and most people went straight on. I was unwise enough to follow them, even though...
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