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[QUOTE="whariwharangi, post: 188450"] I went from deciding to go to departure in less than a month. The hard part was sorting through the gear I would normally take on a hiking trip and leaving a lot of it behind. I couldn't get objective information on how cold it might get, particularly in the albergues, and so couldn't decide on how much gear would be needed; this forum is great but there are a lot of conflicting opinions. The long issues were getting credential and guidebook. I already had my passport. I worked it out in detail departure from home to arrival at SJPdP including first night accomodation. Plans nearly went awry due to a labour strike affecting my flight to Biarritz Airport. I had done a map recce before leaving and knew I had to go from SJPdP to Roncesvalle the first day of walking. I figured on 20km per day based on experience with hiking. So that was the extent of planning before I went. From there planning was by the day ... and the main factors were because I was walking late in the year I had to be careful to end days in places with accomodations that were open and not have an extremely long day following. So usually I knew where I would try to stop before leaving an albergue in the morning. Sometimes I knew how far I would try to go in the next two days. The guidebook and the accomodation sheet I received from the pilgrim office were invaluable. I am lucky in that I had no time constraints or fixed date for finishing; I planned to stay in Europe for 90 days. There are two military axioms. One is from Sun Tzu who states "now the general who wins a battle makes many calculations in his temple ere the battle is fought." The other is that a plan never survives the moment of contact with the enemy. So its important to plan so you get the gear and the information you need (in particular a good time appreciation so you don't have to rush the last few days) ... but to have a detailed and fixed plan is not the best idea ... it needs to be flexible. [/QUOTE]
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