• Get your Camino Frances Guidebook here.
  • For 2024 Pilgrims: €50,- donation = 1 year with no ads on the forum + 90% off any 2024 Guide. More here.
    (Discount code sent to you by Private Message after your donation)
  • ⚠️ Emergency contact in Spain - Dial 112 and AlertCops app. More on this here.
This is a mobile optimized page that loads fast, if you want to load the real page, click this text.

Detailed planning for daily distances

Lance Chambers

Lance Chambers
Time of past OR future Camino
Sarria (2015), SJPdP (2016), Burgos (2017), SJPdP (2018), Burgos (2019), SJPdP (2020?).
Camino Jewellery
A selection of Camino Jewellery
Discover the Northern Camino!
Join our full-service guided tour of the Basque Country and let us pamper you!
falcon269 said:
But it is free!!
Click to expand...

That's what counts.

Happily, I have a Galaxy 6. I just downloaded and it's lots of fun, very helpful, and even I was able to navigate through it (mostly).

Now if I would just spend half as much time training as I do reading the forum and playing with various gizmos, maybe my feet won't hurt so much when I head out again.
 
Camino Way markers in Bronze
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
Nelia L Keiser said:
I can get this one it's the second site I cannot get as I use an iphone.
Click to expand...
Do you really need an app? Wifi is readily available all along the CF so you can access the website basically anytime along the way.
 
Have you checked out the Camino Guide Offline. You do not need to be connected to WiFi to use it. I used it last year and it was great. Better than great. I am taking an older Android phone this year, along with my iPhone, just for that one program.
 
Camino Inglés Walking Holiday - UK
St James' Way - Self-guided 4-7 day Walking Packages, Reading to Southampton, 110 kms
Here are a couple of other good planning sites

urcamino.com
forwalk.org
 
Having done several Caminos, both with and without the assistance of a smart phone, I can see the arguments in favor of both camps. However, overriding all of this available information, I can offer one comment regarding too much planning:

"Man plans...God laughs..."

It is true, you know...
 
Last edited:
Buz Radican said:
Do you really need an app? Wifi is readily available all along the CF so you can access the website basically anytime along the way.
Click to expand...
I thoroughly enjoy the planning process, and this tool is a great one, but I stay flexible once I'm on the road.This website is great for research and planning your walking days, from home, when you are getting an idea of the possibilities. It never even occurred to me to put on my smartphone for reference while actually on the camino. For me, its value is that I can download the entire list of locations to an excel spreadsheet and to KML files.
 
Promote your Camino Project on the forum
€2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.

Planning is something to do to overcome the problem of waiting! I also have my directory full of maps, KML files, etc. that I probably won't use...but it gives me something to do while I 'count down' (60 days and counting!)

Ultreya,
-Jason
 
Camino Ready, Backpacks, Boots etc
3rd Edition. More content, training & pack guides avoid common mistakes, bed bugs etc
When you walk the Camino, do not plan for daily distance. Covering Kms is not what the Camino is about. If you strive to cover ground you will miss out on a lot of the ambiance and magic of the journey, which is indeed why you came - isn't it? You can walk 500 miles as fast as you can when you are at home. Better to run out of time than to hurry to the finish.
 
I found this too, before my camino this spring, but the "stages planning" feature was not useful since my stages were shorter. I wish you could input your preferred stage distance and have it generate a plan based on that.
 
More 2024 Camino Guides available
The 2024 Camino guides will be coming out little by little. Here is a collection of the ones that are out so far.
I found out about godesalco a while back and it's great for scenarios. I'm not much of a fan of planning daily distances though. Walk until you find a spot that you really like. Try not to think about it too much.
 
Lisa HS said:
I found this too, before my camino this spring, but the "stages planning" feature was not useful since my stages were shorter. I wish you could input your preferred stage distance and have it generate a plan based on that.
Click to expand...
The urcamino.com site does exactly that. You are asked what you want your daily average to be, then the site generates a plan. You can then review it and change stops.
 
JohnMcM said:
Hurrrrrmphhhh! I don't hold out too much hope for getting it on my typewriter now.

Ahhhhh! How I miss the days of postcards, letters and telegrams.

Buen (getting connected planning for your) Camino
Click to expand...
and fountain pens . . .
 
Camino Preparation Guide
The focus is on reducing the risk of failure through being well prepared. 2nd ed.
It seems to me that you are letting technology run your camino with all these apps. Do you really think that they will enhance your experience ?
 
I've yet to meet a person who sticks to a pre-determined plan made by one of these apps. You meet people, you may come across a perfect town, you have an injury...all of these scenarios change where and how far you walk. Just saying.
 
Promote your Camino Project on the forum
€2,-/day will present your project to thousands of visitors each day. All interested in the Camino de Santiago.
2024 edition: The Brierley Camino Frances Guide
The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
I don't see anything wrong with having a loose plan. And in fact the great thing about some of these apps is that they can help you be more spontaneous, because it's easy to see how far you have to walk until the next town, albergue, cafe, etc., and decide what you want to do in the moment.
 
craigmiller said:
It seems to me that you are letting technology run your camino with all these apps. Do you really think that they will enhance your experience ?
Click to expand...
Why would you conclude that? I get considerable pleasure from the planning process. And I also get pleasure from the spontaneous changes to the plan along the way!
 
craigmiller said:
It seems to me that you are letting technology run your camino with all these apps. Do you really think that they will enhance your experience ?
Click to expand...

I certainly think that the android app will make it a lot easier for me to book accommodation well ahead as seems to becoming important these days as walker numbers grow. The maps will also show me where post offices, restaurants, ATM's, pharmacies, etc. are in each location - yup I think they can help improve the experience when they can be useful in making trivial but necessary tasks easier.

I also love just working on the trip on a regular basis before I go and watching 'The Way' again and again, YouTube documentaries on the Camino, playing with the apps, routes, daily walk distances, and checking out all the facilities on the way keep me enthused and looking forward to my trip starting on 2nd Aug.
 
Altus ANDES 400 H30 sleeping bag
Down bag (90/10 duvet) of 700 fills with 180 g (6.34 ounces) of filling. Mummy-shaped structure, ideal when you are looking for lightness with great heating performance.

€149,-
Hi Lance,

Personally, I refuse to book accomodation on a pilgrimage route. Yes, there are many users on the same route with myriad purposes, some who are on pilgrimage, from children to octogenarians, but the bottom line is that it is a pilgrimage route. So, for me, it is about unplugging, getting in touch with the inner self and enjoying not only the wonderful scepery but also immersing into the whole environment of the Camino.

While there, dip a toe in and see how it feels.

Finally, it seems that Nelia had a problem finding the second link was not for iphone, as provided in the first post. Nelia, no, it is the same app but for Android phones. It is not designed for iPhone. But I am glad the first linked worked.
 

You are correct insomuch that record setting for daily distances covered is not my cup of tea. That said, my normal enjoyable pace will easily cover anywhere from 30 to 44 kilometers per day, depending on distractions However, I easily smell the roses, take note of special things, and enjoy myself even at my fastest pace.

As with individual metabolisms, some folks have a naturally faster pace that will cover a lot of distance, while others... not so much. There is no right or wrong pace to walk Camino, as long as one does what feels right to oneself.
 
Marine adage: better a good plan today...than a perfect plan never!
 
Camino Way markers in Bronze
The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
Sometimes people have to plan because they have to go back home at a certain time.... Not what they wished but what they have to do....
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Latest Camino Photo

Most read last week in this forum

Similar threads

Reverse daily luggage transfer
Replies
10
Views
719
Steven F.
M
"normal" daily routine
Replies
26
Views
2K
Isabelpilgrim
U
I'm looking for understandable detailed online map or tables of Camino Francés
Replies
50
Views
4K
David Tallan
Menu
Log in
Register