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This weekend was a holiday weekend for Spain so there were a ton of Spaniards who had taken four days or so to do a chunk of the trail, which is what lots of people do. I continue to be impressed and amazed by the amount of older people and the distances they do each day. Got to an albergue a couple days ago and it was full, which I couldn´t believe, as it was only 3 in the afternoon. Got the last beds in a private one, and others who came later had to sleep on the floor or walk on to the next town.
lanval said:I know of four people that have left the camino due to the stress of trying to find a bed.
Michael in Belorado
Those of us who are walking on a much more northern path (just leaving Windsor now) can recommend it. Very peaceful! But I can't see that walking from Worcester to Santiago will catch on...Rebekah Scott said:I can´t tell you the number of happy campers I met while hospitalero-ing in Miraz, on the Camino del Norte, who´d shifted north
Should we plan to bring a sleeping bag and mat in case we are forced on the floor or outside?
Rambler
Rambler said:Seriously:
Those of you on the Camino now past Leon; are you seeing refugios that are past full? I understood in Galicia they were no longer allowing peregrinos to sleep on the floor for safety reasons.
I do not want to add a kilo to my pack weight with a sleeping bag and mat unless it is really a serious problem. We go from Leon to Satinago in early June. If you are seeing full albergues now, we will probably see the same.
Any information would be most appreciated.
Rambler
It is actually quite a good, fair system. But on the other hand- we create some kind of race for ourselves. It forces us to get up at 5 in the morning just to get a bed in the next albergue. Only way out of this situation is probably further development of other routes (or creating another albergues- which will probably be much more expensive).Minkey said:Last year when I was doing it, people didn't seem to respect the bag queuing system that has been in place for quite some time.
Javier Martin said:we can see today some strange kind of pilgrims who wake up at 4:30
Minkey said:I recall a couple who would wake everyone up at 5am
I can tell you what the answer may be: your own albergue- tent. I'm planning to walk all the way from Poland in 2010, so I will need a tent anyway.There will be lots and lots of people on the road. It will be crowded like the shopping mall on saturday afternoon, so it may be nothing magical about walking that year.sillydoll said:I don't know what the answer is but I'd hate to be walking in 2010!!
This may not go down well with those writing in this forum, as you will find out in the next two years before your camino, that "pilgrims" are expected to endure many things.
Minkey said:Most importantly, don't forget why you're out there. There's a reason for you doing it, so don't lose sight of that.
I would say, leave the tent behind...two high seasons. One from 23 April to late May with a very high peak from 7 to May 13. (1668 pilgrims in 7 days, an average 238 pilgrims per day).
The 2nd high season from August to mid-September is less clear, since there was a drop in numbers in the 2nd half of August.
As in previous years, in 2007 there was a pronounced decline in June-July with about 900 pilgrims per week.
grayland said:I have been reading this thread and am somewhat taken back by the competition for beds that is voiced here.
We are starting about 20 March 09 and are wondering if we will have the same problems.
What is the availability of private accomandations? I notice that very little is said about them in the forum.
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