August 30, 2019 Start from Irun

[Suzanne S.]

I am announcing with excited trepidation (or trepidatious excitement) that I have purchased airline tickets! If all goes according to "plan," I will be walking El Camino del Norte from Irun beginning August 30. I am curious how many of you will be heading out from there or nearby on or near that date. I would love to be able to cross paths with folks I have "talked" with on this forum.

Now, I've got to train like crazy.

If I could only figure out how to put it on the Calendar... (Yay! I just did!!!)

 

[brianne fitzgerald]

Buena camino. I expect to be starting at Bilbao 9/17. I did irun to Bilbao last spring and it was very difficult for me so I switched to the Portuguese way. I hope to get back out there in the fall

 

[Suzanne S.]

Buena camino. I expect to be starting at Bilbao 9/17. I did irun to Bilbao last spring and it was very difficult for me so I switched to the Portuguese way. I hope to get back out there in the fall

Buen Camino, @Brianne! I hope to see you on the way! Keep me posted with your plans!!!

 

[RumAndChupacabras]

I'll be up on del Norte in various places (until the last 100km), all of August and 2 weeks of September!

 

[trecile]

Now, I've got to train like crazy.

I have one word for you - HILLS!
Do as much training on hills as you absolutely can. That first week is like walking over the Pyrenees several times a day! Up and down and up and down...

 

[Iriebabel]

I have one word for you - HILLS!
Do as much training on hills as you absolutely can. That first week is like walking over the Pyrenees several times a day! Up and down and up and down...

Exactamente! I can vouch for that right now ...lots of hills and not small ones snowed last night. Above Markena after the rain and now 5 minutes of sun then heavy rain expected today

 

[Suzanne S.]

@trecile and @Iriebabel …. Oh my, it's what I am expecting. My countdown calendar says 146 days, and I have only traversed the smallest of hills so far. My Spring and Summer training will see me climbing! Thanks for the head's up!!!