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I got a file-not-found, but maybe this link will work? If not, the name of the thread is "second camino ideas for avoiding trying to recreate the first"For additional posts regarding the pros/cons of multiple caminos see this earlier but still relevant thread
vjpdx,I got a file-not-found, but maybe this link will work? If not, the name of the thread is "second camino ideas for avoiding trying to recreate the first"
Or the Primitivo, and you can join the Frances at Melide. Oviedo and Lugo both wonderful towns.The first question that you need to ask yourself is if you think that you might have issues with separating from those that you have met along the way while they continue on to Santiago to "finish" the Camino.
If not, start in SJPDP and walk as far as you can.
If you think that you might have issues with not ending in Santiago then do the Frances from León (it will be different for you as a solo pilgrim than it was when you were in a group) or do something like the Portuguese Camino from Porto.
Ending in Burgos?I walked from Leon to Santiago when I was 19 with a group of friends. I am considering a solo/partly solo trek next year but need advice on which section to walk. I am thinking 2 weeks to try out solo.
Option 1: Re-walk the same section, now solo and older
Option 2: Start at St. Jean Pied de Port and see all new sections ending in Burgos
Any thought on ending in the middle or rewalking instead of seeing new sections?
Will it be strange to end in the middle?
Thanks for still being here!
Option 2.....absolutely!!!!!!I walked from Leon to Santiago when I was 19 with a group of friends. I am considering a solo/partly solo trek next year but need advice on which section to walk. I am thinking 2 weeks to try out solo.
Option 1: Re-walk the same section, now solo and older
Option 2: Start at St. Jean Pied de Port and see all new sections ending in Burgos
Any thought on ending in the middle or rewalking instead of seeing new sections?
Will it be strange to end in the middle?
Thanks for still being here!
I agree, not just because I'm also in the same city and position as @Kiwi-family. In 2019 I returned to walk the Camino Frances, and as I had time I started from SJJP. Essentially I was repeating my walk from SJJP to Lorgono, yet I wasn't, because I stayed in different towns and meet different people. Sometimes I walked alone, other times I didn't. And lastly, a wonderful trip to undertake as a solo traveller.From my position in lockdown at the opposite end of the world, ANY Camino would be a good one! What do you feel drawn to? Do you like the adventure of trying something new? What appeals about repeating? If it’s ending in Santiago, perhaps you could do that AND try something new by walking the Portuguese from Porto. If you are a little fearful of the new on your own, then perhaps you will feel better if you consider the Camino is actually safe and you already know you are capable!
It’s not strange to finish “in the middle”. Next time you might do Burgos to Leon and then turn right and nip up the San Salvador. You might even love it so much you get more time off and do the Primitivo too, ending again at Santiago. But if you do, it’s unlikely to be your last!!
If you walk the same section again, can I suggest you release expectations and welcome what the new journey offers?
For my second Camino, I was vacillating between walking Porto to Santiago or re-walking the Camino Frances. @JamesGeier, based on your experience and comment I will re-walk the Camino Frances. Thank you for the "confirmation." I unwittingly followed the days and stages in the guidebook to stay on a schedule and be with the group of new friends. This second trip I want to slow down and see/experience more: will stop and stay in town if it calls to me, make side trips to visit a landmark, sit longer for my lattes and lunches, and speak with the locals...I have walked the Camino Frances twice from St. Jean Pied de Port to Santiago de Compostela, once in the springtime, and once in the autumn. After my first pilgrimage walk, I felt, as many do, that I had unfinished business with Saint James and was drawn to make the pilgrimage walk again. In considering the route, I realized that the first time on such a journey there is a good bit of anxiety, mostly subconscious: how difficult is the hill I see in the guidebook; how difficult is the downhill; will I find good places to eat today; will I find a good place to stay tonight; etc., etc. I came to believe that by walking the same route again, while I would not remember every detail, I would have a good idea of what each day would bring, allowing me more time to immerse myself in the beauty, the meditative, and the spiritual/religious aspects of the pilgrimage. And it was all that and a much deeper experience - as if I had more time to see and as if my eyes were more open allowing me to see more. The first is always special, but the second pilgrimage route on the same route was a very deep cerebral and religious experience for me.
Choose what draws you back to the Camino. I think of a quote from Jack Hitt, author of "Off the Road: A Modern-Day Walk Down the Pilgrim's Route into Spain" which was part of the motivation for Emilio Estevez in making the film "The Way" and I paraphrase:
Almost any reason to go to Spain and walk to Santiago ends up being a great one.
Buen Camino
--james--
Wow thank you all so much for the thoughtful responses! I can’t respond to each one but they have helped very much. I believe I am going to do the Portuguese Coastal route this time then explore France afterwards. I am a teacher so I will have many chances in the future to come back in summer and try one full Camino Frances journey. Amazing suggestions thank you everyone!I walked from Leon to Santiago when I was 19 with a group of friends. I am considering a solo/partly solo trek next year but need advice on which section to walk. I am thinking 2 weeks to try out solo.
Option 1: Re-walk the same section, now solo and older
Option 2: Start at St. Jean Pied de Port and see all new sections ending in Burgos
Any thought on ending in the middle or rewalking instead of seeing new sections?
Will it be strange to end in the middle?
Thanks for still being here!
I think I will do the Portuguese this time! Thank you for the suggestion!First time I walked I did Leon to Santiago. I had been thinking about walking the whole CF for years but couldn't find a month so decided to use the two weeks I had. But I ended up loving walking on the camino. So the next year I walked a week from StJPdeP to Estella, then another week, another week and eventually I finished back up in Leon. I have a picture of me very excited on the blue pedestrian bridge on very edge of Leon. So I would say go and walk another section of the CF, and maybe one day join them all up.
Alternatively the Camino Portugues is good alternative with plenty of pilgrims, great baked goods (oh for a pastel de nata) and allows a finish in Santiago.
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