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On reflecting on my own Camino I wish I had stayed 2 nights in SJPP for the very reasons you have outlined and if I do the Frances again this is what I would do.
I walked end September and October 2018 from SJPP. Cities were busy as expected but not the villages. I expected crowds from Sarria but that did not happen.
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