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My husband and I are also planning for 2016 May to start our Camino Frances, I will be interested in the replies and advice you are given.My husband and I are planning our Camino Francés from SJPdP for May or June 2016. Any insights/advice regarding which of these two months is preferable? (I'm a university professor and, due to my summer teaching, we can start our Camino either May 1st or June 1st). Thanks in advance!
Thanks for sharing your experience! I just spent some time in your beautiful blog. Learned a lot! Buen Camino, you're almost there!May. IMHO.
I'm 2 days from Santiago. The weather has been perfect. Only 1 day of rain. Some days quite hot.
I presume June will be hotter and more crowded.....
Maybe the popularity of the Camino is such that the number of pilgrims in May, June, September and October will swell noticeably. Thanks for your input, Sheesh!It looks like May this year has been glorious indeed, the same as the predominantly hot May I walked in 2009. However, in May 2013 it was a different story entirely with many rainy, cold, down-right bitter days. And windy, oh my goodness!
As for numbers of pilgrims, May is now a very popular month. As Falcon269 recently posted in the thread below, there were more compostellas issued this May than in the last Holy Year.
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/may-2015-compostelas.34128/
Honestly, don't sweat the prospect of a larger numbers of pilgrims on the Camino. It's not that bad.Maybe the popularity of the Camino is such that the number of pilgrims in May, June, September and October will swell noticeably. Thanks for your input, Sheesh!
Great summary of the decision, thanks!If you leave in June, it COULD be quite hot by the meseta (depends on the year). If you leave in May, it COULD be quite cold early in your route (depends on the year). So pick your poison.
If it were me, I'd pick May (less but still plenty of people) and hope for an earlier spring. Take a warm jacket, and ship it ahead when you don;t need it anymore
Hello, I walked the Camino Frances from April the 18th till May the 24th. The weather was great, I had only 1 day of rain and a few times in the afternoon but I was not walking than. Conclusion is the weather in mid April thru May was very good this year. But it can be totally different next year. Wish you well and a Buen Camino, Peter.My husband and I are also planning for 2016 May to start our Camino Frances, I will be interested in the replies and advice you are given.
Hi Carolina, I finished my last journey 2 weeks ago, I walked for 37 day's and had only 2 walking day's with rain. But that's no qaranty for good weather next year. Wish you happy planning and a Buen Camino for next year, Peter.My husband and I are planning our Camino Francés from SJPdP for May or June 2016. Any insights/advice regarding which of these two months is preferable? (I'm a university professor and, due to my summer teaching, we can start our Camino either May 1st or June 1st). Thanks in advance!
Thanks for sharing your experience, Peter! I know that next year could be different, but it's still helpful to gather this information.Hi Carolina, I finished my last journey 2 weeks ago, I walked for 37 day's and had only 2 walking day's with rain. But that's no qaranty for good weather next year. Wish you happy planning and a Buen Camino for next year, Peter.
My husband and I are planning our Camino Francés from SJPdP for May or June 2016. Any insights/advice regarding which of these two months is preferable? (I'm a university professor and, due to my summer teaching, we can start our Camino either May 1st or June 1st). Thanks in advance!
Hi that's the months that I am going,so would like some insight , weather and how busy is the Camino,My husband and I are planning our Camino Francés from SJPdP for May or June 2016. Any insights/advice regarding which of these two months is preferable? (I'm a university professor and, due to my summer teaching, we can start our Camino either May 1st or June 1st). Thanks in advance!
Hi Lama, we plan to start on 4th of May and depending on weather thought we would try SJPP to Valcarlos then to Burguete for our second day.Hi everyone, I am hoping to start my camino on may the 2nd. Maybe we will meet along the way.
Lama
Hi, I will be starting in St-Jean Pied de Port.Where will you be starting Lama?
Hi Kiwi,Hi Lama, we plan to start on 4th of May and depending on weather thought we would try SJPP to Valcarlos then to Burguete for our second day.
We fly in from New Zealand to Toulouse, stay a couple of nights and check out the Decathlon Storesthen train and bus to SJPP. I have yet to find accommodation in St Jean Pied du Port but our airline tickets are purchased. Getting excited
Thank you Peter, airline tickets are booked and getting excited - trying not to sort through my pack every weekendHello, I walked the Camino Frances from April the 18th till May the 24th. The weather was great, I had only 1 day of rain and a few times in the afternoon but I was not walking than. Conclusion is the weather in mid April thru May was very good this year. But it can be totally different next year. Wish you well and a Buen Camino, Peter.
Did you bring a sleeping bag or liner? I just don't want to carry my down bag if it's going to be too hot.Started on 10th May this year came prepared for cold weather (thermal underwear hat gloves scarf etc) to be greeted by 30 degree heat. Walking over the Pyrenees in this heat was no easy feat. Met a woman on the track who started 10 days before me on 1st May in sleeting rain and blustery winds so there you go the Pyrenees are unpredictable you accept what it throws at you . I chose May because I do not like walking in the heat however whatever you get you meet the challenge.
I'll be on the way on May 12th.. Arrive May 11th and will Stay in Bayonne and take early train to SJPP and start out a little latter that day, As I have a bed booked at Orrisson. I may see you somewhere!Hi Lama, we plan to start on 4th of May and depending on weather thought we would try SJPP to Valcarlos then to Burguete for our second day.
We fly in from New Zealand to Toulouse, stay a couple of nights and check out the Decathlon Storesthen train and bus to SJPP. I have yet to find accommodation in St Jean Pied du Port but our airline tickets are purchased. Getting excited
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