I am 64, retired and planning my 3rd Camino with my wife and 2 friends. It's not quite like that as the 1st two have been cancelled. Foiled in April and again in September this year - targeting 2021.
I wasn't sure why I was hiking but we lost a friend who was planning to hike with us. So, I found my reason and will carry her poles with me.
I am curious of the forum's perspective of whether or not we are "Compostella-eligible". We plan to start in Sarria and will walk the entire way to Santiago so we meet the 100km minimum but...
We are slack-packers and will be in B&Bs most nights. We hate packing every night and prefer getting to know the villages by staying a couple of nights in each where possible. To that end, we plan to use busses/taxis to transfer back to a previous town so we can double up on our B&B nights...then taxi back to where we ended. I accept that this may not be in the "proper spirit of things"
We also plan to take a "day off" and bus up to Lugo for the day.
So, while we will walk the 100 km, there are buses and taxis involved (which net to zero actual Camino distance).
Should we be eligible?
John
I wasn't sure why I was hiking but we lost a friend who was planning to hike with us. So, I found my reason and will carry her poles with me.
I am curious of the forum's perspective of whether or not we are "Compostella-eligible". We plan to start in Sarria and will walk the entire way to Santiago so we meet the 100km minimum but...
We are slack-packers and will be in B&Bs most nights. We hate packing every night and prefer getting to know the villages by staying a couple of nights in each where possible. To that end, we plan to use busses/taxis to transfer back to a previous town so we can double up on our B&B nights...then taxi back to where we ended. I accept that this may not be in the "proper spirit of things"
We also plan to take a "day off" and bus up to Lugo for the day.
So, while we will walk the 100 km, there are buses and taxis involved (which net to zero actual Camino distance).
Should we be eligible?
John