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  1. EricJR

    Making friends when starting the Camino later

    Burgos is a great place to start! Lovely city. I can only get ~2 weeks at a time, and I've done Leon-Santiago (mostly) and Burgos-Leon (then on to Villafranca). I'm repeating Leon-Santiago starting Friday. Don't worry about missing the Pyrenees. The section after Leon, until Sarria, has amazing...
  2. EricJR

    LIVE from the Camino Current conditions on the Frances

    It'd be great to meet anyone from the forums! I'm starting from Leon on 26 April, so it's just possible I might meet some of you. I can be recognised from my avatar (it's more up to date than any of my ID cards).
  3. EricJR

    Camino Newbie - Lots of Advice needed and appreciated

    Good luck Katrina! Oddly enough, I timed my first two weeks on Camino for my 40th birthday too - in part to avoid the risk of a surprise party! One bit of advice. I tried to do Leon to Santiago in 13 days. A mistake, due to poor planning of stage lengths on my part. Unfortunately, because I...
  4. EricJR

    Some data on booking ahead on the CF at Rabanal del Camino

    Well, my data suggests the busy period ended around 5 October (2023) at Rabanal, but that would mean starting at SJPDP would be good from the third week of September. A late October start would be unnecessarily cautious based on these graphs, I reckon. Additionally, I think I saw that Rabanal...
  5. EricJR

    Some data on booking ahead on the CF at Rabanal del Camino

    That is very good additional information, @good_old_shoes. 1) Correct, the largest number of private rooms that were bookable for "tomorrow", during the period 11 Sept 2023 to 26 Oct 2023, was 13. I'd certainly like to know how many rooms, in total, are sold though booking.com. I'm sure it's...
  6. EricJR

    Some data on booking ahead on the CF at Rabanal del Camino

    I've done a small data collection project, that some people might find interesting. My motivation was that I prefer to book my accommodation in advance (I'm slow, and like to take my time and know where I'm stopping). Ideally, I'd like to just book one day ahead, but this has not always been...
  7. EricJR

    Two weeks from Burgos (May 2023) - reflections

    I don't really know about April, but I expect it would be significantly less busy than late May. Do be aware of the 1 May weekend holiday, which apparently is very busy everywhere in Spain. And there's a greater chance of cold weather. I met several people who said they were very cold in early...
  8. EricJR

    Two weeks from Burgos (May 2023) - reflections

    I enjoyed a great two weeks walking from Burgos, on the Meseta and then on to Villafranca, from 21 May 2023 onwards. I thought I'd put a few observations into a thread... 1. It was busy! Late May on the Meseta seems to catch the hefty wave of early May starters from St Jean. Many stops were not...
  9. EricJR

    Walking in August/September 2023--Concerns about Drought

    You might find this link useful, to the "European Drought Observatory." I include a picture showing their latest map of current drought. It looks like southern and northeast Spain do have some serious drought conditions, accompanied by the usual lurid headline news. But the CF runs through...
  10. EricJR

    Walking at 4 am. Under a full moon?

    Ah, oops. I did not mean to open a topic on those lines! True that UTC+1 is the local solar time for 15 degrees East longitude, which I suppose is Berlin now that I think about it... It is also British Summer Time, which I *wish* the UK was on in winter (I'm not a morning person), so I think of...
  11. EricJR

    Walking at 4 am. Under a full moon?

    You may want to do some astronomy planning with the aid of a website such as this... https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/@2521545?month=6&year=2023 If you're specifically wanting the full moon, you're in luck, because moonrise and moonset will obligingly be in the evening and morning. Then you...
  12. EricJR

    Pre-booking train/bus from Madrid to Leon mid-April?

    I took the Alsa from T-4 to Leon last September. I think 5.5 hours - felt very long - though the seat and air conditioning were good. In future, I would definitely book the express train: I met people who did, who reported a very pleasant journey. There's a ticket machine for the local...

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