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shira

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I wish to walk the Camino during Sep 2016
hello I plan on doing the camino frances on Sep 2016.
I've only 31 day of walk, that mean I'll have to pass some of the route.
  1. on which part you rhink can I pass?
  2. I would wand to know about the arrivel from Barcelona to Saint Jean Pied de Port on public trensportation?
    I would wand to know about the arrivel from Barcelona to Saint Jean Pied de Port on public trensportation?
    how do Iget from barcelona to Saint Paid?
  3. is there pubblic trensportation from Burges to Leon?
Thenk You for answering
Shira
 
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Buses and trains parallel most of the route after Pamplona, so you will have daily opportunities to decide which part to skip!

From Barcelona, you can take trains to Pamplona, then the bus from Pamplona to SJPdP. It also is possible to take a train from Barcelona through Toulouse to get to Bayonne, and then SJPdP. I think that takes a while.

The bus from Leon to Burgos is the most convenient way to go, but there is also a train. The train station in Burgos is far from the center of town.

Buen camino.
 
Just because you have 31 days to walk the CF, doesn't automatically mean that you will have to skip some of the route

But it might mean walking for longer each day (certainly by September, there should be no need to stop early in order to grab a bed) and missing out on stops for coffee - it will certainly be light enough from 7.30am to start walking each morning so 25km should take only 6 hours or so

You might even think about starting in Pamplona or Roncesvalles just to ensure that you have time to walk all the way to Santiago
 
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I agree with Spursfan starting from Pamplona (wich is easy to reach from Barcelona by train, intercity, around 4 hours and appr. 40 euro's) will give you plenty of time to reach Santiago if your knees stay okay and the blisters dont hurt so much. You even can enjoy looking around the country side and have a picknick :)

So Buen Camino
 
it will certainly be light enough from 7.30am to start walking each morning so 25km should take only 6 hours or so
At the beginning of September, dawn in Pamplona will be just after 7.00 am, and sunrise just after 7.30 am. By the end of the month in Santiago, dawn will be just after 8.00 am and sunrise just after 8.30 am. It might just be possible to get those early starts in walking conditions early in the month, but you might need a good headlight if you were contemplating doing that later in September.
 
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:p;) Thank you.
Is there by any chanse has any one have good and relayable website that shows weather?
 
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If you mean short term weather forecast, the best is probably aemet.es, as mentioned by @falcon269.
Long term forecasts are by essence unreliable... Even more in North Spain and Galicia :eek:

Buen Camino, Jacques-D.
 
The link I posted above allows you to look at historical data, which I find useful.
 
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OK bit of chainges.
I'll be landing in Barcelona on Sep 6th and flight off from Madrid on Oct 4th it means I've about 28-27 days to be on the Camino.
 
This year, september could be a very "busy" month. I suggest you to start walking at Estella or maybe Logroño. (Easy to arrive from Barcellona) You´ll have time to walk the entire Camino from these cities, having time to take one or three resting days if needed, or pay a tourist visit to Madrid or other city.
 
thank you. I'm considering cutting from Leon to Burges buy bus. it wouldn't be enough?
 
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There are 200 km aprox. from Burgos to Leon. Usually six to seven days walking. But you would lost one of the most important part of the Camino : The Meseta. Buen Camino.
 
The area between Burgos and Leon, almost flat, 800 m high.
Can be very hot in summer, very cold in winter and if the wind is blowing, quite harsh.
In its monotony, it' a marvelous place to think, reflect and pray.

Buen Camino, Jacques-D.
 
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From a Swiss perspective the meseta may be monotonous - from an Australian perspective it is plenty varied! Not flat until one gets to Boadilla del Camino, from Burgos to Boadilla there are plenty of ups and downs (including the mule-killer hill outside Castrojeriz).
 
What is the ' The Meseta'?
It's a part of the Camino Frances that is comprised of rolling hills and flat landscape. Lot's of agriculture. Looks like a lot of places I have been before. Actually looks kind of like the Texas panhandle to me. It's really no more or less harsh than the rest of the Camino Frances. Not a desert in any way. It kind of gets a bit of an exaggerated flare. Nonetheless, it's a cool place to walk and the flat sections of it give your knees a break.
Don't know if you have 31 days total on the Camino Frances (including travel days), or 31 walking days (not counting travel days). If you have 31 actual walking days and are in good physical shape, you can do the walk in that much time from St Jean. My first guidebook for the Camino was actually composed of 30 days of stages.
But you can easily walk the Camino, skip a section or two here and there and still have a wonderful experience. Start in St. Jean and as you walk, decide where you want to jump ahead so as to reach Santiago on schedule. Believe me you won't shortchange yourself skipping 3-4 days. Just make sure you do the complete stretch from Sarria to Santiago.
cheers and ultreia
 
OK bit of chainges.
I'll be landing in Barcelona on Sep 6th and flight off from Madrid on Oct 4th it means I've about 28-27 days to be on the Camino.

With only 27 days on the Camino you will be hard pressed to walk all the way from SJPDP to Santiago. Once I start walking I don't like to interrupt it with transport - to me it does not feel like a pilgrimage when I do. So I'd probably elect to start in Logroño.

If I wanted to see the Pyrenees I'd plan to come back another day and walk from somewhere in France.
 
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