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  1. J

    Winter 2020

    I have walked in December / January (2013/14) on my own (from St Jean) and had no problems. As I have said previously the best thing about walking in the winter is that one walks across the top of the frozen mud, rather than sinking into it! There are always enough albergues open at a...
  2. J

    Camino de santiago from Norway

    If you Google jakobsweg - with or without an e on the end, you should also get a whole lot of info. Also the words chemin St jaques should also get you a lot of info. I'm on the Camino at present so can't dig out some of my links for you - sorry. There are pilgrim paths coming down through...
  3. J

    Starting the Via Francigena in Italy march 2013

    Hi JPierre, I returned from walking the VF (although sadly - due to injuries - I also caught the odd bus / train / hitched too) in July. I was surprised at how well it was waymarked in Italy - having read horror stories before going. There are a couple of places along the Valle de Aosta where...
  4. J

    pilgrim to be

    Hi Stu, have sent you a pm, but thought I would post here about a really good German bike guide of the Camino Frances from bikeline with 1:75.000 maps in it. I have a copy if you want to get in touch and have a look at it. It is in German, but being from Adelaide there is every chance you may...
  5. J

    Will I ever get around to walking the camino?

    Leoba, welcome to the forum, and just remember that when the time is right you will be able to walk the Camino. As time marches on, you will have plenty of time to learn more about the Camino, it's history and culture, but you will also have more knowledge of where you want to begin walking...
  6. J

    New Member - Western Australia

    Hi Mary, have just posted a reply to Tatiana on this site too to say a welcome to the forum and let her (and now you) know that there is an Australian Friends of the Camino. Should you wish to get an Austrlaian Credential / Pilgrim record before you go you can down load a membership form off...
  7. J

    Aussie newbie caminando in September

    Welcome Tatiana, Yes you are right this is a very helpful site, and being 50 on the Camino is not at all unusual!. Where are you from in Australia? If you are interested there is now an Australian Friends of the Camino, and should you want an Australian pilgrim Record /Credential you can...
  8. J

    Me and my Dad

    Hi Carol, did you know that there is a new book (only published about a month or so ago) written by a father and daughter (Irish) who walked together to SDC? It is called "Buen Camino, a Father - Daughter Journey from Croagh Patrick to Santiago de Compostela", and the authors are - Natasha...
  9. J

    Greetings From Germany

    Hi, I am planning to walk from Koln (in the future) to Namur (via Aachen) & Reims one day. From there one would then carry on to Vezelay. I have walked from Troyes several years ago, and if you were wanting natural beauty you could take the Nevers branch of the path which is, I believe, a...
  10. J

    G'Day from Australia !

    Hello Gary, welcome - from another Aussie!. I walked the Camino del Norte and the Camino Primitivo from Oviedo in 2009. I had a quick look in my notes and there were numerous days when I walked more than 25 kms (some days were closer to 35kms) - although I did not feel as if I was racing. (by...
  11. J

    I'm off for a walk...

    Buen Camino John! Enjoy. Janet
  12. J

    Misc pointers for a newbie?

    Yes so did I Frank, it ceased working, and so I had to get a new one, and the one that suited my perposes most didn't use AA batteries unfortunately. Some say all the tchnology is an advantage, but one must wonder sometimes! regards, Janet
  13. J

    Misc pointers for a newbie?

    I usually stay in a cheap hotel when I am having a rest day (no point in staying at an albergue and being woken by the early risers anytime after 5.00 a.m. when one is trying to rest!). I save my charging (camera battery) till then. That way I don't have to stress about security and I can let...
  14. J

    Walking the northern way by self

    Hi and welcome plisle. In 2009 I walked the Camino del Norte on my own (as a nearly 60 yr old woman) and felt perfectly safe. I also walked in France on the Vezelay path and was even more alone there - often going for more than a week before seeing another pilgrim and then usually only one or...
  15. J

    New tasmanian walkers want flight advice from Australia

    The Australia / New Zealand section on this forum is for sharing general, but specific to our region, news for those of us travelling over to Europe. It is open for anyone to read, but the idea is that if there is notices of meetings / gatherings and such like that are only pertaining to this...
  16. J

    Kiwi Newbie

    It is actually a very pleasant couple of days walking down to Irun from Bayonne - indeed the "friends" group man a desk in the cathedral in Bayonne and you can get your first sello / tampon there (and pick up a credenciale too if needed). There were no pilgrim refuges though until Irun and so...
  17. J

    Kiwi Newbie

    Yes indeed - have just been in touch with Jane and she confirms:- Hotel Paris Madrid, Bayonne.
  18. J

    Kiwi Newbie

    Hi Camino David, when I was in Bayonne getting ready to walk through to Irun to start the Camino del Norte I actually stayed with a wonderful lady who takes pilgrims in for around 20 euro I think from memory. I actually got her name from the information that the pilgrim desk in the Cathedral...
  19. J

    New tasmanian walkers want flight advice from Australia

    Hi and welcome - your journey has begun, before you even leave your front door! I catch the TGV train down to Bayonne from the airport (I think you have to change at Biarritz) and then rest before catching the local train to St Jean. I have sent you a pm if you wish to contact me and have a...
  20. J

    aussie newbie

    Hi Cuffy, I would imagine that you will have plenty of strength doing what you do, and starting in Lourdes you will be breaking yourself in gently (although there is a long stretch after Oloron St Maire - assuming that you will cross the Pyrenees at Somport). Just walk "into" the Camino - take...

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