NadineK
Active Member
- Time of past OR future Camino
- Frances (2014)
Norte/Primitivo (2015)
San Salvador (2016)
Le Puy-Cahors (2017)
Aragonés (2019)
Hi fellow pilgrims!
I may have a free week in Europe towards the end of August and just recently have toyed with the idea of traveling up to Oslo and walking for a week on the Gudbrandsdalsleden. Thinking Oslo to Hamar (maybe a bit beyond if I can get a bus back to Oslo).
I've spent some time on https://pilegrimsleden.no/en/ and it's been really helpful, but as someone who loves using gronze.com and the Buen Camino app to plan my walks these days, I'm worried that I may be going into this walk a bit blind.
I'm a well-traveled pilgrim on various Camino routes, along with a couple of hikes in the UK (Hadrian's Wall, West Highland Way, Pennine Way). Once my legs get warmed up I can walk for a long time- though of course terrain has an influence on that- but even on the up and down days I'm good with 30km stages.
All this being said, I have a couple of starter questions, and I know there may be some of you out there who might be able to help answer them!
1. I won't be traveling with a tent/camping gear, so I'd plan to stay in accommodations. I'm looking to stay on the cheaper side if I can, and I've already started a decent list of places where I could spend the night. I see that reservations are recommended/required... what's the ideal time frame on contacting the accommodations? Is this something I could/should plan a month or two in advance, or is it okay to reach out a week or so before starting the walk? A few days before?
2. Is there opportunity to stock up on water as I walk (I won't be carrying a water filter), or do I need to carry all my water for the entire stage?
3. And speaking of stages, the main website recommends stages of around 20km. If I have a few days in the mid-20km to 30km range, is that unheard of? I don't have a great sense of the elevation gain/loss at the moment, or the difficulty of the terrain... but I don't want to imagine that this will be anything like Meseta-walking on the Camino. If all goes according to plan I'll have walked for about 3-weeks on some Camino routes in Spain leading up to this, so hopefully my Camino legs will have kicked in at this point!
If you've walked any of St Olav Ways and have a couple of your best tips to share, I'll take them! (like, easiest food to carry/prepare in the more basic lodging along the way??)
Thanks so much
Nadine
I may have a free week in Europe towards the end of August and just recently have toyed with the idea of traveling up to Oslo and walking for a week on the Gudbrandsdalsleden. Thinking Oslo to Hamar (maybe a bit beyond if I can get a bus back to Oslo).
I've spent some time on https://pilegrimsleden.no/en/ and it's been really helpful, but as someone who loves using gronze.com and the Buen Camino app to plan my walks these days, I'm worried that I may be going into this walk a bit blind.
I'm a well-traveled pilgrim on various Camino routes, along with a couple of hikes in the UK (Hadrian's Wall, West Highland Way, Pennine Way). Once my legs get warmed up I can walk for a long time- though of course terrain has an influence on that- but even on the up and down days I'm good with 30km stages.
All this being said, I have a couple of starter questions, and I know there may be some of you out there who might be able to help answer them!
1. I won't be traveling with a tent/camping gear, so I'd plan to stay in accommodations. I'm looking to stay on the cheaper side if I can, and I've already started a decent list of places where I could spend the night. I see that reservations are recommended/required... what's the ideal time frame on contacting the accommodations? Is this something I could/should plan a month or two in advance, or is it okay to reach out a week or so before starting the walk? A few days before?
2. Is there opportunity to stock up on water as I walk (I won't be carrying a water filter), or do I need to carry all my water for the entire stage?
3. And speaking of stages, the main website recommends stages of around 20km. If I have a few days in the mid-20km to 30km range, is that unheard of? I don't have a great sense of the elevation gain/loss at the moment, or the difficulty of the terrain... but I don't want to imagine that this will be anything like Meseta-walking on the Camino. If all goes according to plan I'll have walked for about 3-weeks on some Camino routes in Spain leading up to this, so hopefully my Camino legs will have kicked in at this point!
If you've walked any of St Olav Ways and have a couple of your best tips to share, I'll take them! (like, easiest food to carry/prepare in the more basic lodging along the way??)
Thanks so much
Nadine