Radhika Murari
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Hello Radhika, and welcome. In our albergue we have had several pilgrims with children in the last weeks: one was a lady with here two grandsons, aged 7 and 9, and they were doing 25-30km per day. Another was a dad and daughter, aged 6!, and were averaging 12-15km per day. Another was a dad with two kids, aged 6 and 9) on their bycicles, averaging some 30km per day. I think it should be possible for you and your kid without a problem. At the most you might have to call a taxi at some specific moment, but that would be it.
Buen Camino!,
Just when I thought we had decided on a starting point, a post said that starting in Oviedo is very hilly and doing even 5 km a day is hard.
I am going to walk form April 22-May 15, 2015 with my son, who will be nine when we start. We would like to end in Santiago and are thinking of walking 15 km a day, but would not be able to do this in hilly terrain with our backpacks. If you think starting in Oviedo would be too hard for us, can you suggest another starting city? We will walk again when my son is older, but I would like our disperse walk to be as simple (dare I say "easy") as it can be.
PS: We have begun our training with a 3-mile walk a day and that is after a day of swimming, biking and general physical exercise.
PPS: He is very excited about doing this and has decided to raise money for the Children's Hospital in Wash, DC. They treat many ill children, regardless of their ability to pay for treatment.
I walked the Primitivo from Oviedo to Santiago in early August 2014 with my 9 year old daughter (9 and 4 months to be slightly more accurate). She is a good walker, and walked the Camino Ingles in July of last year.
The walk this year I found was quite tough for me - carrying all of the weight was only part of the explanation; I simply found some of the descents tough.
The stages we did were :
29 July Hotel Vetusta, Oviedo
30 July Albuerge at Cornellana
31 July Albuerge at Bodenaya
1 August Albuerge at Borres
2 August Albuerge at La Mesa
3 August Albuerge at Grandas de Salime
4 August Albuerge at Padrón (though the stamp says Ayuntamiento Fonsagrada - this albuerge is just outside Fonsagrada)
5 August Albuerge de Castroverde
6 August Albuerge in Lugo
7 August Lugo - rest day in Lugo and stayed at Hotel Méndez Núñez
8 August Albuerge at As Seixas
9 August Albuerge at De Ribadiso (Ribadiso de Baixo)
10 August Albuerge Santa Irene
11 August Pazo Xan Xorxo
12 August arrival at Santiago
We had two short days at the end, quite intentionally wanting to stay at Pazo Xan Xorxo. You will not regret it if you too choose to stay there !
All the best with your planning and Buen Camino
Thank you for this!
Did you walk with just your children or with another adult? I have now started worrying about what will happen to my son if something happens to me in the Camino. What did you do to plan for emergencies?
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