Silvester
Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino del Salvador (2014)
Camino Primitivo (2014)
Camino Muxia (2014)
Camino Fisterra (2014)
Hi folks
I have a window of opportunity next year to do a Camino Primitivo. I'd like to begin walking in Oveido, have a couple of 2 night stops along the way to Santiago de Compostela and walk to both Muxia and Fisterra (although a bus back to SdC after the latter of these two is possible if time is short). So I have started brushing up my Spanish, avidly reading many threads on the forums and intend to walk part way to work carrying my 7kg work backpack. For me it is also an internal journey.
Anyway, I can't foresee being in Oveido until the evening of 28 September at the very earliest after 32+ hours in transit from New Zealand and similarly I will need to be on a plane again by the evening of 24 October to get back home to work after 32 hours in transit.
So the questions:
Mary
I have a window of opportunity next year to do a Camino Primitivo. I'd like to begin walking in Oveido, have a couple of 2 night stops along the way to Santiago de Compostela and walk to both Muxia and Fisterra (although a bus back to SdC after the latter of these two is possible if time is short). So I have started brushing up my Spanish, avidly reading many threads on the forums and intend to walk part way to work carrying my 7kg work backpack. For me it is also an internal journey.
Anyway, I can't foresee being in Oveido until the evening of 28 September at the very earliest after 32+ hours in transit from New Zealand and similarly I will need to be on a plane again by the evening of 24 October to get back home to work after 32 hours in transit.
So the questions:
- How to manage potential jetlag - maybe spend an extra couple of nights in Oveido before the Camino to catch up on sleep? Or rely on the natural fatigue of walking to set my internal clock?
- Recommendations on the Muxia/Fisterra loop?
- Do I have enough time to do everything without having to be in a hurry?
- Recommendations about flying direct to Oveido versus flying into Barcelona and catching a train or any other interesting ways to get there. I bet my forebears from Ireland in the first millenium came by sea so it might be fitting to walk from a coastal town to Oveido.
- I do hope that there will be accommodation open at 24km intervals in October.
- Footwear - I would normally use proper leather tramping/hiking/mountaineering boots for off road walking. I've seen people using lighter footwear like Vibram 5-toe shoes and mountain running shoes. Would you think those would be OK for a second pair of footwear or needless weight?
Mary
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