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    How many pilgrims do not ask for a Compostela after their Camino?

    It is encouraging to hear that so many pilgrims have learned one of the most important things the Camino teaches you. That the last thing you need is another piece of paper.
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    Shakedown request: February on the Camino Frances, 35 pounds current weight

    The bag should weigh about half that weight. I walk 2 caminos every year and my bag is no more than 6 kgs with everything I need. It would be a little heavier in winter with extra clothes and rain gear but much of this would be worn so the actual carried bag weight wouldn’t be much different
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    The Camino needs pilgrims.

    The Camino needs pilgrims. Scare stories of a crowded Camino Frances are not helpfull. For a few days at the end of May and end of August there is pressure on accomodation for a few days after St Jean but after that it is fine. I walk every year and have never had to sleep out and only a very...
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    Avoiding Easter crowds 2022

    Other than possibly Sarria to Santiago you will find Easter very quiet on the Camino.
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    Extra crowded August 2022?

    August is not busy on the Camino and sadly when I walked this summer it was almost completely deserted. Hopefully next summer there will be many more pilgrims for the albergues and cafes and to make it more of a Camino experience but I am not optomistic, many people are still afraid to travel...
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    Camino Frances in May or June - which would you prefer?

    The best kept secret of the Camino is how great it is to walk in June. Many believe it will be too hot so it is not busy but it is rarely very hot and often cool but none of the snow I have encountered up to the end of May.
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    I have a walking disability, which Camino is best this December?

    Hi Nigel I certainly would not wish to discourage you but probably the Camino with enough infrastructure for 4-8 km stages is the Camino Frances but then only from May to Sept.Also northern Spain in December is usualy cold and wet, think England in January. There might just be enough open...
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    A few days ago on the Camino.

    I walked from Pamplona to Astorga, my seventh camino. It was a very strange experience with very few other pilgrims, often seeing only 4 or 5 a day, many albergues are still closed ,even in the large albergue in Sahagun there was only one other pilgrim.Hardly any internationals, some Spanish day...
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    A few days ago on the Camino.

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    A few days ago on the Camino.

    Last week on the Camino, courtesy of Mr Brierley’s cover photo.
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    LIVE from the Camino The Camino Needs You.

    The Camino needs you. Yesterday I only saw 4 pilgrims in 26 kms from Ventosa.Most albergues and cafes are still closed with those open desperate for pilgrims. I know many still cannot travel to Spain but it is possible from most of Europe and even from the UK where I came from it is possible...
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    LIVE from the Camino A Different Camino.

    Can anyone tell me if the municipal is open in Azofra?
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    LIVE from the Camino A Different Camino.

    Thanks, I am very pleased to know the cafe is open I always stop for a coffee.
  14. Ron Cesvalles

    LIVE from the Camino A Different Camino.

    I left Pamplona on June 21 and I am in Logrono. The Camino is still VERY quiet, there are a surprising number of French pilgrims and of course Spanish many with day bags but hardly any other nationalities. It is a very different Camino at the moment.
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    Updates from current walkers?

    Boadilla Cat.
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