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I think you have managed to work out exactly the schedule which would suit the majority of caministas.Hi guys!
Newbie here! I've been reading quite a lot and cannot make up my mind precisely for my first Camino.
Knowing I'll be off from work from september 6th and have to be back in Canada by october 27th, I had the following schedule in mind:
Day 1 : arrive in Paris, then train to Bayonne and then SJPDP for the night.
Day 2: Settle in and acclimate
Days 3 - 41 : Camino frances start. 35 days for Santiago + 3 rest days along the way
Days 42-45: Santiago - Fisterra - Muxia (4 days total)
Day 46 - Muxia bus to Santiago and plane back to Paris
Now, knowing i'm fit somehow and can handle the camino walk 'normally', does that sound like a good schedule or should I plan more rest or wildcard days?
I would be on the camino between sept 7 and oct 25 rougly... Good dates to walk?
Thank's for your precious advice. All opinions gladly welcome !
Max
If I can do it in that timescale back in 2016 aged 67 then I reckon anyone can. OK, I started from Pamplona but thats only a difference of 3 days. I have walked twice during September and yes, good dates. The weather can be good although in 2016, it was hotter than July for the first two weeks. The only downside of that time of year is the dark mornings. As the month progresses you can be walking by head torch for an hour or more depending on what time you start. But remember to look back, you will see some amazing sunrises that will put sunsets to shame. Bring something light to wear to make yourself visible when crossing roads. I wrapped my walking poles with hi viz reflective tape, put a couple of strips down my backpack and some on the front on my shoulder straps but they came off pretty quickly. Rest days you can decide as you walk. My idea of a rest day was a short walking day so that I was always making progress. Start about 8 instead of my usual 6:30, take a leisurely break for breakfast, and stop for lunch and the day at the first albergue I came to between 11 and 12 instead of walking until 2. That would have been between 12 and 15 km instead of about 25. An easy day but still moving forward. Buen CaminoHi guys!
Newbie here! I've been reading quite a lot and cannot make up my mind precisely for my first Camino.
Knowing I'll be off from work from september 6th and have to be back in Canada by october 27th, I had the following schedule in mind:
Day 1 : arrive in Paris, then train to Bayonne and then SJPDP for the night.
Day 2: Settle in and acclimate
Days 3 - 41 : Camino frances start. 35 days for Santiago + 3 rest days along the way
Days 42-45: Santiago - Fisterra - Muxia (4 days total)
Day 46 - Muxia bus to Santiago and plane back to Paris
Now, knowing i'm fit somehow and can handle the camino walk 'normally', does that sound like a good schedule or should I plan more rest or wildcard days?
I would be on the camino between sept 7 and oct 25 rougly... Good dates to walk?
Thank's for your precious advice. All opinions gladly welcome !
Max
I haven't seen Chartres but when there check out the Charlemagne window. It depicts legends and histories of him and Roland in Spain. Camino guide books may tell you the locations of some of these events, like the death of Roland and his fight with a giant. The halfway certificate in Sahagun mentions the lances of the Christian knights that were pushed into the ground the night before a battle. The lances of those who were to die in battle spouted as trees.want to see Chartres while acclimating on the 12th
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