I'm getting a bit nervous that I didn't budget enough time for the walk, and I don't feel like running or being stressed all the time, so if I'm thinking there might be a stage or two in the middle that I might skip, any recommendations?
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How much time have you allowed yourself? It would be helpful to know that. There are taxis all along the way, so rather than skip entire sections you might find that you can take the odd taxi/bus day and not really miss any sections of the Camino.I'm getting a bit nervous that I didn't budget enough time for the walk, and I don't feel like running or being stressed all the time, so if I'm thinking there might be a stage or two in the middle that I might skip, any recommendations?
Santiago. Its just this pile of rocks you know, not a whole lot different from the other baroque heaps of stone you'll pass by enroute.
I'm getting a bit nervous that I didn't budget enough time for the walk, and I don't feel like running or being stressed all the time, so if I'm thinking there might be a stage or two in the middle that I might skip, any recommendations?
There is an alternative to walking along the road.At the risk of being called a blasphemer, I'd skip any of the parts between Burgos and Hospital de Obrigo. While I find that section to have some inspiring moments, walking along beside a busy highway on a flat, dusty senda tends to get a bit tedious after a while.
What do you then do with your backpack? I can assume they rwntthe bikes with the paniers, but do they fit a backpack?If you are behind in your schedule by Burgos consider renting a bicycle to travel through the meseta or a portion of it. There are companies that cater to pilgrims that want to do this. This way you can finish your planned route under your own power and not miss anything.
I'm no help here. We didn't do a bicycle rental and when passed by a fellow walker, now on a bike, we didn't ask and I can't remember what she did with the pack.What do you then do with your backpack? I can assume they rwntthe bikes with the paniers, but do they fit a backpack?
I would skip walking into and out of Leon. Leon, itself, is beautiful, but we trained in and bussed out. You can skip a couple of stages that way and not really miss muchI'm getting a bit nervous that I didn't budget enough time for the walk, and I don't feel like running or being stressed all the time, so if I'm thinking there might be a stage or two in the middle that I might skip, any recommendations?
Ah ah ahhhhhhhhhhh? Hehe - I have never started from SJPP but always think that it would be nice to do so. Of my many experiences I certainly value my first ever start at Roncesvalles in 2003 - MAGIC and the Zubiri Municipal Albergue - what a derelict dump at the time but my first taste of camino heaven after a days walk.There's nothing "special" about starting in SJPP -- just start closer to Santiago, and then skip nothing.
Like jozero in the post above I have sensed "camino magic" in surprising places.
On every camino there were stretches which seem to be in another world. Past were the hoards of camera-clicking tourists and/or pilgrims as well as any urbane atmosphere with a bar at every corner. All was reduced to simple basics; I was alone on a seemingly endless gravel path beneath the vast dome of an immense sky. The only sound was the companionable crunch of my boots and perhaps distant birdsong.
Happily for me while tramping along and alone I oftened sensed that special moment when everything 'clicked' realizing that this was, indeed, MY way and that all was and would be good. ...Perhaps such secular transcendence felt while walking might be akin to what runners call 'the zone'. Your body can handle the task while your spirit glows with the effort. Neither easy, nor impossible; all simply is. ...Thus, thankfully you continue.
At the risk of being called a blasphemer, I'd skip any of the parts between Burgos and Hospital de Obrigo. While I find that section to have some inspiring moments, walking along beside a busy highway on a flat, dusty senda tends to get a bit tedious after a while.
There is an alternative to walking along the road.
No, there is a path that takes you away from the road.Yes, I guess there is always walking "on" the road.
I'm getting a bit nervous that I didn't budget enough time for the walk, and I don't feel like running or being stressed all the time, so if I'm thinking there might be a stage or two in the middle that I might skip, any recommendations?
Hi,I'm getting a bit nervous that I didn't budget enough time for the walk, and I don't feel like running or being stressed all the time, so if I'm thinking there might be a stage or two in the middle that I might skip, any recommendations?