Hi everyone!
I've been planning on walking the Camino Frances for a few months now with a friend of mine this upcoming July but he has recently had to cancel due to personal reasons which has made me ask the question of whether or not I will be able to go it alone. We have been prepping together for a while, I am 21yrs old and relatively fit (play netball twice a week excluding weekly training) so the physical aspect is not what worries me (although the threads about do blisters keep me up at night haha) but more the safety aspect. It will be my first Camino and because I'm going alone I've decided to no longer start from Pamplona but from Leon and walk roughly the last 300kms.
Other questions I have are:
1. Our original plan was to get our credencials in Pamplona and continue on but because I am starting in Leon I will have to get it there. But I have heard that the cathedral in Leon does not give credencials, surely there is somewhere else I could go?
2. Also due to prior arrangements I have to be in London by the 25th of July, do you experienced pilgrims think that it is possible to comfortably do the camino in 10-12 days or should I accommodate for unexpected physical strain and take the suggested 14days?
3. Lastly, as I am doing the camino for religious reasons I was wondering how often the churches along the Way hold mass or is there a general daily mass time (e.g. 7am)? Is there any way to find this out in advance?
Thanks so much!
I've been planning on walking the Camino Frances for a few months now with a friend of mine this upcoming July but he has recently had to cancel due to personal reasons which has made me ask the question of whether or not I will be able to go it alone. We have been prepping together for a while, I am 21yrs old and relatively fit (play netball twice a week excluding weekly training) so the physical aspect is not what worries me (although the threads about do blisters keep me up at night haha) but more the safety aspect. It will be my first Camino and because I'm going alone I've decided to no longer start from Pamplona but from Leon and walk roughly the last 300kms.
Other questions I have are:
1. Our original plan was to get our credencials in Pamplona and continue on but because I am starting in Leon I will have to get it there. But I have heard that the cathedral in Leon does not give credencials, surely there is somewhere else I could go?
2. Also due to prior arrangements I have to be in London by the 25th of July, do you experienced pilgrims think that it is possible to comfortably do the camino in 10-12 days or should I accommodate for unexpected physical strain and take the suggested 14days?
3. Lastly, as I am doing the camino for religious reasons I was wondering how often the churches along the Way hold mass or is there a general daily mass time (e.g. 7am)? Is there any way to find this out in advance?
Thanks so much!