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Take a deep breath. You do know how to do this. Once your feet hit the ground you'll be back in the old familiar groove - but with spring welcoming you wherever you go. It's gorgeous. Fields are green, almond trees are blooming, and the storks are nesting...
I've walked March/April/May...and each is wonderful in its own way.
You may need to be flexible if the weather is bad on day 1 - and you can encounter epic mud or cool rainy spells. So if you are sensitive to cold consider taking a beanie and gloves, and make sure you have good rain protection.
But other than that?....just...buen camino!
I leave for the Camino in 20 days. And although this is my 3rd Camino I’ve got a lot of Pre Trip Anxiety. I’m confident in my gear but I’ve also only ever walked Oct/Nov. So going April/May is new and kinda scary.
Any words of encouragement or tips to easy this would be greatly appreciated.
I leave on 2nd April and share your anxiety - I've very little training done due to knee pain and I am ever so anxious regarding carrying bag - I have done camino in stages before and have never carried bag - I'm 72 years - really considering using bag transport - especially from st jean to roncheville with stop over in orisson- hopefully I can do this ?????Serious anxiety here as well! Leaving april 4th for the Camino Frances. Due to a severe cold, for over a month, leading to an laryngitis last week leaves me without training for a month. This means I have three weeks to get back in some sort of shape for my first Camino. And to train with my total gear (haven’t had a chance to do this). I will see what happens and hope the Camino will provide some way...
I leave for the Camino in 20 days. And although this is my 3rd Camino I’ve got a lot of Pre Trip Anxiety. I’m confident in my gear but I’ve also only ever walked Oct/Nov. So going April/May is new and kinda scary.
Any words of encouragement or tips to easy this would be greatly appreciated.
I am also a bit nervous. Blisters, gear, rain - it all goes in circles in my head. I am starting the camino March 28th, never been out there this early spring before. I only walked in May and October before. This is the first time I will do the whole Camino Francés starting in SJPP. However, I can’t wait to be out there!
Listen carefully...Dave knows...especially feet and equipment !If I can help you with any of those issues, feel free to send me a PM, and I will do my best to assist you.
Listen carefully...Dave knows...especially feet and equipment !We love Dave
And we enjoy picking your brainI'm blushing. I just enjoy helping
Me, too! Too ignorant to be anxious.I'm leaving in 18 days for the very first time and I am too ignorant to be anxious.
You can do this.I leave on 2nd April and share your anxiety - I've very little training done due to knee pain and I am ever so anxious regarding carrying bag - I have done camino in stages before and have never carried bag - I'm 72 years - really considering using bag transport - especially from st jean to roncheville with stop over in orisson- hopefully I can do this ?????
I am leaving on 15 April for my 4th time on El Camino Frances. Since I am 73 years old, I cut myself some slack and always use baggage transport. TryI leave on 2nd April and share your anxiety - I've very little training done due to knee pain and I am ever so anxious regarding carrying bag - I have done camino in stages before and have never carried bag - I'm 72 years - really considering using bag transport - especially from st jean to roncheville with stop over in orisson- hopefully I can do this ?????
I also am doing my 3rd Camino this summer and i, too, am feeling anxious. I will be walking alone for the first week which I've never done before. For some irrational reason I am anxious about getting from the airport to the Camino and anxious about whether I will meet people while I walk solo. I keep reminding myself of all the single walkers I became so close to on my prior walks! Hopefully, once i put my feet on the Way the anxiety will dissolve and all will be well.I leave for the Camino in 20 days. And although this is my 3rd Camino I’ve got a lot of Pre Trip Anxiety. I’m confident in my gear but I’ve also only ever walked Oct/Nov. So going April/May is new and kinda scary.
Any words of encouragement or tips to easy this would be greatly appreciated.
Will look out for Texan flags thenSay hello if you see a six foot tall woman with a Texas flag badge on her backpack. Buen Camino!
For some irrational reason I am anxious about getting from the airport to the Camino and anxious about whether I will meet people while I walk solo.
In 2014 we walked into Santiago in mid-April. My memory is, it was perfect walking weather - for me. Cool. With little rain. You are an experienced walker - you’ll be fine, I am sure.I leave for the Camino in 20 days. And although this is my 3rd Camino I’ve got a lot of Pre Trip Anxiety. I’m confident in my gear but I’ve also only ever walked Oct/Nov. So going April/May is new and kinda scary.
Any words of encouragement or tips to easy this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you do much I will do this ' we will p probably meet up 9n camino as o will b e travelling sloooooowI am leaving on 15 April for my 4th time on El Camino Frances. Since I am 73 years old, I cut myself some slack and always use baggage transport. Try
CaminoFacil.com. They are extremely reliable and convenient. You can set your transport requirements and pay for them online. No fuss. No muss.
I also am doing my 3rd Camino this summer and i, too, am feeling anxious. I will be walking alone for the first week which I've never done before. For some irrational reason I am anxious about getting from the airport to the Camino and anxious about whether I will meet people while I walk solo. I keep reminding myself of all the single walkers I became so close to on my prior walks! Hopefully, once i put my feet on the Way the anxiety will dissolve and all will be well.
Sounds Good see ya out there Buen Camino!I am 70 and beginning March 30 on the Frances. My friends and I walked it in 2017 in Apr/May. Perfect weather. Very little rain, cool mornings and beautiful scenery- yellow fields and red poppies! Whatever this year’s weather brings, I know it will be wonderful. We plan on taking it slowly so you’ll probably pass us, too! Say hello if you see a six foot tall woman with a Texas flag badge on her backpack. Buen Camino!
I found the CaminoFacil.com as a domain that is up for sale. So that company is either out of business or has changed name/changed website name.I am leaving on 15 April for my 4th time on El Camino Frances. Since I am 73 years old, I cut myself some slack and always use baggage transport. Try
CaminoFacil.com. They are extremely reliable and convenient. You can set your transport requirements and pay for them online. No fuss. No muss.
I leave for the Camino in 20 days. And although this is my 3rd Camino I’ve got a lot of Pre Trip Anxiety. I’m confident in my gear but I’ve also only ever walked Oct/Nov. So going April/May is new and kinda scary.
Any words of encouragement or tips to easy this would be greatly appreciated.
https://caminofacil.net/en/I found the CaminoFacil.com as a domain that is up for sale. So that company is either out of business or has changed name/changed website name.
I leave on 2nd April and share your anxiety - I've very little training done due to knee pain and I am ever so anxious regarding carrying bag - I have done camino in stages before and have never carried bag - I'm 72 years - really considering using bag transport - especially from st jean to roncheville with stop over in orisson- hopefully I can do this ?????
Hi all, my Daughter an I are walking out of St jean,, on the 9th April. Last year I did it with others on the 13th April got to orrison and had to go back and do the valley so this time the valley is the first option. How ever on the day if the route over the top is open then we may give it a go.You will not be able to avoid meeting people ;-) Especially if you are one of us solo walkers
Some years ago I talked to someone who was quite the opposite, afraid of having to talk to too many strange people.
Thank you Lisanne I will wait and see we may meet up- look out for the slow irish lady - that will be me ???? Buen CaminoI hope your knee will get better! If in doubt, I would give bag transport a go! Especially in the beginning. Good luck and maybe we’ll meet on the way!
WOW Thank you all for your responses! It sounds like there's a great chance I might run into a few of you. I wont arrive to SJPP til April 3rd and I'm starting on the 4th.
Buen Camino, thank you again everyone!
@Lisanne @Maura BarryThank you Lisanne I will wait and see we may meet up- look out for the slow irish lady - that will be me ???? Buen Camino
@Lisanne @Maura BarrySo it seems there will be a pair of Irish women with dodgy knees walking slowly, I'll be the red haired one with the blue pack and an umbrella
Buen Camino!
I'll be the short brown hair one with probably no pack and a small bag on back - I'll watch out for you- Buen Camino@Lisanne @Maura BarrySo it seems there will be a pair of Irish women with dodgy knees walking slowly, I'll be the red haired one with the blue pack and an umbrella
Buen Camino!
Burn CaminoI’ll look out for you. I’m the colorfull Dutch woman with red/pinkish coat and orange backpack
The correct url is caminofacil.NET (not .com). My mistake. My apologies. The business is alive and well.I found the CaminoFacil.com as a domain that is up for sale. So that company is either out of business or has changed name/changed website name.
Don’t worry about a thing. I am going in May for 12 days. Would love to do all the Camino but work doesn’t permit this. My only advice is to get Salamon boots and non blister socks. If you feet are good, all else will be great...I leave for the Camino in 20 days. And although this is my 3rd Camino I’ve got a lot of Pre Trip Anxiety. I’m confident in my gear but I’ve also only ever walked Oct/Nov. So going April/May is new and kinda scary.
Any words of encouragement or tips to easy this would be greatly appreciated.
Exactly my sentiments.Here's how I look at it: what's the worst that can happen? Shin splints, terminal blistering, weather forecast for four inches of rain every day the the next two weeks, bubonic plague outbreak that closes all the albergues? So what? You are still in Spain, a beautiful country with lots to see. Break out the credit card, hop on a train and visit Toledo, Salamanca or maybe even the coast. How can you go wrong if you go with the flow? There's no reason to be captive to ANY itinerary if you aren't enjoying it.
Leaving in 30 days for my very first as well (Frances), also ignorant, also less anxious! In the beginning stages of planning I tried to gather all the info I could. Then woke up one day to realize that I was taking the fun out of it! I do not want to know exactly what to expect. I cannot control the experience I will have anyway. On the few occasions that I find myself drifting back into the planning (or over-planning) my anxiety goes way up. Letting it all “be as it will be” is exactly what is keeping me grounded, at peace, and truly looking forward to my adventure!! That said, having lived in Florida, USA for the past 20 years, where “winter” means 55 degrees Fahrenheit , I’m a little nervous about having the proper attire for the cold!I'm leaving in 18 days for the very first time and I am too ignorant to be anxious.
Yes,you can have your luggage transported from SJPP to Roncevalles. And yes, do not feel any guilt about it. I used adaypack for my cross Pyrenees day and at the age of 70 I felt that was fair enough! I had a lovely 9 hour walk and know that it would have diminished my joy at starting off feeling overwhelmed with a full pack. It’s a hard climb. Give yourself a break if you are in your seventies.I leave on 2nd April and share your anxiety - I've very little training done due to knee pain and I am ever so anxious regarding carrying bag - I have done camino in stages before and have never carried bag - I'm 72 years - really considering using bag transport - especially from st jean to roncheville with stop over in orisson- hopefully I can do this ?????
I leave for the Camino in 20 days. And although this is my 3rd Camino I’ve got a lot of Pre Trip Anxiety. I’m confident in my gear but I’ve also only ever walked Oct/Nov. So going April/May is new and kinda scary.
Any words of encouragement or tips to easy this would be greatly appreciated.
Maybe you should start your journey with a diversion through where I live, then afterwards everything on the Camino will feel warm(...) “winter” means 55 degrees Fahrenheit , I’m a little nervous about having the proper attire for the cold!
Really, you will be fine. Try to do some prep, get used to wearing your pack, but don’t stress it. First week will test your body, and then it is more a matter of being kind to your feet.I'm leaving in 18 days for the very first time and I am too ignorant to be anxious.
I'm pretty relaxed about it. I did a 25km walk on Friday to test all my gear and make sure I could go that distance, and it went pretty well -- though I was very stiff afterwards and not sure how I can do that 30 days straight! I guess I'll get used to it, and I assume walking the next day helps work out the stiffness of the previous day. I had a couple of blisters but I didn't notice them until the walk was done. I think one was because I was getting used to new orthotics. My feet didn't hurt at all, which was great.Really, you will be fine. Try to do some prep, get used to wearing your pack, but don’t stress it. First week will test your body, and then it is more a matter of being kind to your feet.
At 25 k a day, you will cover the distance! Remember, this is all you have to do, all day. I am a slowish walker at about a 4 k per hour pace. Starting at 7 or so in the am, with a coffee and lunch break, one arrives at 2 pm, generally. Get those feet into some sandals and rub some foot cream on. I had 23 lbs pack ( too much) and the feet always were hot and swollen at the end of each daily walk. I never felt pressure to cover more distance. Walking helped unfold my odyssey and every afternoon there were nice people to get to know.I'm pretty relaxed about it. I did a 25km walk on Friday to test all my gear and make sure I could go that distance, and it went pretty well -- though I was very stiff afterwards and not sure how I can do that 30 days straight! I guess I'll get used to it, and I assume walking the next day helps work out the stiffness of the previous day. I had a couple of blisters but I didn't notice them until the walk was done. I think one was because I was getting used to new orthotics. My feet didn't hurt at all, which was great.
I'm going to go at whatever pace I am capable of, not booking ahead and we'll see how far I get in 30 days. I'm not going to beat myself up to stay on some kind of schedule and I think it will all unfold as it shoud.
I leave for the Camino in 20 days. And although this is my 3rd Camino I’ve got a lot of Pre Trip Anxiety. I’m confident in my gear but I’ve also only ever walked Oct/Nov. So going April/May is new and kinda scary.
Any words of encouragement or tips to easy this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for that information - greatly appreciatedbobtron,
Lat year I hit the Camino in SJPDP with two other people in late April and we were immediately confronted by a lack of beds in the Alburgues because of a National Spanish Holiday that spread itself over a 5-6 day period. Hundreds of locals used that vacation to walk portions of the Camino Frances at that time. The adjustment we had to make was to use our smart phones and reserve beds two days in advance and try to get to the reserved alburgue before 4 PM, because even then we lost a reservation by being "too late."
This year the Labour Day holiday is on Wednesday, May 1st, so plan accordingly,
Matthew Merten
Serious anxiety here as well! Leaving april 4th for the Camino Frances. Due to a severe cold, for over a month, leading to an laryngitis last week leaves me without training for a month. This means I have three weeks to get back in some sort of shape for my first Camino. And to train with my total gear (haven’t had a chance to do this). I will see what happens and hope the Camino will provide some way...
Completely my attitude, Jillgat! Might as well hit the road and work it out. April is a really good time of year to go, excepting Easter week and any bank holidays. Fear not!You'll be fine! I had influenza once just before a serious mountain backpacking trip. I was going to call it off when my friend said, "You're sick anyway. Why be sick at home when you can be sick in the mountains?" Take it easy and I bet you'll recover faster in Spain than you would at home.
You'll be fine! I had influenza once just before a serious mountain backpacking trip. I was going to call it off when my friend said, "You're sick anyway. Why be sick at home when you can be sick in the mountains?" Take it easy and I bet you'll recover faster in Spain than you would at home.
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