Susan B Johnson
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- June (2016)
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It'S definitely too hot in July, have just returned from it, had to change route from Salamanca to Astorga, instead of continuing on the Camino Sanabres, as heat just too much! It's beautiful but better done in cooler weather - I will return to finish it next springHello!
I did my first Camino this summer (Camino Ingles y Finsterra) and now want to return with my entire family. I would like to try a new route, but won't be able to start until mid-July. Is it too hot to go then? Has anyone every walked it in mid July?
I see there are some steep ascents, but Via de Plata is not described as mountainous. How does Camino Ingles compare with Via de Plata?
Thanks!
Susan
It was a typo. I do know the difference between "to" and "too." I was typing with my thumbs on my phone last night.Do you mean TOO or TO hot? It is definitely way TOO hot.
I heard that Camino del Norte is not very well marked. I heard that one will come upon the kilometer marker, but there are no arrows as they are readily found elsewhere. Was that your experience?@Susan B Johnson it looks like you are avoiding the Camino Francés (although that is always my first choice) but what about the Camino del Norte? It is very beautiful, with the sea on one side and lush green mountains on the other. The sea tempers the weather and there are lots of opportunities for swimming in July.
I read a great deal before doing the Camino Ingles. Nevertheless, in some ways I was ill-prepared for the terrain and weather. The most useful pre-travel information I got was from Camino walkers. My family consists of my spouse and two adult children.I am not trying to be scathing, but weather statistics are widely available, please look at them and make your own mind up, rather than putting the safety of the 'entire family' in the hands of forum members. We don't know if you mean children, the elderly, or whom.
I heard that Camino del Norte is not very well marked. I heard that one will come upon the kilometer marker, but there are no arrows as they are readily found elsewhere. Was that your experience?
I am not trying to be scathing, but weather statistics are widely available, please look at them and make your own mind up.
I walked the Norte in 2014...it is very well marked. I think there are some old posts from prior years past that indicted there used to be some areas with sparce marking...I found the Norte to be very well marked.
The number people walking for the first time was surprising.
It seemed they were avoiding the crowds on the CF.
Only you know what you and your family can manage... Depends as well on what you are used to...
Being used to Northern France and South England temperatures, I found it too hot last year, it became at times an endurance test. We managed it, carrying LOTS of water (which warms up very rapidly) and an umbrella for shade but I can't say I enjoyed it.
Up to you and buen camino whatever you decide
Thanks for the feedback. Yes, that's why I took the Camino Ingles and Finsterra the first time--to avoid the crowds on CF. Were you mostly out in the open, walking along the coast? One thing I loved about Camino Ingles was spending so much time beneath a canopy of trees.
Actually most of the route close to the sea is up high on cliffs overlooking the water.
Panoramic views.
The distance is 800km so you will experience a wide section of terrain...forests, country roads, dirt paths through fields.....just about the whole range of walking conditions.
Many towns on the sea.
We are from Minnesota, so we seem to tolerate extremely low temps better than high ones. I think we will either do Camino Ingles again or try Camino del Norte. Thanks!
The first day on the CF would normally be from SJPdP to Roncesvalles.
My experience is that this is a more difficult first day than Irun to San Sabastian.
Unless, of course you wimp out at Orrisson
Do you mean TOO or TO hot? It is definitely way TOO hot.
Hello!
I did my first Camino this summer (Camino Ingles y Finsterra) and now want to return with my entire family. I would like to try a new route, but won't be able to start until mid-July. Is it too hot to go then? Has anyone every walked it in mid July?
I see there are some steep ascents, but Via de Plata is not described as mountainous. How does Camino Ingles compare with Via de Plata?
Thanks!
Susan
Grayland, next time you are in Seville go to the other side of the airport. There are a bunch of abandoned buildings where a former USAF base (San Pablo Air Base) was. We bike ride there. There are lots of scorpions inside the abandoned buildings and all around them. Lift up some rocks mid day and you will see a scorpion! I have seen lots of them and centipede.Strangely, I never saw a scorpion or a centipede form Sevilla to Santiago...or maybe the heat just had me in a daze.
Saw lots of army ants walking in lines actually wearing a groove in the paths..lots of them.
Some were even carrying large grasshoppers and other insects.
Quick response, because my brain has shut down. I´m sitting in Zamora as a hospitalera right now, it's midnight and 32 degrees. It´s too hot to do anything, never mind walking. We have very few pilgrims walking through, some cyclists. All of them start with "mucho calor", even Spaniards born and raised down South. Some people leave the albergue at 4 am, to avoid heat. They all are exhausted and their "camino experience" is rather limited due to extreme heat. It is a surving game.
did it in 2014; way marking is fine !I heard that Camino del Norte is not very well marked. I heard that one will come upon the kilometer marker, but there are no arrows as they are readily found elsewhere. Was that your experience?
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