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Hello Gumba
Interesting contribution you make: I too prefer the Camino in winter.
"2. I know it varies, I just want to get a bit of an idea as to how far the snow will extend over the Camino during Dec/Jan."
Impossible to predict. The three mountainous sections: the Pyrrenees, the section...
Dear Monasp, I agree! I started my first Camino in January this year and, like every other 'camino virgin', I was excited but also apprehensive. I stepped into the Camino office on that cold and rainy Thursday morning, and was greeted by the smiling faces and quiet competence of the two...
I have now ammended my packing list to take account of your ideas. Could I ask whether you also packed a mini travel cooker or electric immersion heater for those time when albergues do not have cooking facilities?
What an excellent posting. Thank you so much. I am getting myself ready to walk the camino in January and am so grateful to you for this information. I am now considering if I can afford (weight-wise) to also take a small electric immersion heater or even a mini travel electric cooker.
Hello everyone, some 9 weeks to go before I set off on the camino frances. When I arrive in St Jean Pied-de-Port I shall probably be exhausted from all the train and plane traveling so I was thinking about booking a room at an hotel / bed-and-breakfast for that night. Can anyone recommend...
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