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Of course, you get to stop and look around unless you are on a forced march! Many of us prefer to keep our options very open and that is why we don't book in advance.When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass.
It's your Camino. Do as you please and you. will have a unforgettable experience particuarly finishing in Santiago de Compostella, allow 1 full day extra. Company or Independent, I my view Independant, the advance planning is all part of the thing. Albergue v Hostals / Hotels Cycling definitly the later otherwise you will be woken shrtly after you eventualy go to sleep!!!. Buen Camino.let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend?
When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
Walk or bike?
I did Ponferrada to Santiago. I stayed at hostals and loved them clean, had my own room with bathroom, and used the backpack service. I stopped in time to visit the towns and villages, and savour my Camino. I used booking.com and had absolutely no problems with my bookings. Buen Camino!let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
Did Sarria to Santiago last year. and stayed in hostels the whole way. Never saw or felt a bed bug. ln Galacia every hostel l stopped at supplied me with vert tough paper sheet and pillowcase which were just fine. l carried a sleeping bag and never used it. Buen Camino.Bedbugs don't discriminate. They are just as happy at a hotel or B&B as in a hostel.
If you only have a week why not do one of the middle sections?let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
Bedbugs don't discriminate. They are just as happy at a hotel or B&B as in a hostel.
Hi Elle, For a bunch of boring reasons, I booked my self-guided full Camino Frances through a company called Macs Adventure out of Glasgow. They organised all accommodation and baggage transfers. I carried a 6kilo daypack. Support was supplied by a great local Spanish company called Teetravel www.tee-travel.com I called them a few times with various problems and I spoke with someone in English each time. Their support was first rate. Teetravel might organise everything for you directly for a better price. In fact, I learned early on that my whole trip had been farmed out to Teetravel.let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
While there may be some judgement among Members, perhaps it is equally unfair to judge them because they do not provide ready assistance to those who appear to desire a pilgrimage without inconvenience. They simply may not be interested in being mistaken for a travel agency (agencies abound and make a living making arrangements providing services to tourists and pilgrims alike, a living that volunteer information providers and volunteer hospitaleros alike do not expect). Friendly advice is the hallmark of the Forum, and being defensive about asking for a bit more advice does not seem to me to be in the spirit of what is readily given. I suspect all of your questions could be answered by reading the millions of words contained on this site, and no one would even know you needed to be judged because no one would know you were reading. It may be true that you open yourself to judgement by announcing that you don't want to be judged. No lurker has even been judged, though.Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k
If someone judges, it is their problem, not yours.
I really don't know why you would feel judged. If you only have two weeks then that's all you have. Make the most of it. No one is standing on the side of the road with a clipboard in hand stating that you are not a pilgrim because you do 100km at a time.let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
Is this really what you meant?!.........Just take the time you have and enjoy the journey.
You may want to look into staying at privately own pensions. They will give you the flavor of the hostile experience.
No, you're not.While there may be some judgement among Members, perhaps it is equally unfair to judge them because they do not provide ready assistance to those who appear to desire a pilgrimage without inconvenience. They simply may not be interested in being mistaken for a travel agency (agencies abound and make a living making arrangements providing services to tourists and pilgrims alike, a living that volunteer information providers and volunteer hospitaleros alike do not expect). Friendly advice is the hallmark of the Forum, and being defensive about asking for a bit more advice does not seem to me to be in the spirit of what is readily given. I suspect all of your questions could be answered by reading the millions of words contained on this site, and no one would even know you needed to be judged because no one would know you were reading. It may be true that you open yourself to judgement by announcing that you don't want to be judged. No lurker has even been judged, though.
Of course, I could be wrong!
Sorry but 100ks even walking slowly is 5 days not 2 weeks. I am in Santiago having just finished from St Jean approx 800 ks . Not a hardcore walker just a 70 year old who smokes and drinks.let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
you could have just clicked on edit to fix that typo,Carpe!!!
let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km.
No need to apologize for what you want to do or can do.
I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks.
Why/how would you "know" that this makes many here upset? That is an odd way to start.
If you have 2 weeks, you can use one week to do a very leisurely walk to Santiago and the second can be lying on the beach in Finisterre.
Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers.
If you were on the trail for months, you would definitely be doing an impressive, long walk. The Frances should take just over one month. As with any social interaction, if you join fresh or worn-down walkers, it is how you present yourself......others aren't there for your amusement or entertainment. Everyone has their reason for being their and some will want to chat but others may not. Believe it or not, it's not all about you.
I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for?
Again, the judgement in a first posting gives a perception of attitude.....rightly or wrongly. I have no idea if you are labelling me as "hardcore" but I will answer anyways since I do not consider myself to be "hardcore" regardless of anyone else's judgement.
The main thing that you have to watch for in that 100km is being sprayed by poop. Literally sprayed with a fine mist of aerosol pooh. It happened to us walking by a farm field and it happened 4 years later to our son.
Anything I need to know?
Whether you are doing 100 km or 800 km, the first 100 km is the hardest. So, congratulations, you are doing the hardest part of a walk!
If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend?
We booked everything ahead ourselves and stayed in hostel/hotel/b&b type places. Very few albergues. Just our preference. Someone else used Macs and I had encountered others who used them and liked the experience. However, many were surprised at the level of organized infrastructure along the Camino, and many said they would have been comfortable booking themselves, had they know this ahead of time.
We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass.
As with everything else in life.....you can choose who you sleep with. However, bedbugs do not discriminate on price. Check the beds, bring permethrin. I haven't heard about lice on the camino.
Walk or bike?
If you have two weeks and you bike, then you will have about 2 or 3 days to get to Santiago and another 12 or 13 days of leisure elsewhere. Someone else mentioned a minimum of 200km if you bike, for a compostela. I didn't know that.
When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
The Camino Police in each village will force you to move on. No dilly-dallying!
Just kidding.....it's your Camino. If you have two weeks to do 100 km, you will be able to look at every little detail that you wish. Have fun and do it....it will be a great experience! If you don't judge others with your expectation of them judging you, things will be socially smoother for you on your walk. In other words, don't start with a negative.
Hi Elle, don't apologize it is your Camino and yours alone.let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend?
Our family of 10 just returned from walking from Sarria to Santiago (June 19 - 24). It was a wonderful experience!! The scenery spectacular, the weather beautiful, and the camaraderie touching. I found the long hauling pilgrims very kind and accepting of us newbies. Of course, we remained respectful and in awe of their already accomplished journey. We were often able to strike up conversations along the way and find out what they would do differently or not if packing their backpack again. Listened to some of their stories and experiences but never tried to talk for too long as we didn't want to disturb their camino. Our compostela credited us 116km from Sarria to Santiago. As others have stated, there are plenty of villages and places to stop and eat and to stay along the way. We did not go through a tour company and I was able to prebook everything myself along the way. I did prebook as we had a family group of 10 ranging in age from 78 to 17 - 3 generations of us - and I didn't want to chance that especially for my 78 year old father. We were able to stop and enjoy some of the villages and churches along the way. Our stages were: Sarria-PortoMarin, PortoMarin - Palas de Rei, Palas de Rei - Melide, Melide - Arzua, Arzua - Pedrouzo, Pedrouzo - Santiago. So, there are two long days to start with then 2 shorter days then two longer days. Having the shorter days in the middle was helpful to allow our bodies to rest. If you time it to arrive in Santiago on a Friday, then you can attend the 7:30pm mass and witness the swinging of the botafumeiro which normally costs 5ooeruos to see yet free to the public during the summer months only on Friday. There is reserved seating for pilgrims but get there no later than 6 or 6:15 to get a seat. This mass was very powerful and a must do if possible. Happy planning!let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
Elle,let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
I meant to mention that we will be hiking the Sarria to Santiago segment in five days.Elle,
We have limited time, likewise, and have opted to walk the Sarria to Santiago segment plus a day hike from Muxia to Finisterre. We will not be utilizing a tour company nor sending baggage ahead each day. We have booked rooms at small hotels and B&B's. I used Booking.Com for the most part to book the rooms. Apparently hotels and B&B's are somewhat scarce as many already have limited or no availability for next May, at least through the booking sites. Some or all may well hold back rooms for those who contact them directly. Buen Camino!!
In my opinion, while it is true that OP is trying to advoid the albergue experience I was trying to suggest that OP might open up to private pensions. They are small, clean ( for the most part ), and have a little more privacy. I am sure that you would agree that private pensions give a different experience than the municipals. If op is trying to avoid bed bugs by going to hotels and not hostels, I would guess that these little critters can be found anywhere, even in the most expensive hotels.Is this really what you meant?!The poor OP is trying to avoid the very thing.
BTW Elle, I found some of the most beautiful sections of the Francés were between Sarria and Santiago. Go and enjoy.
I am sure that no matter where the OP stays, whether municipal or private albergue, casa rural, expensive hotel or hostel, she will be looking for a pleasant experience and not a hostile one.In my opinion, while it is true that OP is trying to advoid the albergue experience I was trying to suggest that OP might open up to private pensions. They are small, clean ( for the most part ), and have a little more privacy. I am sure that you would agree that private pensions give a different experience than the municipals. If op is trying to avoid bed bugs by going to hotels and not hostels, I would guess that these little critters can be found anywhere, even in the most expensive hotels.
@Icacos:I am sure that no matter where the OP stays, whether municipal or private albergue, casa rural, expensive hotel or hostel, she will be looking for a pleasant experience and not a hostile one.
let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
Spaniards experiencing Spain. I try to remember who is the guest! The kids are great if you take time to interact; one in ten will speak English, though they all study it and often understand it.The last 100km was by far the worst part. Super crowded, lots of huge school parties taking over the albergues.
Mine changes "albergues" into "allergies"@Icacos:
My ipad frequently engages in creative spelling (hostel; hostal; hostile). It is a truly 21st century creation.
Spaniards experiencing Spain. I try to remember who is the guest! The kids are great if you take time to interact; one in ten will speak English, though they all study it and often understand it.
I have just finished the whole thing, didn't take months!
I was replying to many forum comments that were saying not very nice things about the "clean, fresh faced" walkers that jump on the trail at Sarria, full of enthusiasm and chatty.I think all the same advice would apply to the 100-km pilgrims as to longer walkers. Either way, people typically walking 15-25 km days and make accommodation choices based on their preferences. Pack light, wear comfortable shoes that you have broken in, make sure your back pack fits right, be prepared for a range of weather, be respectful, manage expectations, etc. There is lots of information here on the forum - about biking versus walking, alternative accommodation, bedbugs, (but not much about lice), pros and cons of organized tours. You didn't mention where you are from or when you might go, so its hard to know where to start.
I don't think you need a tour company, but that would depend on how you personally like to travel. Is that what you were wondering when you asked
Of course, you get to stop and look around unless you are on a forced march! Many of us prefer to keep our options very open and that is why we don't book in advance.
Maybe one different piece of advice for the 100-km pilgrims would be not to judge the worn-down pilgrims and assume they will be hostile!
I'm going to mitigate it if I can! Sleeping in bunkhouses is not my style, lol.Bedbugs don't discriminate. They are just as happy at a hotel or B&B as in a hostel.
Spaniards experiencing Spain. I try to remember who is the guest! The kids are great if you take time to interact; one in ten will speak English, though they all study it and often understand it.
Yes, but I'm sure you also saw many posts giving the opposite view, and pointing out that the fresh clean faces are not really the problem. The sheer crowds and the associated problems are the issue. The crowds include everybody who is approaching Santiago, from any distance! Many many members of the forum have walked just 100 km or 200 km or whatever, or did their first camino for a short distance.I was replying to many forum comments that were saying not very nice things about the "clean, fresh faced" walkers that jump on the trail at Sarria, full of enthusiasm and chatty.
let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
THANK you so much! Really good info, I will add them to my list of questions I ask them.I don't know anything about specific tour companies, but I did meet some people on tour who were not happy. Here were the problems they told me. The group would stop at specific places for lunch, the food could be almost gone when the slower ones got there. The starting times were late in the morning (10 am) which doesn't work well if you are an early riser. The accommodations booked were well off the camino, perhaps a 45 minute drive each way. The dinners started at 8 at night. If you are a fast walker and know ahead of time that these other things wouldn't bother you a tour could work out. It isn't hard to walk on your own, you could make reservations at private accommodations yourself, and use correos or Jacotrans to ship your pack ahead. However, I understand that with short time and busy schedules you might not want to do that. If you use a tour, please ask questions about the kind of things I mention here. The people I met who were unhappy were from several different tours and were not liking their experience.
Thank you for your reply, how many km's was that a day doing it in 8 days?Hi Elle,
My wife and I walked from Sarria a couple of months ago and it was great. You'll pass through lots of nice villages and towns and there are loads of accommodation options. We stayed in B&B / small hotels. Personally I would walk. The slower pace suits me. Why rush.
As for 'forging ahead' it depends on how long you have. We made it 'last' 8 days
You completely misunderstood me. I has spent a long time going through posts on here and man, there were a LOT of people making negative comments about people only doing the 110km's it was really getting me down. The way these "seasoned camino walkers" (sorry if using hardcore was offending you) were writing was that, everyone should carry their own backpack, stay in hostels, not use tours, not hitch a ride and not get in the way of them when we just jumped on at Sarria.My comments in bold within the quote.
Yeah, I don't get the point of doing this if you are going to be jumping on and off a van/taxi BUT to each their own, not for me to judge. Thank you for your comment.I think the majority of the criticism of the walkers starting from Sarria is directed at the one's who are on and off the busses and taxi's. It's your pilgrimage, start where ever you like but don't cheat to get your Compestella, everybody knows the rules. We met a lot of pilgrims starting from Sarria and we thought no less of them.
I'm simply going by what I have read from other forums!I've been on the CF from SJPP to Santiago and beyond twice. Never saw a louse or a bed bug. Maybe it's not for you.
Good luck
Thank you, Mike, for understanding what I was trying to say. You have helped me quite a bit. Some of these people on here can be pretty disheartening. It's the web, I should have known better.Hi Elle, For a bunch of boring reasons, I booked my self-guided full Camino Frances through a company called Macs Adventure out of Glasgow. They organised all accommodation and baggage transfers. I carried a 6kilo daypack. Support was supplied by a great local Spanish company called Teetravel www.tee-travel.com I called them a few times with various problems and I spoke with someone in English each time. Their support was first rate. Teetravel might organise everything for you directly for a better price. In fact, I learned early on that my whole trip had been farmed out to Teetravel.
Booking all my accommodation in advance did cause some pressure because it's very inflexible. Bookings are locked, especially at busy times, so you just have to get to the next stop. One time I had walked about 18kms, had dawdled taking too many photos, had 10kms to go. It got to be 6:30pm and it started to rain. I called Teetravel and they organised a taxi for me. I factored in a few days off but would have preferred more, especially in bad weather when all my gear got wet.
Over a shortish distance, I expect that a locked schedule is not as inconvenient as over 800kms.
Sarria to Santiago is very well signposted and there are lots of walkers to follow. This section of The Camino is more populated and "civilised" than most but there was plenty of good food and beautiful country. I had walked through a very wet Meseta, this final 100kms was sunny and warm and I loved it.
My next trip will be shorter (400kms) and I'll allow a day off each 7 days. I've decided that I won't walk more than 15 to 20kms per day. I walked an average of 22kms per day over 800kms on my recent (first) Camino Frances. Some days were 30kms. Some folks can manage that without too much effort but I found it a grind towards the end.
I walked with a couple from Burgos to Leon who could only be away from family commitments for a limited time. This had been their 3rd section of their Camino over a few years. I walked with another man from O Cebreiro to Santiago. Two old guys, a mathematician and an artist, talking psychology, poetry, architecture, etc., as you do. All these folks were always fresher and quicker than I as I had been walking for weeks before meeting them.
Buen Camino, - Mike
P.S., Don't apologise. Time stretches out a lot if you don't measure it so diligently. You watch the beauty, let others watch the clock.
Oh THAT's what I wanted to hear...100km's in 9 days! That is what I feel I want to do, I do everything you said but I wasn't reading that in a lot of the forums~ Thank you!Sorry but we don't all walk in just 5 days. For me it was 100kms in 9 days. Time to walk at own speed, stop when needed, explore places etc. If some-one wants to take 2 weeks then why not? If others want to walk it in 5 or even 4 days then that is their choice, but it would not be mine. Maybe why the OP feels that the issue is pre-judged by some. I hope that the OP can take as long as needed and find the accommodation that suits too.
I met those sisters too! Very nice indeed! Two of them asked me to reassure them that there was a bar upcoming in the next kilometer or two because they desperately needed a coca-cola! (There was! A bar that is!) They seemed to be really enjoying the whole experience.This June in the last 100km we came across an Amercian group who had in their midst some Dominican nuns of very advanced years. They were taking 10 days and staying in Lugo (I think) for 5 days and Santiago for the other 5 days and being bused each day to where they left off the day before. If I get to 84 and can walk like that I shall be most unChristian in my comments if anyone criticises me as a tourist pelegrina!! Carole diem!!
let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
THANK you so much! Really good info, I will add them to my list of questions I ask them.
Thank you for your reply, how many km's was that a day doing it in 8 days?
let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
I've just returned from 2 weeks on the CF from Ponferrada to SdC (208km). We booked with CaminoWays.com, as this was our first Camino and our first trip to Spain. My wife and I walked the first 100km to Sarria together and then were joined by family friends from Sarria to SdC. The trip went very well! The bookings and transfers with Camino Ways were all good. Some, in fact, were superb! The disadvantage of booking with a tour is that you are bound to a set number of km between the booked accommodation. There were places that we might have stopped in, but this was not a serious issue for us. We are somewhat adventurous and the variety of accommodation we received went from basic hotel to fine country inn. It depends on the level you choose with them and also the number of days you choose to do the sections, and what's available when you book. We did see a number of Albergues on the walk that were definitely above the level of the hotels we were in too! We enjoyed the variety though. The walking was quite doable! Our longest days were 24 km and the shortest 9km, and by the time we were into our second week, the 24km took about 6-7 hours of walking. Some days we were done by 1pm. We stopped many places for refreshments, to sightsee, get our "sellos" (stamps) and take photographs of the wonderful scenery, countryside, mountains, villages, churches...let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
I just got home from walking the Frances from St. Jean to Muxia yesterday....................................
We were in Larrasoana our second night in 2014 staying in a nice Spanish woman's house along with a German couple. They told us during dinner that they had locked their doors in Munich and had been walking for three months already and loved the fact that all they had to think about was " how far do I want to walk today ".I remember the first time I asked a peregrino if he was doing the 'whole thing'. He said he was still trying to figure out what the whole thing is. Twice he started from his front door in Germany, but that it did not seem far enough.
That was the last time I asked anyone about how far they had walked.
BTW, that was in Portomarin.
My wife and I experienced much the same thing, but were determined to continue offering the greeting to everyone who passed us. I expect some people give up after Sarria when they get no response. Up to that point, my wife had left making the greeting up to me, but after Sarria seemed determined to offer it herself to other pilgrims as well.One thing I noticed with the last 100km is a lot less people say 'buen camino'! I suppose the walkers who have came from further back are a bit tired of saying it.
Wow! That is some mighty fast walking
Don't apologize for the actions of rude people, My wife and I walked our Camino, Sarria to Santiago, took 10 days, most pilgrims never asked where we started from, those that did , only a couple, followed up with some sort of remark, we just ignored them, their loss, rained everyday, up hill, down hill, through the mud,,,,,, haha, we had a great time , met a lot of wonderful people, made memorable photos, that we will always cherish, we hope to go back in 1017 , spring or fall, and start in SJPdP , and walk for 2 weeks , and then start and stop 2 weeks at a time . got the Idea from 3 French ladies that we met in Gonzar, that had been doing that for 7 years, I guess this year they made it to Santiago . anyway as one Gent we ran into a few times , BEAN CAMINO,, haha. have a great time, and remember Santiago has been there a long time, take time to smell the flowers and see the sights, it'll be there when you get there.let me apologize in advance but we are only interested in doing the last 100km. I know that makes many of you upset but we simply can't afford to be away for more than a couple weeks. Nor do we want to be on the trail for months so please try to overlook our enthusiasm and excitement when you see us join you worn down walkers. I am not asking you hardcore folks, I am asking other people who may have just done the 100k...is there anything I need to be on the watch for? Anything I need to know? If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend? We are also not sleeping in hostels with bedbugs and lice...pass. Walk or bike?When walking do you get to stop at any of these towns and villages to look around or is the idea to forge on?
If you went through a tour company what one would you recommend?
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