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I would recommend the overnight stay in Orisson, it is a pretty steep climb up from Saint Jean Pied de Port and although if you set off early and are prepared to crack on you can easily manage Roncesvalles in one stop, there is no rush!
I was warned by a friend that had done the route in April...
I started at very much the same time of year a couple of years ago. I recommend that you consider booking into Orisson and have a gentle start to your Camino. Make sure that you have an overnight in SJPdP and have that accommodation booked too.
Download the resource of recommended albergues and...
Click the above link to see a really good pianist making the use of a piano that is far from great. At Grañón St Juan Bautista. Worth listening all the way through.
Antoine acting as temporary hospitalero at the Albergue San Nicolás as he recuperated/rested following a bout of tendonitis. Thanks for a great memory!
I walked April/May this year and saw a Frenchman carrying a saxophone as I left an Albergue one morning. I caught up with him again in the albergue St Juan Bautista at Grañón where the hospitalero called him to move his saxophone off the seat. From memory I think he was called Antoine. At this...
I'm out in Spain at the moment on the Costa Blanca but have looked up your recommendation on Amazon and it looks like I'll be ordering it when I'm home. I'll keep an eye out for you. I'm still debating the Orrison option.
I've got my pilgrims passport, booked my flights and my first nights accommodation in SJPdP on April 12th 2106. I will be setting off on the 13th. I'm doing it solo as my wife has concerns about sleeping with more than one snoring person at a time, whether she can get her washing dry and rumours...
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