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    No good pilgrims ???????????????????

    Yes, still plenty out there On a more encouraging note, although the Camino is by all accounts still packed and people are still having to rush to get to albergues before lunch-time, there are also plenty of good pilgrims out there: http://www.suzielda.com/camino/readblogtwo.php?id=31...
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    graphics of changes in elevation

    I've always found the 'Camino Planner' from http://www.godesalco.com/plan/frances extremely useful. You can get quite detailed elevation profiles for the whole walk or for just whichever bits you specify. When I planned our walk through France I used this site to judge how far we might...
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    "Hospitalera from Hell" still open for business

    It seems that if she disapproves of a particular pilgrim or pilgrms, she is a lot less than welcoming: http://www.suzielda.com/camino/readblogtwo.php?id=18 There are forums in other languages all with similar complaints (but also with some vehement contradictions). It appears that the...
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    Busy Camino

    Thanks. Might try September then . . . I'd be starting in Pamplona (already done Le Puy-Pamplona).
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    Busy Camino

    Hi Sil How hot was it for you in September? Coming from the North of England it's a bit hard walking in the heat for us . . . Mind you apparently it is cold and rainy there at the moment so perhaps one can never tell . . .
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    Busy Camino

    Yep, I second that. My daughter started from Pamplona on Tuesday 29th and by Thursday 1st May everywhere was absolutely packed - they had to work 14 km further than they intended before finding an overflow sports hall with mats on the floor and they have been wrecked ever since . . . Having...
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    Accomodation on the Le Puy route

    Re: sleeping out? Hi Artemis - 'sleeping rough' - we met a few folks who just slept anywhere. One guy said he just went 30 metres of the path in one direction or the other and got into his bivi bag and slept there. Another lady said she was with a group who looked for shelters, barns etc...
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    Accomodation on the Le Puy route

    UPDATE: I've now added the photo links in to the daily summary.
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    Le Puy to Pamplona May-June 2007 - terrain, accommodation, e

    I've updated my summary table of our trip this summer and each day now has links to that day's photos as well. If you are going to be walking this route and would just like an overview of what the terrain will be like (and I know I was desperate to get an idea of it before I left ) then you...
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    Fumigation at Sahagún

    They were in France when we were there in May and June so they have probably been working their way down. Advice on a noticeboard in France suggested unpacking (shaking and then repacking) all your stuff outside in bright sunlight because they hate the light. In good summer weather, this might...
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    Accomodation on the Le Puy route

    Thanks Joseph. I have a bit more to add at some point - I have already posted something about equipment viewtopic.php?t=2827&highlight= My main comment about accommodation would be that Hotels, in general, are definitely NOT worth the money. You can get equally good or much better...
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    Crowds?

    Thanks Thanks everyone for all this helpful advice. Easter is early next year so I 'll plan on starting the week after - 31st March, say. Then I should get to Santiago well before the end of May (I'm a slow walker). I guess I will get rained on but it can't possibly be as bad as France this...
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    Accomodation on the Le Puy route

    Bonne route plodding p! When you get back do let us know here how you found the accommodation situation . I have a review of the accommodation we stayed in here: http://www.windeatt.f2s.com/camino.htm - all very subjective of course. Re the hunting situation - I may have been a bit...
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    Crowds?

    I would like to walk from Pamplona to Santiago next year. Which would be the least crowded month to start? April? May? June?
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    Accomodation on the Le Puy route

    Hi plodding p! We walked Le Puy - Pamplona in May and June this year. It WAS very busy in May BUT Gite owners told us that May was their busiest time - followed by June and that it was very quiet in July and August. However, even in May, there were plenty of people who didn't book and...
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    Now the crowds begin

    This is the case in France and, although I believe the municipal Gites are supposed to be for walkers, the accommodation is often used as a cheap place to stay by people who aren't even walking. We met an English couple in one Gite who had driven over from England for a 50th wedding anniversary...
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    Now the crowds begin

    sjpp An awful lot of the people in SJPP could be French pilgrims who will be finishing there and going home. We met very few people between Le Puy and SJPP who were going the whole way - say 5%. Most people were only walking for one or two weeks and stopping at one or other of the main towns...
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    St. Jean to Roncesvalles

    Route Napoleon I second everything that Lismany says above. We were nervous about this walk over the Pyrenees and I seriously considered sending my pack contents by taxi (I had been having some shoulder problems). In the end, we found it was not too bad at all . . . I won't say 'piece of...
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    St. Jean to Roncesvalles

    Orisson We only booked about a week ahead BUT YOU DO NEED TO CONFIRM the day before - see my companion's previous post (in this forum under a topic titled 'Auberge at Orisson').
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    Chemin St Jaques - Le Puy

    Bonne Route! We did Le Puy to Pamplona in May and June and I will put a summary up here soon. I guess you will have a very different experience with weather and companions - the route will be a lot less crowded and - I do hope for your sake - a lot less wet and muddy. Best wishes, Windy

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