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  1. Old Kiwi

    If you had to choose to skip a part of the route. What would be your choice?

    Hello Chronic Walker, A lot of pilgrims, after reaching Santiago, walk on to Finisterre to the 0.000k marker by the lighthouse. Muxia is a small seaside town about 36k to the north of Finisterre on the coast. Many pilgrims do not consider their Camino complete until being photographed at the marker.
  2. Old Kiwi

    If you had to choose to skip a part of the route. What would be your choice?

    Do not miss any of it. My last trip from SJPDP to Finisterre via Muxia took 37 days and I was 78 then.
  3. Old Kiwi

    Is 42 days for SJPDP to Finisterre too long?

    I walk SJPDP to Finistere via Muxia easily in 36 days because that is the time I usually have available. If I had your 42 days, I would use the lot and spend more time sightseeing.
  4. Old Kiwi

    Advice for walking from Roncesvalles to Zubiri

    In 2019, in pouring rain, the rocky rough, downhill part of the trail was like a river with water up to 100mm (4") deep. It is like that sometimes tramping during the winter in New Zealand. I just look at it as part of the experience. Life is not all happiness, sunshine and light.
  5. Old Kiwi

    Cruz de Ferro Decorum

    I had read about the custom of carrying a stone from home to place at the cross and decided I would do so on my first Camino. I am not religious but do believe in positive thinking. What I had, was more of a dilemma than a problem. I had stayed at Foncebadon the night before and left there in...
  6. Old Kiwi

    Live… average daily cost

    In 2019 I averaged just under 20 euros a day staying in albergues mostly self catering with some pilgrim meals.
  7. Old Kiwi

    Disparities between Wise Pilgrim and Brierley distances

    I start in SJPDP and finish in Fisterra. The actual distance is immaterial. I am doing the Portuguese next from Porto by inland to Redondela then train back to Porto and walk the Coastal to SDC. I don't care what the distance is.
  8. Old Kiwi

    Tips for securing a bed at Albergue de La Faba during the busy September season on Camino Frances

    I have twice stayed at the Parroquial (German) albergue and loved it. You must go down and stand by the shop across the road from the bar to watch the cows go through the intersection. It is almost a show that is put on daily for pilgrims. Being an ex-farmer, I just loved the smell.
  9. Old Kiwi

    Best Albergue Recommendations in Zubiri for a Memorable Camino Experience

    On my first CF in Zubiri I stayed at the old albergue at the old school. It was nothing flash with showers and toilets in another building but I loved the experience, which is why I am on a Camino. My last time in Zubiri, the old school was shut for repairs so I stayed at the albergue which is...
  10. Old Kiwi

    Declining Pilgrimage Numbers on the French Camino: Understanding the Local Political Context

    I have crossed the Meseta three times and loved it each time, the same as I have loved every metre of my Caminos end to end. I don't care if it is uphill, downhill, industrial areas, roadsides, tracks, cobblestones or whatever, it is all good.
  11. Old Kiwi

    Tips for Tackling O Cebreiro Hill During Your Camino Walk

    I always stop at La Faba because I like the albergue and the people who run it. I also like the town, if you can call it that. Stopping there breaks the climb and you do not notice it.
  12. Old Kiwi

    How Important Was It To You To Do "Full" CF ?

    I live as far as you can possibly get on this planet from Santiago, so getting there and back is a huge expense so it makes sense to do it in one go. Also I think that breaking it up into different trips is not a pilgrimage. For me it is all or nothing. SJPDP to Finisterre, carrying my pack...
  13. Old Kiwi

    SJPP to Santiago in 30 days?

    The schedule that Camino 2010 gave to get to Finisterre in 30 days is almost identical to my first two Caminos. My third Camino took 33 days as I had my daughter in tow and we took it real easy in the first week. My 30 day Caminos were done when I was 73 and 76 so a 28 year old would have no...
  14. Old Kiwi

    Trail Condition - before Molinaseca

    On my first Camino, I, like everyone else, walked down the trail and thought to myself "Next time I will use the road". The Next time, on leaving El Acebo, I stood on the road and looked at the trail, trying to work out which one I would take. In the end I headed off down the trail. I did...
  15. Old Kiwi

    Warning Wayfinding out of Leon

    I stay at the St. Maria and using the Leon map in Brierly's guide, I just continue down c/ Rua to c/ Ancha, turn left and go down to the big roundabout, and then diagonally across to Gran via S. Marcos and follow that all the way down to the river and join the Camino at the bridge. I have no...
  16. Old Kiwi

    What time do most breakfast places open along Camino Frances

    On Camino, I am always up at 5.30 and leave the albergue at 6.00. I have no problem walking an hour or two before finding a bar open for breakfast. Only twice have I had breakfast at the albergue I stayed at. Once at Castrojeriz at the San Esteban Muni because the breakfast was early and I...
  17. Old Kiwi

    Concerned

    I have never booked accommodation on the Frances. I am poor, so I always travel as cheap as I can. I always stay in the cheapest albergue I can find. So long as I have somewhere to sleep, that is all I worry about and that is also where you will find the most interesting people. I leave the...
  18. Old Kiwi

    How much route planning is actually needed?

    Hello Alexwalker. I don't know what you call and "Old man". I am 79 and did five days of 35k or so.
  19. Old Kiwi

    How much route planning is actually needed?

    I love to plan things in detail, but when it comes to Caminos the only things I plan is transport there and back and the first night's accommodation. I never plan the actual Camino. The way I look at it is that if you plan all of your accommodation and what you want to see on the way, then it...
  20. Old Kiwi

    One Day or Two? Walking the Camino from St Jean to Roncesvalles at 72

    On my first Camino when I was only 73, I left SJPDP early in the morning, strolled up the hill to Orisson for the night. I arrived at Orisson at about 10am but by mid afternoon I wondered why I had decided to stop there as I had lots of time to go on to Roncesvalles. The dinner that night was...

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