Don't do it! You will regret it for the rest of your life. You will be trapped in an endless cycle of caminos: forced to walk towards Santiago for ever. Your friends will shun you and their eyes glaze over, should you ever meet, as you tell them...
With my son being at school it's either April or August school holidays, and being from UK we don't do too well with summer heat. I even think it can get dangerous walking in a summer heat every day.
I am starting booking things now and I know...
I envy you to be walking a Camino with your son. When any of my kids were that age they used to moan about having to walk the half mile to the shops in the village.
There's a YouTube channel run by an American lady who walked her first Camino...
If you are walking during Easter Week the Spiritual Variant is going to be a problem. This year the albergue is operating at max capacity of 17 beds, the police stop by nightly to do a head count according to the operator. The Monastery will not...
Thank you, and I appreciate any advice, I asked for it haha
I am planning to start walking some part of the journey to work instead of bus all the way, and generally do more walking before the Camino
@YanaCamino, I have yet to walk this route - you have some great planning suggestions above.
A recommendation: start slow.
Starting with twenty five plus kilometre days is fine when you're experienced and know your limits, however you say...
Lots of great advice here, as always - I'll add my own itinerary from my CP this past May:
Day 0Porto
1Matosinhos12 km
2Vila do Conde22
3Rates 12.5
4Barcelos 16
5Vitorino dos Piaes 20
6Ponte de Lima13.5
7Rubiaes17.4...
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