Pathfinder075
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Various Routes in (2016), (2017) and (2023).
I want to walk next year. My intention would be to get the boat to Bilbao (and take a train to Bayonne) or fly to Biarritz, arriving probably the last week in August. Timelimit to complete this Camino is open ended, but I would prefer to have finished by mid October at the latest. I tend to walk 15-20 mile days when trekking.
My plan is to walk the following routes. Baztan, Viejo, Olvidado, Salvador, Primitivo, Frances and Muxia.
So I have a single question (so far) and probably more to come in the next 14 months.
Is Bayonne to Urdax possible in one day? Distance wise it is pushing it for me. I tend to avoid 20-25 mile (32-40km) days if I can and this would be about a 35km day, but I can do them from time to time if needed. I tend to walk from 7am to 7pm with a 1 hour break for lunch sometime in the middle. I am not a person who walks for 6 hours and then books into an albergue. My reasoning is purely financial for this. Urdax has an affordable albergue. Accommodation in France is expensive.
I want to complete the Baztan in 4 days, if possible, or at the least get as close to Pamplona as possible. With the hope of being able to start the Viejo on Day 5.
I know some people have walked the Viejo/Olvidado from Pamplona, but has anyone tied it in with the Baztan? I will probably open threads in the various subforums for each stage, in time.
Thanks.
My plan is to walk the following routes. Baztan, Viejo, Olvidado, Salvador, Primitivo, Frances and Muxia.
So I have a single question (so far) and probably more to come in the next 14 months.
Is Bayonne to Urdax possible in one day? Distance wise it is pushing it for me. I tend to avoid 20-25 mile (32-40km) days if I can and this would be about a 35km day, but I can do them from time to time if needed. I tend to walk from 7am to 7pm with a 1 hour break for lunch sometime in the middle. I am not a person who walks for 6 hours and then books into an albergue. My reasoning is purely financial for this. Urdax has an affordable albergue. Accommodation in France is expensive.
I want to complete the Baztan in 4 days, if possible, or at the least get as close to Pamplona as possible. With the hope of being able to start the Viejo on Day 5.
I know some people have walked the Viejo/Olvidado from Pamplona, but has anyone tied it in with the Baztan? I will probably open threads in the various subforums for each stage, in time.
Thanks.