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    How much did you spend and what was the total cost of your Camino Frances, start to finish?

    I walked 2018, 2019 and did the CF this year 2022 from SJPDP to Mansilla de Mulas (16 days walk) and then again Nov-Dec from Mansilla de Mulas to Santiago de Compostela to Finistere to Muxia 18 days walking. I slept exclusively in Albergue's (and 1 budget hotel on my last night). I didn't eat in...
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    Winter sleeping bag? 0C or colder?

    I got back to the UK just under 2 weeks ago and boy were some of those unheated albergues COLD! Some were lovely and warm but quite a few were not. I purchased 5 sleeping bags the month before I left home to go and took the first 4 back to the shop for various reasons. In the end I kept the most...
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    Winter Camino Frances

    Just as an update I got home this Monday back to the UK after having hiked from Mansilla de Mullas all the way to Santiago de Compostela then to Finistere then to Muxia. I was surprised to see quite a few pilgrims still walking. I had no issues whatsoever finding accommodation although alot were...
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    Winter Camino Frances

    I have just arrived in Spain, I'm using the Wise Pilgrim Frances app, I've just looked and there are alberges shown as open all year in and after Belorado.
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    Lodging crunch - Biduedo and Ferrerios

    Apart from when I arrive tomorrow 21st in Leon to continue my Camino which I have already booked as its my arrival night I will do as normal, be free and find accommodation as I come across it, always been good in the past. Might see you along the way 😉
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    Winter Camino Frances

    I guess this has been asked a lot but my circumstances are not necessarily exactly as the same some others. Earlier this year I intended to go to SJPDP to start my 3rd Camino experience. I had planned on 7 weeks, 700 miles approx, Camino Frances, Finisterre, Muxia and the Ingles. Apart from the...
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    Is my daily average goal too ambitious?

    Very realistic, I am almost 62 yrs and got home middle of July. I didn't train due to 2 x torn retina and then IT band issues. I hiked with too much weight on my back (just under 15kg) from Saint Jean during the heat wave for 16 days and did 296 miles so an average of 18.5 miles a day...
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    wondering where to start, and if I've trained enough

    During the day 37 to 41 centigrade at night it must have been 30 in the alberges. Living in the uk I can do cold but not incredible heat at night, just couldn't get any relief. As a result I was on the road between 2am and 5am nearly every morning just to get cool.
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    wondering where to start, and if I've trained enough

    You will be fine, go at your own pace. I started June 30th 2022 from Saint Jean. I had left IT band pain for a few weeks prior to starting so did not train. Walking the Camino cured my IT band within a few days and i became quite use to the distances. My biggest issue was the heatwave they were...
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    Way too overwhelming to book beds/rooms (mid july - mid August, frances)

    Just to put a spanner in the works as to say, and I guess this is very rare, but dont think booking ahead is foolproof. Also for me it spoils the freedom of walking as far as i feel each day without having to get to a particular bed, : when my wife and I walked the Primitivo in July 2019 things...
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    Way too overwhelming to book beds/rooms (mid july - mid August, frances)

    I arrive in SJPDP on Wednesday and start walking on Thursday 30th June, I have booked the first nights then I will just look a bed each day when I have had enough of walking as I did on my previous 2 caminos.
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    People walking 35 - 40 KM per day

    My first 2 caminos I was out the door walking for around 5am in the dark. It was nothing to do with being fiercely competitive, it was about starting when the temperature was nice and cool and also there is nothing as nice as seeing the sunrise whilst hiking. I walked until I was ready to finish...
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    30 days - from St Jean Pied de Port to Santiago - is it possible without stress?

    A few years ago I did my first Camino which was a short one from Lugo to Santiago, I walked back to the airport and spoke to several pilgrims who asked why I was walking the opposite way. One of these was a young 40 something year old woman who had started in Saint Jean and walked the entire...

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