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  1. Murk

    Camino Ingles, The English Way, The Celtic Way from Reading

    I think the name "Celtic Way" in this case refers to the section from A Coruña onwards, right? As opposed to the Ingles from Ferrol. But either way, most of the routes are not called after their location but after the people who walk it. The Frances was the route most French people used, but...
  2. Murk

    One week and I start in Le Puy en Valey

    The posts you see about waves of walkers are all about Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, which is weeks of walking away from Le Puy. So you won't need to worry about those posts specifically. However. It is far more common on the Le Puy route to prebook than it is on the caminos in Spain. Since the GR65...
  3. Murk

    E-bike charging on the camino - Contributing to cost

    If all else fails, the sun is still free: (Encountered on a camping in Switzerland)
  4. Murk

    Le Puy-en-Velay to Santiago by bicycle: completed!

    The most popular stretch of the route (both for walkers and cyclists) is Le Puy - Conques. So that's where you'll find most other pilgrims, most accomodations, best signage, etc. And starting in Le Puy is of course nice for the symbolism: do the Pilgrim's Mass at the cathedral and start at the...
  5. Murk

    Has the Camino lost its way?

    I think it's fine to say that is what the Camino should be, but I do have to wonder if it ever was. This is not a rhetorical question (I do not know the answer): but how many of the pilgrims in medieval times actually went on a deeply spiritual journey; and how many went because they needed a...
  6. Murk

    A long (winding) road.

    The squiggly road looking back at Saugues on the horizon: The often-posted Alto de Mostelares (but with a little bicigrino touch): The road diving into the sea of clouds after Foncebadón:
  7. Murk

    Packing List for Bicycle

    Really depends on your style! Paul above is correct that you can go very barebones. The only things you absolutely need are a bicycle, money, water, clothes to wear and a helmet, and a kit for flat tire or broken chain. My own style has more luggage: full panniers, toil and labour to get all...
  8. Murk

    Le Puy-en-Velay to Santiago by bicycle: completed!

    I am mightily impressed by some of your stages! Especially that first day... I found climbing out of Le Puy to be the hardest part of the entire trip, and you did twice my distance that day - bravo!
  9. Murk

    🚴 Shipping bikes from Santiago service

    I used Correos for shipping the bicycles from Santiago to the Netherlands just last week. Indeed Correos does not dismantle the bike for you (anymore), you have to do that yourself. But they do have all the tools needed, the boxes, and they take care of the shipping. As @VNwalking mentions...
  10. Murk

    App for tracking mileage/sharing photos?

    I used Polarsteps, which worked quite well. Easy to use, low-enough battery cost. The mileage on it is not perfect - it tracks your location every 15 or 30 minutes and then draws a straight line between those locations. But unless you're a very fast walker it should be a close approximation...
  11. Murk

    Stages to skip

    I have only cycled the route, but I think my answer would have been the same if I had walked it. Two things to consider: - Arriving in Saint-Jean is loads of fun. Walking (or cycling) through the pilgrims' gate -- much preferable to arriving by bus or train, I would say. - How do you intend...
  12. Murk

    Le Puy-en-Velay to Santiago by bicycle: completed!

    Hi all, This Saturday my brother and I finished our Camino from Le Puy to Santiago by bicycle. I had vaguely intended to make a live thread and post daily updates, but after the first day I immediately knew I wouldn’t have the energy (or will) to keep that up. Someone told me bicigrinos are...
  13. Murk

    How many pilgrims walked Camino de Santiago in the Middle Ages, Medieval times? Was it really 500 000 per year?

    I originally wrote "depending on the century" but scrapped that for brevity. In the case of 1023: parts of Scandinavia, Finland, Norhwest Russia, most of the Baltics, but also parts of coastal Germany and Poland. Admittedly, the population in those parts might have been negligible compared to...
  14. Murk

    How many pilgrims walked Camino de Santiago in the Middle Ages, Medieval times? Was it really 500 000 per year?

    I also want to give actual historians (which I'm not) the benefit of the doubt. But... By somewhat more certain estimates, the entire population of all of Europe in the late(r) middle ages is between 50 and 80 million people. 500,000 pilgrims per year would then mean that more than half of all...
  15. Murk

    SJPDP to Santiago in 8 days - 85km per stage

    8 days is close to what I have scheduled to do by bicycle in September - and which I'm secretly a bit worried about. So the thread title gave me great comfort: this is doable! I'm not crazy after all. But then I read "running"...
  16. Murk

    Starting Le Puy on Sat

    In your experience, how accessible is the mass for someone speaking (very) limited French?
  17. Murk

    🚴 Shipping bikes from Santiago service

    I haven't done it yet but was planning on using Correos' own bicycle shipping service: https://www.elcaminoconcorreos.com/en/send-bycicle. €96,50 including cardboard box to any Schengen country, and less for shipping to France, Portugal or within Spain. For destinations within Europe that's...
  18. Murk

    Cyclists

    The Eurovelo 3 makes some really weird detours, though. See that loop it does through Aoiz/Agoitz between Roncesvalles and Pamplona, for example. No idea why they decided on that. And they're not insignificant detours either - SJPdP to Santiago via the Eurovelo 3 is about 140km longer than the...
  19. Murk

    Hola from a bicigrino-to-be

    I wouldn't call it ambitious myself, because I have every intention of skipping ahead at the first sign of trouble! The full route from Le Puy would demand of me an average of 75k a day, which I know I can do without much problem. But I do not know if I can do it and still relax, and wander...
  20. Murk

    Hola from a bicigrino-to-be

    Thanks for all the kind words everyone! Will definitely use my bell with liberty when sharing the road. I did intend to stick to the non-walker routes (I was considering the eurovelo 3 but that seems to take some very liberal detours here and there), but we'll see! @Flatlander, that was a good...

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