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    Sarria (or thereabouts) how busy right now?

    Hiya! Walking the primitivo for the first time (it's amazing) and just arrived in Lugo. If you're in Sarria or just after (AND STAYING IN ALBERGUES) how busy is the last week on the frances right now please? Will meet it in a couple of days. Just wanting an idea of whether I should start...
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    Cacabelos municipal albergue reopened - 22 May 2023

    It's also close to the river if you want to swim :)
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    4 weeks on the Camino Frances: where to begin?

    Yeah this option! I really love the day out of Pamplona you climb up alto del perdon. Also some really pretty villages and bodegas irache before Logroño don't miss it! I wouldn't skip any just start in Pamplona and see how far you get. I really love the meseta too and it's the bit ppl often skip...
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    Rethink HOW and WHEN you walk the Francés - strategies for walking during busy times

    Good thread idea :) I have walked the Frances twice in sections on 4 trips in Easter, august, Feb/ march and may/June (although I have walked the meseta 3 times!). 2013, 2020, 2022 I have noticed that if ppl are skipping a section, it tends to be the meseta that they skip. I love it it's my...
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    Ponferrada - Municipal albergue

    I stayed there in July I like that hostel. I seem to remember there's a good pizza place abt 750m further on.
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    I need to shorten my walk

    Also: Instead of rest days take a half day of like 10-13 km. Can keep going AND sight see in places. It looks to me like you have 36 days. That might be enough to complete it? Or start in Pamplona and that may be enough ? Plan for the unexpected. The June heatwave was insane it was really hard...
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    I need to shorten my walk

    I met 2 pilgrims doing this in June. It's a cool idea if you're short on time and don't want to skip anything! If you have to skip any my vote would be to skip sahagun to astorga. But take time in Leon to look around the cathedral. That will save about 5 days depending on your planned route. I...
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    Continuing out of Leon March 2023

    I found the descent from o'cebreiro a good path, but the descent from Cruz de ferro - especially after el acebo - was a really tricky, uneven, rocky path. In hindsight I would have road walked that section (I did it in the summer this year but there were a couple of ferocious thunderstorms that...
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    Rely on wifi or get a data plan?

    My (UK) provider was going to charge me £2 per day! June /July 2022 I got a Spanish SIM and I forget how much data for €10 for 30 days. So my cost was way cheaper. Invaluable - as expected, it was really busy on the frances this summer, so WiFi connection was often really slow or non...
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    I just walked the Frances. Here's what I learned.

    Thank you so much, what a lovely read! I have done the Camino frances 1.5 times, the Portuguese once and I learned new things from reading your post. I am glad you had such an amazing time.
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    Polling Fellow Walkers - Start in SJPP or Pamplona?

    This is a really helpful thread thank you! I am starting in a couple of weeks and reading this I've decided to start from Pamplona. Then if I have time at the end I will return to walk SJPP to Pamplona. Since I am flying in and out of Bilbao I will have to travel back over to the Basque country...
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    Camino francés in Feb/March

    I walked in feb/mar 2020. Set out on feb 24, got thrown off Camino for lockdown fri 13 March. Pamplona to Leon. Daytime temperature range: 26 to -1 ! I got sunburned, and snowed on. As someone else said, no problems with accommodation but stick to the main stages in winter. I had one 'winter'...
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    Necessary Sundries

    Anti histamine tablets and anti histamine cream - I have quite strong allergic reactions to bed bugs and mozzies Flip flops for showers and evening footwear lol Cotton scarf doubles as towel, keeps sun off in day, in evenings is an extra layer Flask for hot water - I love coffee! This is a lot...

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