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Congratulations for your first Camino!I completed my first Camino in Mid September. I left it a few weeks before I decided to share my thoughts on this Camino.
Unfortunately I chose the worst week to start my first Camino. There was torrential rain on most days and this made 3 days of the walk fairly miserable. I thought myself reasonably fit for someone in their sixth decade and unfortunately I was lying to myself! Being overweight and unfit was also a negative. The rain stopped halfway through the fourth day making the last day and a half the most enjoyable walking.
The saving grace of this Camino were the actual people of Galicia. I have rarely met a more friendly group of people. Special mention must be made to Antonio Father and Son who run the Meson Do Vento and picked me up from the Bruma section of the Camino and dropped me back there before sunrise the next day and refused any payment! Also the people who pointed me in the right direction when the way was not clear in mainly towns especially Fene where I took a wrong turn and got totally lost!
I followed the suggested five stages in the CSF guide starting in Ferrol. My observation about the first day is that the 29 KM Ferrol to Pontedeume section is too long for anyone is unfit. Stopping In Neda would be a better option for a first day. Alternatively taking the optional 24KM option via the railway bridge. In a similar way the climb towards Bruma at the end of a long wet day is not ideal. I would suggest either having a late start in Betanzos and sight see! Then a short day from Betanzos to the Albergue in Presedo (12KM) and a good meal at the Meson Museo . The next day could then be to Buscas making it around 25KM.
Along the way I met and kept meeting two nice Spanish girls Ysabet and Anna, A couple of Friendly Spanish youths, a group of four ladies from England and a large number of Polish Pilgrims. This camino was probably too short to form the "families" you find on the Frances. But everyone was friendly and I met up with Ysabett and Anna in the Queue for certificates in Santiago.
Having retired this year I was considering doing a number of Caminos over the next few years. I liked the idea of the Primitivo but know I am not fit enough. So next year I think I will try the Camino Portuguese from Oporto.
Hi MarcusI completed my first Camino in Mid September. I left it a few weeks before I decided to share my thoughts on this Camino.
Unfortunately I chose the worst week to start my first Camino. There was torrential rain on most days and this made 3 days of the walk fairly miserable. I thought myself reasonably fit for someone in their sixth decade and unfortunately I was lying to myself! Being overweight and unfit was also a negative. The rain stopped halfway through the fourth day making the last day and a half the most enjoyable walking.
The saving grace of this Camino were the actual people of Galicia. I have rarely met a more friendly group of people. Special mention must be made to Antonio Father and Son who run the Meson Do Vento and picked me up from the Bruma section of the Camino and dropped me back there before sunrise the next day and refused any payment! Also the people who pointed me in the right direction when the way was not clear in mainly towns especially Fene where I took a wrong turn and got totally lost!
I followed the suggested five stages in the CSF guide starting in Ferrol. My observation about the first day is that the 29 KM Ferrol to Pontedeume section is too long for anyone is unfit. Stopping In Neda would be a better option for a first day. Alternatively taking the optional 24KM option via the railway bridge. In a similar way the climb towards Bruma at the end of a long wet day is not ideal. I would suggest either having a late start in Betanzos and sight see! Then a short day from Betanzos to the Albergue in Presedo (12KM) and a good meal at the Meson Museo . The next day could then be to Buscas making it around 25KM.
Along the way I met and kept meeting two nice Spanish girls Ysabet and Anna, A couple of Friendly Spanish youths, a group of four ladies from England and a large number of Polish Pilgrims. This camino was probably too short to form the "families" you find on the Frances. But everyone was friendly and I met up with Ysabett and Anna in the Queue for certificates in Santiago.
Having retired this year I was considering doing a number of Caminos over the next few years. I liked the idea of the Primitivo but know I am not fit enough. So next year I think I will try the Camino Portuguese from Oporto.
Hi,Marcus,I completed my first Camino in Mid September. I left it a few weeks before I decided to share my thoughts on this Camino.
Unfortunately I chose the worst week to start my first Camino. There was torrential rain on most days and this made 3 days of the walk fairly miserable. I thought myself reasonably fit for someone in their sixth decade and unfortunately I was lying to myself! Being overweight and unfit was also a negative. The rain stopped halfway through the fourth day making the last day and a half the most enjoyable walking.
The saving grace of this Camino were the actual people of Galicia. I have rarely met a more friendly group of people. Special mention must be made to Antonio Father and Son who run the Meson Do Vento and picked me up from the Bruma section of the Camino and dropped me back there before sunrise the next day and refused any payment! Also the people who pointed me in the right direction when the way was not clear in mainly towns especially Fene where I took a wrong turn and got totally lost!
I followed the suggested five stages in the CSF guide starting in Ferrol. My observation about the first day is that the 29 KM Ferrol to Pontedeume section is too long for anyone is unfit. Stopping In Neda would be a better option for a first day. Alternatively taking the optional 24KM option via the railway bridge. In a similar way the climb towards Bruma at the end of a long wet day is not ideal. I would suggest either having a late start in Betanzos and sight see! Then a short day from Betanzos to the Albergue in Presedo (12KM) and a good meal at the Meson Museo . The next day could then be to Buscas making it around 25KM.
Along the way I met and kept meeting two nice Spanish girls Ysabet and Anna, A couple of Friendly Spanish youths, a group of four ladies from England and a large number of Polish Pilgrims. This camino was probably too short to form the "families" you find on the Frances. But everyone was friendly and I met up with Ysabett and Anna in the Queue for certificates in Santiago.
Having retired this year I was considering doing a number of Caminos over the next few years. I liked the idea of the Primitivo but know I am not fit enough. So next year I think I will try the Camino Portuguese from Oporto.
I completed my first Camino in Mid September. I left it a few weeks before I decided to share my thoughts on this Camino.
Unfortunately I chose the worst week to start my first Camino. There was torrential rain on most days and this made 3 days of the walk fairly miserable. I thought myself reasonably fit for someone in their sixth decade and unfortunately I was lying to myself! Being overweight and unfit was also a negative. The rain stopped halfway through the fourth day making the last day and a half the most enjoyable walking.
The saving grace of this Camino were the actual people of Galicia. I have rarely met a more friendly group of people. Special mention must be made to Antonio Father and Son who run the Meson Do Vento and picked me up from the Bruma section of the Camino and dropped me back there before sunrise the next day and refused any payment! Also the people who pointed me in the right direction when the way was not clear in mainly towns especially Fene where I took a wrong turn and got totally lost!
I followed the suggested five stages in the CSF guide starting in Ferrol. My observation about the first day is that the 29 KM Ferrol to Pontedeume section is too long for anyone is unfit. Stopping In Neda would be a better option for a first day. Alternatively taking the optional 24KM option via the railway bridge. In a similar way the climb towards Bruma at the end of a long wet day is not ideal. I would suggest either having a late start in Betanzos and sight see! Then a short day from Betanzos to the Albergue in Presedo (12KM) and a good meal at the Meson Museo . The next day could then be to Buscas making it around 25KM.
Along the way I met and kept meeting two nice Spanish girls Ysabet and Anna, A couple of Friendly Spanish youths, a group of four ladies from England and a large number of Polish Pilgrims. This camino was probably too short to form the "families" you find on the Frances. But everyone was friendly and I met up with Ysabett and Anna in the Queue for certificates in Santiago.
Having retired this year I was considering doing a number of Caminos over the next few years. I liked the idea of the Primitivo but know I am not fit enough. So next year I think I will try the Camino Portuguese from Oporto.
I completed my first Camino in Mid September. I left it a few weeks before I decided to share my thoughts on this Camino.
Unfortunately I chose the worst week to start my first Camino. There was torrential rain on most days and this made 3 days of the walk fairly miserable.
May I ask which month you did the Camino Ingles?
I completed my first Camino in Mid September. I left it a few weeks before I decided to share my thoughts on this Camino.
Unfortunately I chose the worst week to start my first Camino. There was torrential rain on most days and this made 3 days of the walk fairly miserable. I thought myself reasonably fit for someone in their sixth decade and unfortunately I was lying to myself! Being overweight and unfit was also a negative. The rain stopped halfway through the fourth day making the last day and a half the most enjoyable walking.
The saving grace of this Camino were the actual people of Galicia. I have rarely met a more friendly group of people. Special mention must be made to Antonio Father and Son who run the Meson Do Vento and picked me up from the Bruma section of the Camino and dropped me back there before sunrise the next day and refused any payment! Also the people who pointed me in the right direction when the way was not clear in mainly towns especially Fene where I took a wrong turn and got totally lost!
I followed the suggested five stages in the CSF guide starting in Ferrol. My observation about the first day is that the 29 KM Ferrol to Pontedeume section is too long for anyone is unfit. Stopping In Neda would be a better option for a first day. Alternatively taking the optional 24KM option via the railway bridge. In a similar way the climb towards Bruma at the end of a long wet day is not ideal. I would suggest either having a late start in Betanzos and sight see! Then a short day from Betanzos to the Albergue in Presedo (12KM) and a good meal at the Meson Museo . The next day could then be to Buscas making it around 25KM.
Along the way I met and kept meeting two nice Spanish girls Ysabet and Anna, A couple of Friendly Spanish youths, a group of four ladies from England and a large number of Polish Pilgrims. This camino was probably too short to form the "families" you find on the Frances. But everyone was friendly and I met up with Ysabett and Anna in the Queue for certificates in Santiago.
Having retired this year I was considering doing a number of Caminos over the next few years. I liked the idea of the Primitivo but know I am not fit enough. So next year I think I will try the Camino Portuguese from Oporto.
The solitude was lovely and I'll never forget walking through the eucalyptus woods.
No worry for the day of tomorrowWhen I was walking through the eucaliptus woods on the Ingles I saw several arrows painted on trees because there weren´t other places (rocks, walls, etc). Probably those eucaliptus (which are private) will be cut in 5 0r 6 years. Then someone will have to repaint the arrows, But where?. Maybe it is cheaper paying the owner for the tree than building a milestone with the shell
No worry for the day of tomorrow
They will definitively cope with this.
We just take twice as many days as others (on average). So - from Ferrol to Santiago took 8 walking days plus a day to see Betanzos. On the Primitivo we took 3 weeks from Tineo to Santiago including an extra day in Grandas de Salime (museum) and also 2 days in Lugo. All the shortest stages that we wanted and only long ones where dictated by the accommodation available. Shortest day 6kms from Grandas to Castro for the museum at the latter; longest day 24kms into Lugo -and nearly 2kms of that was walking round to our hotel. Anything is possible.....
I'm planning to walk the Camino ingles next May, as it'll be my first Camino I would like to take it very slowly, eight days I think would suit me well, would it be possible for you to post a list of the stages you chose for yours?
As I said we took it very slowlyI'm planning to walk the Camino ingles next May, as it'll be my first Camino I would like to take it very slowly, eight days I think would suit me well, would it be possible for you to post a list of the stages you chose for yours?
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