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    Preguntas from a Newbie

    Where breakfast are available, 6:00 is often the time. In the heat of the summer, 4-5 am departures are common, giving 2 hrs in the dark(ish) before sun up, so bring a morning snack. You can usually find eateries along the way if the CF about 1 hr apart. Still some remote sections are foodless...
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    Not what I expected but...

    Seems to me that your Camino is having just the right effect on you. This is what it is all about. For the introvert, it provides bonding, the extrovert, detachment. Solitude, a blessing. Relish in every wayward emotion. The journey is the destination.
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    How often will we come across drinking water? Sizes of water bottles??

    With the exceuof a few legs, 1 litre is all you need. When villages are spaced at 5 - 10 km, that’s all you need to carry and at that, you’ll find it to be more than eough even when trekking in July and August. There sre a few sections with no serviced for 15+ km so you can take a couple of...
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    Training for Camino - my worries

    I never met a pilgrim who was perfectly fit for the journey on day 1. Get good footwear; there are lots of posts in that. Break in your shoes, walk at least 1 hr a day for a month before you leave and then start. Take it slow and easy for the first few days. Listen to your body. If it says...
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    Walking Down Hills

    Apart from poles and their use, you might want to tighten your boot strings so your toes don’t slide forward an get injured, blisters an bruised toes aren’t fun.
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    Walking Down Hills

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    Newbie picking a starting point for October

    Allowing for 1 rest day per week, you’ll cover about 250 km in 2 weeks so you could launch in Leon or Astorga
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    Fork in the road

    That trek has no food water and few people but then there are pictures like this to be had.
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    Alternative Route - Camino Frances

    The crowd only become noticeable after Sarria and people tend to string out along the trail and laps into their own particular mind space when they walk so, you really laps into your own world and don’t see people as being part of the crowd. Where it is available, take the alternate routes shown...
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    Married Couple and Pensiones

    You can get clean private rooms in some private hostels or hostel/hotels. I recall 30€ for a single occupant. If there were 2 to a room; 40€
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    Road walking

    Sometimes a Little road walking is preferable to trails. There is a tough decline to the west of Cruz de Ferro that essentially follows a stream bed. It is demanding but direct. An easier, but longer go is to walk in the msrgin of a lightly used roadway; the one used by cyclists
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    Starting in Castrojeriz

    Ultimately you decide the stages of your journey. If you feel comfortable walking 18 km but not another 9 km to the next albergue, make a short day of it. BTW, the hill outside of Castrojerez is a bit of a grind. Be patient. Take it slow. Stop and enjoy the view. The plateau above is a beautiful...

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