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  1. wcsjms

    Winter 2020

    This may be close to our time (4 of us) to start the Frances. Final date not exact yet, but we may start sometime in mid to late January 2020. Our ages range from mid 40's to late 60's. Perhaps we will meet up ! :-) Buen Camino !
  2. wcsjms

    Newbe here

    Welcome and Buen Camino ! You have come to the repository of everything dealing with the Camino. All one needs to do is investigate everything from photos to packing your backpack to clothing to what soaps to bring. It is all here. If you can't find an answer ask and someone in the forum will...
  3. wcsjms

    Class of 2019

    Expecting to leave October 1, 2019 .. a winter trek :-)
  4. wcsjms

    Starting the Camino SJPP in couple days

    Did the Frances about the same time last year, it was HOT !!! Make sure you have water and electrolyte tablets. Two places we normally stop for water in one segment were closed. Heat exhaustion was a very real danger.
  5. wcsjms

    First time old phart

    You will have no problem, did twice in 11 months at age 66 & 67 from SJJP to Santiago , taking this year off for body repairs then the Camino Via de la Plata in Sept. 2019. Buen Camino !
  6. wcsjms

    Class of 2019

    Keep us posted, this sounds interesting :-) Buen Camino
  7. wcsjms

    Class of 2019

    Seems to be a naturally occurring addiction ...lol Buen Caminos :D
  8. wcsjms

    Class of 2019

    Buen Dia mi Amigos del Camino, having trekked the Frances (SJJP to Santiago) twice in 11 months (Sept. 2016 & August 2017). Myself and my wife's ages 66 & 65 and 67 & 66 respectively, we decided to take 2018 off for much needed body repairs ;) but are now in the planning stages for a 2019 trek...
  9. wcsjms

    Backpack Help!!

    We went from 65L backpacks to this year ...a 38L Osprey Kestrel and me a 48L. It comes with side opening as well as the top. It has a separate compartment for either your sleeping bag or footwear depending on you. It has it's own integrated rain cover and it is light weight . It has an outside...
  10. wcsjms

    Walking the French Way Sept. 2017

    If we do the Frances again, we will be leaving around the 22nd of September :-) Buen Camino !!! :-)
  11. wcsjms

    Walking the French Way Sept. 2017

    We started September 22, 2016 from SJJP, the weather was warm with some rain in Galicia but for the most part it was beautiful. We were told by the locals that in Galicia it is normally cold and rainy ...we lucked out. Many days it was quite warm -hot ! By time we got to Santiago , Nov. 4, 2016...
  12. wcsjms

    Hi, thinking of September

    Hi, Joan and I are in our mid 60's and starting the Camino at St. Jean on Sept.22 with our daughter and her husband first stop Orisson. This is our first time on the Camino although we have backpacked in past. Hope to see you along the way !
  13. wcsjms

    First Timer - September 2016!

    Hi Maggie, we too (4 of us) will be starting our Camino Frances Sept. 21 from St.Jean. You will be ahead of us, I doubt we will catch you along the way as we are taking our time to take in everything we see. So where some may stop for the night, if it feels right to us we will stay another full...

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