- Time of past OR future Camino
- See signature.
So I had completed the Norte from Irun to Santiago for the 5th time starting in mid September and arriving in mid October 2023. I then hopped on a long train ride / taxi to SJPdP. During the Norte, on the walk, I enjoyed the best weather I've ever enjoyed on that route. I got a tan!
Then, on the taxi ride into SJPdP from Pamplona, I noticed the trees swaying in the wind. The same day I took the Napoleon route. OMG IT WAS CRAZY! Winds like I've never experienced before in my life. Like I am not a small man, and I was blown across the trail.
The foul weather was relentless on the Frances. I've done the exact same route at the exact same time of year before, but it was so windy and rainy this time. I love the Camino, and this one started to suck.
Well, it got really bad when I arrived in Astorga. After a day of cold weather and relentless rain, I decided to chill, just a walk from Hospital de Orbigo to Astorga instead of continuing on to Rabanal. I sat on my bed and chewed a nail. (Bad habit). My right front tooth broke off at the gum line. (It was an old sports injury from my teenage years).
I was on a train the next day to Madrid, and the day after that a flight back home.
So after a month of dental visits, everything taken care of, I want to finish what I started.
I feel I fly back into Madrid, train to Leon, walk to Ponferrada, and then take the left turn to the Invierno... in January... Then get to Seville...
-OR- Fly into Madrid, train to Seville. Do the VDlP again, maybe this time taking the route to Astorga, then going to Ponferrada, and continuing on the Invierno?
Thoughts, suggestions for a mid January to end of Feb. route?
Then, on the taxi ride into SJPdP from Pamplona, I noticed the trees swaying in the wind. The same day I took the Napoleon route. OMG IT WAS CRAZY! Winds like I've never experienced before in my life. Like I am not a small man, and I was blown across the trail.
The foul weather was relentless on the Frances. I've done the exact same route at the exact same time of year before, but it was so windy and rainy this time. I love the Camino, and this one started to suck.
Well, it got really bad when I arrived in Astorga. After a day of cold weather and relentless rain, I decided to chill, just a walk from Hospital de Orbigo to Astorga instead of continuing on to Rabanal. I sat on my bed and chewed a nail. (Bad habit). My right front tooth broke off at the gum line. (It was an old sports injury from my teenage years).
I was on a train the next day to Madrid, and the day after that a flight back home.
So after a month of dental visits, everything taken care of, I want to finish what I started.
I feel I fly back into Madrid, train to Leon, walk to Ponferrada, and then take the left turn to the Invierno... in January... Then get to Seville...
-OR- Fly into Madrid, train to Seville. Do the VDlP again, maybe this time taking the route to Astorga, then going to Ponferrada, and continuing on the Invierno?
Thoughts, suggestions for a mid January to end of Feb. route?