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omar504 said:My question is about the french way-I gather I could just follow the hordes and not need a guide book but would previous walkers of this route advise the Raju or Brierley book. The latter book has good reviews on Amazon but looks pretty hefty at 320 pages.
Any suggestions?
A very good alternative guide that describes the VDLP (incl. Camino Sanabrès) is the one that is published by the "Asociación de Amigos del Camino de Santiago de Sevilla". There is a description of every stage with a map and an elevation diagram. It gives brief info about services you find in the villages you pass through and info about the albergues.omar504 said:I will put my 2 bobs worth in by commenting on the VDLP route. The 2 main (only?) guides are the Alison Raju and Cole/davies books. This route is now very well marked and I have heard of someone who walked without any guide.
Al the optimist said:This not a recommendation, just a comment. I found that when consulting the different guides that my fellow pilgrims and I had we often found that they had different distances for the same start/end points!
David said:The real problem with the guide books, to me, is that they give 'day stages' and people try to keep up with them - which means they lose the present, always wondering how far to the end of the day and so on. Also, people book their flights to have 'enough time' based on the guides .. one day of tiredness or injury or bad weather and their pilgrimage is ruined as all they do is to try to catch up with their arbitrary invented schedule.
KinkyOne said:Yes, David, that's exactly why they are the problem :wink:
Couldn't agree more! Guides are useful for giving an approximate timeframe. I then like to add extra days to cater for the unforeseen be they whims or emergencies. Far better to start closer to Santiago and be able to finish wherever it feels right on the day rather than to feel that you are committed to a schedule.nidarosa said:Rule of thumb should always be to leave yourself a bit of time and slack to really enjoy your Camino, with all its little detours and mysterious ways, and not make it a race to get to a bed or get to Santiago in a specific time. I know most people are on restricted time, but then you should take that into account when you plan - maybe start a few stages further in? Go to places in between the 'official' stages? Follow your feet as far as they will go in a day? Listen to your body instead of having every minute planned and mapped out?
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