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I suspect this question has (a) probably been asked before and (b) could probably be answered with the words "every albergue is different" however I will ask anyway.......
My wife and I are starting the French Camino - our first Camino - on August 2, less than a fortnight away now! Our plan is to try and leave every morning before 8 and walk about 25kms arriving in our preplanned destination around 1pm, The main reason for this is that we really don't want to be on the road in the afternoon heat. I vaguely recall reading a few weeks ago that many albergues do not open until the late afternoon. Generally speaking - is that correct? If not, approx what times could we expect to find albergues open?
I realise we could call in advance and book our place for the night - if we do that, are we able to drop our bags at the (closed) albergue before looking around the town/village/city?
Thanks all for your patience & help.
Davybhoy
I think that you'll have to leave well before 8 am to achieve 25 km by 1:00. That would be 5 km per hour with no breaks. Most people who are looking to beat the heat in the summer start around 6:00 or earlier.Our plan is to try and leave every morning before 8 and walk about 25kms arriving in our preplanned destination around 1pm
Many people follow the rule when packing their rucksacs:
If I'm packing this or that - just in case, or what if, or perhaps....
then I don't need it on Camino.
Just a thought for you.
k
I walk alone on camino and part of this involves taking care of myself. I don't take spare glasses, but I do take a recent optometrist's prescription, in case my glasses get broken. I can't see much without them. For me, this suggests an appropriate level of protection from "what ifs". I take medication with me to manage a condition which recurred during my last two caminos, and I shall also take precautions to avoid its happening again. I am responsible for myself as much when on camino as when hiking in the back-country, and I do my best to care for myself and my gear so that all will be well with me. Of course, I shall do what I can to take care of you in an emergency situation, if you have been paying no attention to "what ifs." But I can't guarantee that we will meet at the time when you are wishing that you brought a first aid kit or some extra food (or water). "What if" you need them?But I am glad I took an extra pair of eye glasses, after my first pair went off a bridge into a river.
Me too - I take a reserve pair. I'm lost without my specs. Essentials are essentials: food, water, first aid kit, hat. meds. Its those 'can I live without them - can I really carry extra trousers, shirt, socks, undies, cosmetics, etc?' that are, for me and others, the non-essential 'what-ifs'. I fell foul of it on my first Camino, had way too much and injured my feet. I'm down to a 8-9 Kg pack now.But I am glad I took an extra pair of eye glasses, after my first pair went off a bridge into a river.
You are quite probably right, Trecile! We have been training - to a point - that is, walking in gradually increasing distances on weekends, but no training can really prepare us for 25km every day! I realise our best laid plans will probably change as reality bites, but we have tried to build in rest days into our Camino to help us through. In training we walk faster than 5km per hour but it is true we will be slower on the Camino as we stop more regularly for various reasons. I suspect that we will end up leaving earlier than 8am as we get into rhythmI think that you'll have to leave well before 8 am to achieve 25 km by 1:00. That would be 5 km per hour with no breaks. Most people who are looking to beat the heat in the summer start around 6:00 or earlier.
My walking pace on the Camino is about 5 km per hour - but definitely slower on long ascents or difficult terrain. But I'm not walking continuously from the moment I start out until the moment I arrive at the albergue! After the first hour or so I stop for breakfast, then stop once or twice more for snacks and bathroom breaks, not to mention stopping to take photos. I would plan on completing 25 km in about 7 hours.You are quite probably right, Trecile! We have been training - to a point - that is, walking in gradually increasing distances on weekends, but no training can really prepare us for 25km every day! I realise our best laid plans will probably change as reality bites, but we have tried to build in rest days into our Camino to help us through. In training we walk faster than 5km per hour but it is true we will be slower on the Camino as we stop more regularly for various reasons. I suspect that we will end up leaving earlier than 8am as we get into rhythm
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