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Thank you Helen and Scott - interesting you say rain from mid September onwards, imagine it would still be hot weather. I am walking from 1st September from Lisbon and have been told the route from Lisbon to Porto is not well marked, there a few alburgues and shouldn't be attempted unless one is...
I am starting from Lisbon at the beginning of September to walk the Camino Portuguese and hoping to stay in alburgues along the way. Can anyone advise if I need to bring a sleeping bag or will a liner suffice?
I am walking from Lisbon from 2nd September to Santiago, not looking to walking out of Lisbon and through the industrial area but hey ho that is part of it. Hopefully see you on the road.
Hello Beautiful - I don't think I met you but I heard about you would you believe that, I remember people talking about a Mother and her daughter doing it - people I met, Karl from the States whose Mantra was "Its all good", Big Peter from Aussie, Peter from Denmark, Oover from Germany, Eric...
I have just returned after walking the Camino from St Jean Pied de Port. What can I say.... I started on 26th April and wondered what I was doing on that first day as we came down into Roncesvalles and the snow fell. It was hell. I had done what I thought was the training but didn't pack the...
Hello, my name is Terry. I am arriving in Barritz on 25th and leaving from St Jean the next day and walking to Santiago in 37 days. Like everyone else after months of preparation I now want to get on the road. I am filled with doubts and anxities but feeling a great sense of excitement. I am 56...
I know the weather is not a constant but I am leaving on 25th April and wondered if the heavy snow has gone from the Pyrenees and if it is at least getting a bit mider. Thanks
And I'll be seven days behind - like yourself really getting nervous but very excited, just want to do it now after all this time it being in my head :D
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