My wife and I are planning to walk from SJPP starting about the 15th to 25th of April.
It will be our first pilgrimage although we have done some long day walks in Spain and quite a lot of walking elsewhere. We are already making regular practice walks. In April, we will be 60 and 59 years old and reasonably fit (just a little too much good food and red wine to say "very fit"). We are from Victoria on the west coast of Canada.
Like many Canadians, we are not "churchy" but we will be very open to the spiritual component of the journey. We expect and hope that will be important for us.
I will be watching this forum regularly between now and our departure. I have already read some threads with very useful and interesting information.
I am already feeling wary of our first leg from SJPP to Roncesvalles. I know it is one of the more strenuous stages and it will be early in the year. I understand that snow, cold and rain are possible and have been in the mountains enough to know that the weather can change quickly. It might also be a glorious day! I have noted that there are alternative routes for this stage and I suppose we can make a decision about which route to follow at the last minute and based on the latest information about conditions. Advice about this first stage will be welcome.
- Derek
It will be our first pilgrimage although we have done some long day walks in Spain and quite a lot of walking elsewhere. We are already making regular practice walks. In April, we will be 60 and 59 years old and reasonably fit (just a little too much good food and red wine to say "very fit"). We are from Victoria on the west coast of Canada.
Like many Canadians, we are not "churchy" but we will be very open to the spiritual component of the journey. We expect and hope that will be important for us.
I will be watching this forum regularly between now and our departure. I have already read some threads with very useful and interesting information.
I am already feeling wary of our first leg from SJPP to Roncesvalles. I know it is one of the more strenuous stages and it will be early in the year. I understand that snow, cold and rain are possible and have been in the mountains enough to know that the weather can change quickly. It might also be a glorious day! I have noted that there are alternative routes for this stage and I suppose we can make a decision about which route to follow at the last minute and based on the latest information about conditions. Advice about this first stage will be welcome.
- Derek