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Excellent! So far, I've just been reading blogs - haven't gotten an actual guide yet. Have any recommendations for a good guide book that would include intermediate towns?
Oh wait - I just read your post again. I will look for the Brierley guide - not sure what my mind read the first time through.
I plan to spend the month of May walking from Leon to Santiago. I have hip problems, so walking 15 miles per day is entirely unrealistic. I can do an occasional 10 mile day, but prefer to keep daily distances shorter than that. Is that possible?
Know of any resources that I can use to plan...
I'm thinking 2 months. I could go longer or shorter, but will be dictated by the date of my plane ticket. I'll plan to stay a couple weeks longer than I think I'll be on the trail and just find other stuff to do in Spain - that way I won't have to rush.
Yes! It's a long, slow process. When I overdo it, I set myself back a lot. I need to find a pace that I can maintain, and the STICK TO IT!!! I start feeling good, and think I can do more - and then... *BAM* This is all so hard as I've always been very active and could do so much.
Indeed. Knowing that albergues will be closed in January is certainly a consideration. I had set the January timeline based on that being my slow period as an artist. January - April is when I go into production mode, making jewelry for the shows that start in April/May. That said, I could push...
The hardest part of this is that my husband is still very strong - he just finished hiking the 400-mile Jordan Trail last month. He can regularly hike 15-mile days, with an occasional 20+ day thrown in. We would love to hike the Camino together, but I fear my pace will be so slow he'll be bored...
I don't care in the least about the Compostela - that's completely irrelevant to me. But I'm very encouraged about the idea that I can do this!
However - I was planning on starting it next January, so hearing that many of the hostels will be closed isn't good news. I'm an artist, and January -...
WOO HOO!! That's fantastic! I knew there were stretches with hostels every few km, but didn't realize the whole trail was that way. I'm sure I could do ten miles occasionally, but I know there's no way I could do it consistently.
I have long wanted to hike the Camino, but am now wondering if it will be possible. By way of background - I've done some pretty intense physical things in my life. I did two major treks in Nepal, and did a lot of backpacking throughout the years. Most recently, I spent a year biking around the...
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