Planning for CF in Sept 2019 - flights booked

[AndrewDavOz]

Hi,
I'm from near Canberra, Australia.
This will be my first time on the Camino, planning to leave SJPP on 28th Aug 2019. I have booked my flights so I'm committed now.
I'm using the info from this forum to guide me in equipment choices. Have bushwalking experience but no longer trips like this one. Will be 70 at the time I walk. Looking forward to it! Setting out solo but open to meeting new friends along the way.
Andrew

 

[brianne fitzgerald]

Welcome, you will find it life changing. I will be starting from Madrid mid September and am not sure if i will walk to Sahagun or fly to Bilbao and attempt an aborted Northern route I tried last spring. Buen Camino!

 

[Debra aka ZephyrDeb]

Hello Andrew. I, too, am leaving on the 27th of September. Perhaps we will meet !
Debra

 

[AndrewDavOz]

Hi Debra,
That would be good. I’ll be the guy trying not to get lost on the first day’s walk!
I’m looking into backpacks currently, trying to take all the advice received and translate that into a pack for my needs.
Edit: I am departing SJPP on 27th or 28th August, not September. You will have slightly cooler weather.
Thanks
Andrew

 

[AndrewDavOz]

Thanks Brianne, hope all your plans work out well.
Andrew

 

[Charlotte Helbig]

You will definitely meet new friends along the way. For me it was the best part about the Camino ... if I had to pick just one thing. I still keep in touch with some of the wonderful people I met on the Camino. Some I lost touch with and will never see again but I will never forget them. Here´s a tip....write down the names of the people you meet and get a pic if you can. You may not remember their names after you return home.
I know you will have a wonderful time.
All the best,
Charlotte

 

[AndrewDavOz]

You will definitely meet new friends along the way.... Here´s a tip....write down the names of the people you meet and get a pic if you can. You may not remember their names after you return home.
I know you will have a wonderful time.
All the best,
Charlotte

Thanks Charlotte, that’s a great idea. I will try to do that whenever possible. I’m a frequent photographer. Including people and their names will be a great way to recall the people I meet, assuming they are ok with that of course!
Regards, Andrew.