Camino in November

[dandagenais]

Salut tout le monde!

I'll be strarting my Camino Nov.2 at SJPP for 32 days. Anyone starting around that date or anyone who would be kind enough to share some info/recommendations for that time of year, would be awesome...

Also, looking for info on getting from Madrid (where my plane lands on Nov. 1) to SJPP...

Cheers,
Daniel

 

[Deleted member 3000]

You arrive after bus service from Pamplona to SJPdP ends for the year, so you can get to Roncesvalles on a bus, but the remaining distance will require a taxi.

So, you can take a bus or train from Madrid to Pamplona, then either start from there, take a bus to Roncesvalles, or take a taxi/bus to SJPdP.

Buen camino.

 

[mspath]

Daniel,

Welcome to the Forum!

Late autumn is a wonderful time to walk the camino but you must be prepared for all kinds of weather. Late last November there was a meter of snow on the CF at O Cebriero.

Check out these earlier Forum topics for specific info from many of us who walk at this time..

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/november-camino.18747/

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/late-fall-weather-on-el-camino.18973/

and

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/traveling-from-madrid-to-st-jean.19501/

Happy planning and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

 

[mercurynfo]

You arrive after bus service from Pamplona to SJPdP ends for the year, so you can get to Roncesvalles on a bus, but the remaining distance will require a taxi.

So, you can take a bus or train from Madrid to Pamplona, then either start from there, take a bus to Roncesvalles, or take a taxi/bus to SJPdP.

Buen camino.

Falcon269, can you give the date again for when the Pamplona to SJPP bus service ends this year. I saw it at one point but can't seem to find it again. I think I'm in the same boat as dandagenais arriving Pamplona from Madrid on 04Oct. Fingers crossed.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

September 30

 

[mercurynfo]

The Pamplona to SJPP thread should get interesting after that date...I'll post another rideshare post there soon. Thanks!

 

[caminoforme86]

Hey! I am due to start on the 31st of October! I am coming by train from Paris to Bayonne and then by train from Bayonne to SJPDP.

Good luck

 

[dandagenais]

Hey! I am due to start on the 31st of October! I am coming by train from Paris to Bayonne and then by train from Bayonne to SJPDP.

Good luck

Right on! So there's a train from Bayonne to SJPDP? I might then try and get to Bayonne from Madrid... and then to SJPDP. I wish you an awesome Camino my friend!

 

[mspath]

Right on! So there's a train from Bayonne to SJPDP? I might then try and get to Bayonne from Madrid... and then to SJPDP. I wish you an awesome Camino my friend!

Here is a direct link to the Bayonne >> SJPdP train schedule until December 14, 2013.

By the way November 1, All Saints' Day, is a holiday in both France and Spain. Many families travel during this time to pay homage to their dead relatives. Hence roads and transport may be extra busy at this time. Some businesses and services, but not all, will be closed on this day.

Bon voyage and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

 

[dandagenais]

Here is a direct link to the Bayonne >> SJPdP train schedule until December 14, 2013.

By the way November 1, All Saints' Day, is a holiday in both France and Spain. Many families travel during this time to pay homage to their dead relatives. Hence roads and transport may be extra busy at this time. Some businesses and services, but not all, will be closed on this day.

Bon voyage and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

Thanks so much! That's great and helps a lot. Will have to wait till the next day then because of All Saints day, but hey a day in Madrid will be ok for sure!

 

[caminoforme86]

Oh yeah I forgot to mention that it was All Saints day. I will have hopefully made it over the Pyrenees safely and be waking up in Roncesvalles on the 1st of November!

Did you find out if you can get the train to Bayonne from Madrid easily enough?

 

[caminoforme86]

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/seeking-help-madrid-to-sjpdp-please.20268/

I found this while searching for something else! Might be useful to you if you havn't already found a way from Madrid!

 

[dandagenais]

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/seeking-help-madrid-to-sjpdp-please.20268/

I found this while searching for something else! Might be useful to you if you havn't already found a way from Madrid!

Thanks! That does help... so much info out there!! I have a lot saved, juts not had time yet to make sense of all of it. Going away for 4 days in the Muskokas here in Canada for a big race, but when back I'll start looking more closely at all of this.

 

[dandagenais]

Questions for people that have done the Camino and flew of from North America... I'll be taking a plane from Canada. Here are my questions:
1) walking poles? what are your thoughts? Yes or no?
2) checking baggages in plane - do you keep you backpack as carry-on or check it? If you have poles (telescopic, small) that fit in your Backpack, are you allowed to carry-on (because of the pole)?

Merci!!
Dan

 

[Geeta Rajaraman]

Hi there,
My friend and I will be arriving in Santiago on October 27. We were planning on taking a taxi to Sarria and beginning our Camino from there (this time around).

 

[Deleted member 3000]

My poles fit inside my pack. I always check my pack, but twice it arrived late.